CAO Financial Planning & Analysis(Essbase and AnaplanXL) Associate

You are a strategic thinker passionate about driving solutions in financial have found the right team.

As an Associate in Corporate Sector FP&A supporting the CAO CFO organization you will own and coordinate core management reporting and planning deliverables across full P&L expense and headcount. You will lead consolidation variance analysis and driver-based insights and produce senior-ready materials used to inform business decisions. You will partner closely with CAO Finance & Business Management Controllers and firmwide planning teams to ensure timely accurate submissions and continuous process improvement leveraging Essbase and AnaplanXL.

Job Responsibilities

• Be responsible for budgeting forecasting and reporting of monthly & budget financials
• Develop and presentdriver-basedqualitative and quantitative analysis (run-rate trend initiative impacts HC movements and key assumptions)
• Serve as a liaison between Firm-wide P&A business managers andFunctional Finance teams and other support teams to provide impactful reporting planning and insightful analyses
• Produce presentations analysis and supporting materials for key internal clients including senior management; participate and support ad-hoc special projects and requests as needed
• Develop consolidate and present insightful and robust qualitative and quantitative financial analysis including annual budget quarterly/monthly forecast variances
• Perform variance analysis to understand the key drivers of the results and present commentary to senior managers explaining changes from prior forecasts/budgets
• Champion process improvements and automation initiatives to optimize workflows and models and increase operational efficiency
• Collaborate with business partners across P&A lines of business and the firm to ensure the timely accurate and effective delivery of recurring and ad-hoc initiatives
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key business stakeholders: firm-wide Functional Finance and lines of business teams

Required qualifications capabilities and skills

• Strong financial acumen acrossP&L expense and headcount planning including variance analysis and forecasting
• Strong technical and analytical skills including Excel PowerPoint Essbase Visual Basic and macros; ability to synthesize multiple data sets into an executive-ready story
• Strong stakeholder management skills; able to operate under tight deadlines and changing priorities with high attention to detail
• Sound judgment professional maturity and personal integrity strong work ethic proactive and results-oriented and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously. Candidate must be comfortable with frequently changing priorities
• Ability to navigate multiple data sets and synthesize into cohesive presentation and recommendations
• Team oriented inquisitive critical thinker who anticipates questions from internal clients and senior management
• Ability to build strong partnerships with colleagues desire to learn quickly be flexible and think strategically

Preferred qualifications capabilities and skills

• B. Com/BA/BS in Finance Economics Accounting(MBA is a plus)
• 3 years of relevant FP&A / planning / management reporting experience (financial services preferred)
• Excellent MS Office skills Excel and PowerPoint. Knowledge of AnaplanXL will be a plus (please highlight in CV)
• Experience improving planning/reporting processes or implementing new templates/models