Role Summary
The Senior Finance Analyst will support all FP&A activities for the Asia Pacific Japan Middle East & Africa region including;
- review and consolidation of monthly forecasts
- monthly variance analysis for Act vs FC and Act vs Budget
- supporting review of monthly actuals identifying and investigating anomalies
- management reporting
- budget planning
- developing reporting tools & dashboards
This role will work cross-functionally in the organization and interact with Regional Management team. This role reports to the Regional FP&A Director and will support in developing and implementing FP&A processes including additional automation and improvement of existing tools.
The role will work as part of the regional finance team as the reporting/data domain expert and will have ownership and responsibility for the data accuracy of financial numbers and related master data setup also acting as a key interface on all global BI and reporting initiatives.
This role will be hands-on highly visible and have strong involvement in supporting the regional strategy and key decisions.
To be successful in this role you must enjoy problem solving be detail-oriented collaborative experienced in both building standard dashboards and performing data analysis. The role requires that you have a strong business understanding and are able to implement technically sound solutions to business needs.
Experience of using a variety BI tools will be advantageous.
Role Activities
- Assist in preparing annual budgets forecasts and long-term financial plans.
- Analyze financial data to identify trends variances and opportunities for improvement and support month-endclosingprocess including preparation of management reporting.
- Focus on bookings forecast and performance against key metrics (Total Contract Value/ Annualized Contract Value)
- Partnering with Market Units and Regional Management ensuring accuracy and timeliness of financial data to support sound decision making.
- Support reporting implementations from requirements from different parts of the business namely Regional CFO Market Unit Finance Directors Regional President/COO.
- Design develop and maintain Excel and PowerBI reports in order to meet business needs
- Engage in the global BI Finance community of practice to support enhancements to standard processes and reporting.
- Interacting with regional finance community to ensure:
- Adherence to processes
- Consistent use of data in the system
- Communication of system changes and adjustments
- Promote data driven decisions by improving current data infrastructure and analytics
- Drive continuous process improvement in reporting and forecasting through automation and enhancement of current tools
Key Skills & Characteristics
- Excellent analytical skills
- Highly proficient in Excel and financial modelling.
- Good communicator with experience of explaining financial information to a non-financial audience.
- Demonstrable hands on experience of delivering BI and Analytical solutions using a variety of tools including products from the Microsoft tool set
- Ability to solve business problems using data analytics
Qualifications :
- 8 years of finance experience preferably in the software industry
- BA/BS in finance accounting or related field
- Business process knowledge
Additional Information :
- A persistent nature and a willingness to understand and overcome operational challenges/obstacles.
- Ability to understand processes and challenges and effectively communicate internally.
- Ability to understand internal processes and navigate effectively.
- Previous experience in a multinational technology company would be an advantage
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time