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Skills and Competencies
- 35 years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) with a strong commercial mindset and a track record of delivering insights that drive business decisions.
- Experience with financial modeling and business intelligence tools; familiarity with automation tools such as Power BI SQL R or Python is a plus.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present complex financial data to senior stakeholders clearly and effectively.
- Detailoriented with a focus on data accuracy capable of synthesizing large datasets into meaningful insights and recommendations.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (preferably Office 365 advanced Excel (financial modeling) and relevant financial systems (SAP Hyperion Anaplan Oracle or similar).
- Experience in a multinational corporation or fastpaced highgrowth environment preferred.
- Basic understanding of fundamental accounting principles and financial reporting
- Ability to collaborate effectively across finance and nonfinance teams influencing decisionmaking at multiple levels.
- Strong willingness to learn new skills take on challenges and develop advanced problemsolving capabilities.
- Exceptional attention to detail ensuring accuracy by crosschecking outputs against multiple data sources and executing recurring processes flawlessly.
- Proactive and positive mindset able to work independently while fostering collaboration across teams.
- Adaptable to shifting priorities lastminute changes in deadlines and evolving business needs.
- Applies analytical skills and problemsolving techniques to identify assess and resolve issues efficiently.
- Skilled at handling large volumes of data synthesizing quantitative and qualitative insights to drive informed decisionmaking.
- Provides advanced support for business planning processes forecasting and strategic deliverables.
Education
- Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Economics or a related field (essential).
- ACA ACCA CIMA or CFA qualification (or partqualified with significant progress) preferred.
Responsibilities
The Senior Financial Analyst (SFA) is responsible for providing intermediate to advanced support throughout all stages of financial planning and analysis including business collaboration and crossfunctional projects. As a detailoriented and proactive member of the Commercial FP&A team the SFA performs a range of tasks including analysis budgeting and reporting. This role requires strong analytical organizational and problemsolving skills along with the ability to present financial data and models in a clear and easily understandable format.
- Oversee the reporting forecasting and variance analysis of FirstTime Mandates (FTM) and the Commercial Scorecard monthly reports providing key insights for Moodys Ratings Commercial.
- Provide intermediate to advanced support in preparing quarterly reporting and variance analysis to help identify key focus areas for senior leadership and the Board.
- Provide intermediate to advanced support in managing forecast budget projections and adjustments in Moodys financial reporting systems.
- Collaborate with both local and global teams maintaining effective communication with the business to foster strong working relationships across the organization.
- Assist in the development of new reporting solutions and identify key focus areas for automation.
- Conduct analysis of financial and commercial KPIs comparing projected and actual results and perform detailed research of historical financial data and trends to identify improvement opportunities and provide valuable insights into key drivers.
- Develop and update financial models to support strategic initiatives and critical decisionmaking through financial projections.
- Collaborate on special projects as assigned by management.
About the team
Our Business Planning & Analysis team is responsible for partnering with the Commercial stakeholders in the Moodys Ratings business. Our team provides valuable insights for Moodys Ratings Commercial manages key metrics such as First Time Mandates / Coverage and enhances key process relating to forecasting/budgeting. By joining our team you will be part of exciting work in Commercial FP&A in London while interacting with stakeholders across the globe.
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Moodys is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability protected veteran status sexual orientation gender expression gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
Candidates for Moodys Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moodys Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.
Required Experience:
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