Manager

• 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

Assistant Manager, Business Planning and Analysis

Business Planning and Analysis – Assistant Manager