Senior Analyst - Financial Planning and Analysis

Position Summary

Senior Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis- Embark Support Services India Pvt Ltd

Are you looking to build your career in financial reporting and analysis? Then, look no further. This is a unique opportunity for a high-energy professional to be part of the Global Finance team and learn about and support global initiatives and to work directly with global, regional, and member firm leaders.

Work you will do

       Financial Reporting and Analysis

-         Responsible for the day to day management of assigned budgets, including reviewing and coding individual expenses/billings, transaction flow, and account reconciliation to ledger

-         Support Finance Manager/Controller with monthly forecast and book closure process.  Understand underlying reasons for variances and communicate analysis in order to help leadership make value added decisions

-         Coordinate monthly reporting responsibilities such as T&E expense reporting, headcount reporting, etc. and support on an as needed basis varying request to Controllers/Finance Managers over and above the day-to-day reporting needs.

-         In-depth ad-hoc analysis and working on real-time cost monitoring

-         Own monthly headcount reconciliation process as well as reporting for Travel & Meetings and other key cost drivers

-         Supports creation of executive-level reports in PPT and Excel, typically for DTTL Finance Leadership

-         Coordinate and assist with development of complex financial models, when required

-         Provide review and feedback to team members on deliverables produced

-         Develop expertise using DTTL reporting tools and systems, such as SAP BW

-         Identify and articulate process inefficiencies and lead efforts to eliminate them

       Project management

-         Help Finance Manager/Controller to drive and work on various project initiatives identified by Global leadership

-         Assists in the creation and maintenance of project support materials, such as project plans, tracking documents, meeting notes and status reports

        Teaming

-         Need to drive teaming and successfully work in a team environment

-         Willingness to share learnings and best practices across the broader team

-         Able to take a lead role to support and informally counsel Analyst level employees

-         Ability to work and interact with US and India Finance counterparts at Management levels

Qualifications

Required

-         5-8 years of experience in a financial planning and analysis, accounting, operations, preferably in MNC or global organizations

-         MBA Finance / master’s in finance and accounting

-         Higher order experience in financial reporting, analysis and client interactions

-         Experience in a supervisory role preferred

• Proficient in MS Excel and PowerPoint. Knowledge in SAP will be an added advantage
  
• Clear, concise verbal and written communication. Must be able to effectively communicate with DTTL Finance team members, internal clients, and all levels of management of the firm
  
• Understands financial accounting (income statements, balance sheets, cash flows) and financial and operational metrics/KPIs (key performance indicators) used by professional services firms