Overview:
The finance analyst is responsible for tracking, forecasting, and budgeting costs. They act as a financial steward for department leaders, ensuring business operations are highly cost-efficient and aligned with budget limits along with other key financial planning responsibilities
Responsibilities:
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Provide overall support for the period end results and preparation of forecast
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Create, update, prepare ongoing periodic business reports
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Working across multiple Finance functions to deliver Period forecast
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Understand key drivers of the P&L
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Work on key region/customer initiatives to drive business and region performance
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Performance analysis, including explanation of variance to plan, forecast and year ago
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Support the annual operating plan (AOP) process
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Maintain complex Excel models
Qualifications:
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4 to 7 years of experience in finance, reporting, forecasting and planning for postgraduates (commerce, accounting, finance)
(3 to 5 years of finance experience for Chartered accounts preferred) -
Experience in financial analysis, data integrity maintenance and systems such as SAP, Business Objects, Essbase, P&L understanding, trade promotions, reporting & analytics.
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In depth functional knowledge with a key focus on budgeting, variance analysis, cost control, and drives automation in processes
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Mosaic, Cockpit /Tableau knowledge
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Strong excel skills.
