Sr FP&A Analyst

Job Title

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• Assists Operational & Commercial teams with reports and ad hoc analyses;
• Supports the Alstom, regional, cluster or site management with analytics;
• Challenges internal stakeholders to stimulate company-wide, regional, cluster or site performance
  

ORGANISATION

Organization structure (job belongs to..)

Reports directly to:

Other reporting to:

Direct reports:

Network & Links

Internal

• Region FP&A team
• Region Ops Finance Team
• Clusters' FP&A teams
• Site & Industrial Controllers
• HQ Cash Team and Ops Finance
• Regional Operational Team
  

External

• External Auditors
  

Main Responsabilities

Key accountabilities:

• Ensure all financial data are collected, processed & analyzed in a timely manner
• Prepare actual financial results / forecast, compare with Budget and Plan and do variance analysis, provide early warning signals and generate timely insights for business decision making
• Improve and streamline finance processes and planning
• Maintain and enhance financial analytical reporting systems
• Reporting contents: simplify and standardize various financial reports
• Analysis of Cash KPIs (Free cash flow, EBIT to Cash, Operating working capital, overdues, Down Payments)
• Contributes budgeting & monthly reporting activities for all Cash Related items
• Forex management - management of hedging relations and Teranga reporting of FX exposure
• Participate in the preparation and presentation of monthly business reviews
• Indirect cost center controlling, Overhead & Contract reporting
• Work with the Region Finance Analysts and functions controllers to ensure alignment between Regions/Countries/ Sites to the Group strategy
• Establish a close working relationship with the Treasury/Tax/Accounting & Consolidation/Investor Relations Teams to ensure alignment of their actions to the reporting processes
• Identify possible cost out or margin improvements, detect trends & possible KPIs evolutions
  

Main Required Competences

Educational Requirements

Mandatory:

• Master’s degree in Finance or equivalent (CA / CMA)
  

Desirable:

Experience

Mandatory:

• 8-10 years of experience in FP&A / Corporate finance
• Experience in long term project accounting is a plus
• Fluent in English
  

Desirable:

Competencies & Skills

• Curious, striving to learn & develop
• Synthesis, turn complexity/multiplicity into simplicity
• Ability to multi task with efficiency and speed
• Good, and improving, knowledge of the Business and of Key Performance Indicators
• Detect & Fix issues
• Some IT Systems savviness
• Propose Change and Innovation, Lead Initiatives
• Demonstrate Teamwork, Honesty, Integrity, Courage.
• Good interpersonal skills: ability to listen, accept & convince avoiding conflict.
• Ability to Work in a matrix / multi cultured Environment.
• Problem-solving and can-do attitude
  

Important to note