Initial build & submission of financial plans (quarterly forecasting, annual budgeting) for Selling General and Administrative (SG&A) expenses
Providing analysis and narratives to explain variances versus prior planning scenarios (prior budget, prior forecast)
Closing financial books in a monthly schedule, followed by variance analysis of Month End Close result and supporting commentary on performance.
Manage budget and forecasting processes, which include data consolidation and synthesis of business drivers
Prepare multiple, complex and varied financial reports (including ad-hoc reports) that require selection, preparation and interpretation of data for client personnel
Running a cadence of financial reviews with senior business & finance partners for all reporting cycles
Producing and highlighting trends in data & performance analysis
Collaboration and co-operation with BP&A EMEA Client organization ensuring alignment with key partner requirements
Taking a lead with prioritizing own tasks to ensure alignment with a business long-term strategy.
Participation in project activities at different stages of implementation.
Partner with client stakeholders to understand their goals and deliver solutions which satisfy their needs or work with the client to develop them
Work with client personnel, partners, controllers and other key stakeholders to generate reports that will help them make decisions and highlight potential issues
Provide decision support to the department’s business initiatives, including analysis of options, synthesizing budget effect, and building the business case
Deliver the contracted scope of work for all contractual requirements including process metrics CPIs/KPIs/GPIs
Execute work activities to meet deadlines, and review deliverables to identify financial anomalies and ensure deliverables achieve objectives.
Participate in various financial projects as needed
Develop, document and continually improve all BP&A processes for effectiveness and efficiency
Participate and support transformation projects such as improving existing or developing new Budgeting, Forecasting and Reporting tools and processes
Participate in ops governance with the key client stakeholders, ensure positive experience of all client stakeholders
Requirements
Relevant BP&A Experience and Working knowledge of basic accounting principles.
End to end understanding of BP&A with in-depth knowledge of related BP&A tools
Proficient in MS Office applications, especially in Advanced MS-excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, etc.) and PowerPoint
University degree
Analytical thinking and ability to learn fast.
Personal culture and familiarity to deal with clients in an accurate manner.
High motivation and self-starter.
Experience in using BI reporting (Power BI, SAP, BPC, Workday) tools would be an asset
A strong understanding of budgeting and planning techniques (budgeting, forecasting)
Demonstrated ability to work as part of cross-functional teams, think creatively to resolve multi-faceted situations.