Finance Workforce Planning Senior Analyst

Locations: Lisbon | Gurgaon

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What You'll Do

Working collaboratively with the Global Capabilities and Programs (“GCP”) Functional Finance team, you will provide leverage to the cross-functional planning lead and manager across all FTE and compensation-related activities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Act as the subject matter expert (SME) on FTE and compensation planning across Global Functions, enabling clear leadership-ready materials to support business decisions and functional reviews.
• Partner with functional business partners (and HRBPs) to align headcount planning with target operating models. Drive meaningful planning dialogues that support strategic workforce decisions, provide insights, challenge assumptions and highlight key trade-offs.
• Lead the end-to-end monthly process for reporting and reconciliation, ensuring timely and accurate submissions to Global Services Finance and Functional Finance teams. Deliver insightful variance analysis and commentary on actuals vs. plan/forecast, proactively flagging risks and opportunities.
• Drive transformational improvements to planning and reporting process through feedback loops with key stakeholders. Support the migration of reporting tools and models to the new enterprise structure during ongoing transition.
• Provide strategic analytics and decision support to leadership, which includes ad hoc modelling, benchmarking, and scenario planning.
• Build strong relationships across Finance, HR, and Global Function teams. Facilitate local office dialogues to ensure payroll processes are aligned, efficient and well documented.

You're Good At

Work, management, organization and planning:

• Working to tight schedules while flexing priorities in response to business requirements.
• Managing deliverables across diverse stakeholders with competing priorities; prioritizing transparently and communicating proactively to drive positive outcomes
• Strong technical capabilities to navigate large, complex datasets with multiple inputs in a matrixed environment, while stepping back to synthesize the high-level narrative.

Problem solving, analytical skills and decision making:

• Demonstrate strong detailed analytics and big picture capabilities in problem solving approaches.
• Ability to frame issues at conceptual level and drive structured resolution.
• Applies strong business skills and business judgment

Communication, interpersonal and teaming skills.

• Demonstrates strong communication skills to discuss compensation: oral, written and active listening.
• Build strong networks within and across finance and the wider BCG community.
• Ability to engage and influence, establish and maintain effective working relationships within all levels with a consultative approach to problem solving, acting as SME in providing deep analysis and offering viable solutions.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting/economics, and/or a MBA preferred
• 4+ years relevant work experience in a finance environment
• Advanced organizational skills with high levels of accuracy and diligence a must
• Excellent communication skills – oral and written, with the ability to adjust to multiple audiences and the confidence to present to and influence senior management
• A passion for working in a collaborative team environment
• Critical Thinking and problem solving – proven ability to work through complex problems and analyses in providing a thoughtful concrete solution
• Motivation and self-drive – excited by tackling challenges and pro-actively finding new ways to provide value to senior leadership
• Advanced Excel skills - experience managing and building scalable financial models and analysing large data sets
• Other systems skills a benefit, e.g. a working knowledge of SAP, Hyperion, Workday, Power BI, Think-Cell

Who You'll Work With

Global Capabilities and Programs (“GCP”) Functional Finance team consists of a variety of functions providing corporate support to BCG's business and strategic priorities. GCP also comprises of teams and individuals who support partnership activities including firm governance and leadership, operational excellence and internal corporate development and oversight. They are a diverse group of experts, operators and specialists representing all levels who integrate and collaborate with their teams across the globe.

Key individuals for this role will be:

• Workforce Planning team (LCC/NDE)
• Functional Finance teams (BOS/UK/LCC/NDE)
• Finance and Accounting team
• Global and Regional Payroll/Accounting teams
• Global Recruiting and Compensation teams
• HR Business Partners and Local HR Operations teams

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