Senior Financial Planning and Analysis Analystt

Job Overview

This position is part of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) specifically partnering and supporting the Corporate Technology, Legal, and GTS functions.

In this role, the candidate is the Business partner - Finance leader that works with the functional leaders and their executive teams to forecast, support and align on the Strategic plan, collaborate to develop the Business Outlook, create analytics to support the functional spending, monthly variance analysis, bridging for commit forecast cycles, and handles the monthly controlling activities that support the functions spending to ensure accurate accounting.

The role’s location is open globally but will support functional leaders mainly in the US.

This position will report to the Director of Corporate FP&A

Responsibilities: 

• Serve as a proactive business partner to the function regarding their operating spend, with strong focus on cost drivers, recovery, optimization and spend control.
• Partner with the functional leaders to develop the commitment forecasts, driving accountability of the leaders by collecting transparent forecasts.
• Will collaborate closely with the functional leaders on the Strategic Plan and Business Outlook; create presentation slides for the leadership team to present in their meetings on these annual views.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, help establish targets, and manage financial performance of the functions ~ focus on managing variances and cost as well as advising the leadership team on risks and opportunities.
• Support month- end close activities to ensure accounting accuracy.
• Generate monthly/quarterly variance explanations and report-out to the functional leaders with clear communication on main drivers.
• Maintain financial controls, compliance with corporate policy and consistency in reporting across the organization for all financial reporting.
• Collaborate and track large projects including both Opex and CapEx items, inclusive of managing/tracking capital expenditures (CERs).
• Continue development of processes to monitor spending, improve forecasting, drive accountability & enable transparency.
• Proficient in gathering, interpreting, and communicating organizational data to better understand the business and its key drivers and assist in meeting performance objectives.

What your background should look like:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting required, CPA or MBA preferred
• 5+ years of relevant experience in Opex reporting
• Advanced knowledge of principles (Finance and Accounting), processes (forecasting/planning/budgeting), and business standards for integrated financial analysis
• Strong analytical skills, able to break down complex problems and develop / suggest solutions, with great attention to detail
• Adjusts effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required across various levels of an organization
• Comfortable working in an environment with a continuous improvement mindset
• Highly Proficient in Microsoft excel and PowerPoint, and SAP
• Experience with Hyperion a plus, specifically PLNCC and PLNWFP

Competencies