DescriptionYou are a strategic thinker passionate about driving solutions in financial have found the right team.
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) teams are responsible for a wide range of activities including financial control forecasting and budgeting analysis of financial/business metrics delivery of weekly/monthly/quarterly management reporting development of new reporting capabilities (e.g. dashboards and automation) and advising the line of business leaders on how to increase profitability and efficiencies.
As a Associate Central Expense & Headcount in Expense Management you will be responsible for our key financial measures headcount and expenses where you will be expected to deliver value-added financial reporting and analysis and assist with strategic direction and decision making. You will be expected to interact regularly with the FP&A Managers the line of business leaders and peers across Finance & Business Management and the business.
Job responsibilities
- Develop and track performance metrics creating presentations and generally provide financial analysis on a variety of topics to senior management
- Oversee of the process to deliver month-end results the forecast for the remainder of the year and the budget for future years.
- Perform variance analysis to understand the key drivers of the results and presenting commentary to FP&A managers and line of business CFOs explaining changes from prior forecasts/budgets.
- Help design new reports and dashboards to efficiently deliver the financial results to senior management
- Enhance controls and streamline processes introducing automation where possible
- Lead process improvement / transformation / dashboarding initiatives for the team
- Drive the analysis design and development of the Expense and Headcount Platform
- Perform efficiency reporting analytics and strategy
Required qualifications capabilities and skills
- Masters degree in Accounting Finance or a subject of a technical nature
- 6 years of work experience in Financial Services and/or accounting/controller background
- Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint
- Advanced knowledge and experience working on Essbase
- Inquisitive enthusiastic and diligent and capable of challenging peers
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex issues clearly
- Highly motivated and able to thrive and think clearly under pressure and tight deadlines
- Team player with the ability to be respected as a trusted partner for the Business Finance and FP&A Teams
- Highly motivated self-starter with excellent time management/prioritization skills
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills with ability to analyze large data sets and present conclusions concisely
Required Experience:
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