VA02 Financial Plan & Analysis Analyst

Skill required: Financial Planning & Analysis - Financial Analysis
Designation: Financial Plan & Analysis Analyst
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:3 to 5 years
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What would you do? The primary responsibility is to work as specialists / expert in Preparation of standard & Adhoc management reports for region, country, product, Service type etc. Provides standardized and insightful level of analyses is provided. Delivers ad hoc analyses. Supports Annual Operating Plan & forecasts Planning, Creating and managing reporting data and report out from various database systems. Provide professional expertise and direction to other team members and act as the focal point for business units and Technology by participating in key project initiatives. Also, as required, manage client communication, responding to queries, investigate irregularities and anomalies and provide technical support for day-to-day issues. Partners with reporting clients to understand their strategic goals, operational context and activities in order to explain results with strategic business insights and facts Use a diverse range of applications and understand the business and technical functionality of each application and its relevance to the business community. Provide support to all business units across the region, including product understanding, validation, problem/query resolution and coordination of communications. Uses storytelling principles to convey impactful messages Major accountability for Planning, Forecasting, Preparation & analysis of P&L, Forecast accuracy, SG&A, Working Capital Cost of Sales reports is to support the businesses. This role requires considerable liaison with other functions, to ensure service level are achieved and change is coordinated. In addition, a strong working relationship with other teams is needed to enable smooth productionisation of new/enhanced information solutions. Cross team relationships are also critical to delivery information services including productivity and costing. This role is expected to ensure: ? Team & individual objectives and performance in line with culture. ? Services maintained in line with Service expectations agreed with the business.
What are we looking for? Adaptable and flexible Ability to perform under pressure Problem-solving skills Detail orientation Ability to establish strong client relationship
Roles and Responsibilities: ? Ensure a robust environment which supports agreed customer service levels. Extensive use of Financial and Management applications which support financial and Management Information analysis. ? Build the capabilities of the team to grow the level of competency across technical and business environments in line with strategic information delivery direction ? Work with Engagement Partners to align information delivery approach and service levels with business priorities and direction, maximizing the relevance and value of the information service to the achievement of business objectives ? In co-operation with other units, ensure processes are in place to assist and educate customers and other FI&IM teams in understanding outputs of applications/models under the control of the area ? Embrace a team-based leadership style, building trust and co-operation within the team and across other teams within Finance and the business ? Drive an end to end view of information service delivery across MI and FI environments, working with content management, Systems Control and Information Delivery on data inputs, business rules and ensuring quality outputs ? Embed common, simplified and documented processes within the team and across FI&IM to reduce training times, single points of failure together with improving efficiency and satisfying compliance requirements eg. SOX. ? Manage vendor relationships to ensure service levels are maximized and the application platform is developed/refreshed in line with service level needs. This needs to be undertaken in the context of the overall business information architecture. ? Plan and manage budgets within area. ? Establish an effective integration process with other teams ? Provide review and signoff input to project driven changes, including providing resource impact estimates on the operationalisation of support. ? Develop and drive consistency in reporting. ? Implement continuous improvement initiatives that result in demonstrable improvement in activities