Finance Analyst

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Overview:

Person specification

• Solid understanding of Accounting Principles and P&L management, P&L mechanics and business metrics, Finance processes including Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Asset Management
• Ability to analyze, communicate, facilitate, prioritize, escalate, and resolve issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills
• Analytical and creative bent of mind with proactive approach to business problem solving.
• Ability to partner with Regional/Group Finance and business stakeholders in a global organization
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment to meet deadlines.
• Must be comfortable working in US working hours.

Responsibilities

• Support the Director of FP&A to deliver accurate financial reports and drive continuous improvement across the Finance Organization
• Manage the Month-End Close process for assigned set of accounts, ensuring P&L accuracy and providing relevant variance commentary
• Support Regional Operations by providing necessary financial data and analyses required for their decision-making process.
• Partner with Operations management to understand key business drivers, perform monthly P&L reviews and ad hoc analyses
• Understand key business drivers, cost centres, and client contracts to identify revenue leakages and cost savings strategies and optimize cost recovery
• Prepare annual budgets and periodic forecasts that are both realistic and challenging as well as relevant variance commentary including actionable insight.
• Identify key risks to budget and forecast achievement and opportunities for improvement to maintain GP levels.
• Understand and support client billing and collections efforts to optimize revenue recognition, invoicing cycles and DSO.
• Design templates and data collection processes to meet ad-hoc management reporting requirements, identify and propose reporting improvements and value-added reporting opportunities.
• Develop constructive working relationships across functional teams (e.g. OTC, PTP, RTR, HR, IT) and liaise with functional teams as necessary in support of billing, collections, expense processing, accurate accounting treatment, accurate labor cost reporting, and proper access to reporting systems.
• Meet stakeholder expectations and actively participate in business partnerships.