Senior Financial Analyst

The Senior Financial Analyst is a critical role in the Global Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team. The Senior Financial Analyst is an advanced subject matter expert, responsible for gathering and analyzing complex financial data to facilitate decision making and provide guidance to relevant business stakeholders within the business. The Senior Financial Analyst will serve as a key member of the Finance department with frequent exposure to senior management and various groups across the company to drive strategy across departments. 

The Senior Financial Analyst is a business partner for key operational stakeholders representing the Headcount team.

Drive the rolling forecast, annual budgeting, and long-term forecasting analytics activities for Headcount and payroll cost on behalf of the Global Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) function in Finance. 

This role makes financial recommendations based on the data they have gathered and analyzed, including information regarding past company performance against set metrics and cost management.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Extracts data from HR reports to conduct financial and statistical analysis and identifies financial discrepancies and recommends appropriate solutions.
• Collaborate with other finance & HR teams to collect necessary budgeting and forecasting input (e.g. start and termination dates, payroll projections)
• Prepare various monthly actual vs. budget (vs. forecast) reports and produce variance analyses for assigned departments and regions
• Working together with HR to enable appropriate position management
• Identify risks, opportunities within the HC and payroll numbers
• Sharing information with regional accounting teams to secure correct payroll bookings
• Participate in user testing to deploy system enhancements across key HR platforms
• Develop business partner relationship with assigned operational leader(s) within targeted department(s)
• Collaborate with HR & finance teams to support transition to global structure
• Analyzing of budget and forecast variances with recommendations to correct or improve company performance.
• Delivers input for the annual budgeting and forecasting process.
• Continuously reviews HC and payroll cost development to ensure that they meet the required profitability expectations.
• Identifies cost management opportunities (processes or expenses) for ensuring improved profitability and sustainable returns for the business.
• Performs any other relevant task as assigned by the management team.
• Performs other duties and adhoc analytics as assigned.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Demonstrates excellent attention to detail and maintains high quality of work.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skill.
• Display excellent planning and organizing ability.
• Deadline driven with ability to cope with stressful situations.
• Able to deal with different individuals at all levels in the organization.
• Takes own initiative and have a solutions-orientated approach.
• Proactive approach with the ability to think ahead in a fast-paced environment.
• Advanced analytical skills, and an ability to understand underlying business drivers and provide actionable insights based on analysis.
• Advanced knowledge and prior exposure to international entities, foreign currency and inter-company transactions.
• Applies advanced wide-ranging experience and in-depth professional knowledge to develop and resolve complex models and procedures in creative way.
• Directs the application of existing principles and guides development of new policies and ideas; Determines own methods and procedures on new assignments.
• Understands and works on complex issues where analysis of situation or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors, solutions may need to be devised from limited information.
• Exercises judgment in selecting methods, evaluating, adapting of complex techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Frequently advises key people outside own area of expertise on complex matters, using persuasion in delivering messages.
• Develops and manages operational initiatives to deliver tactical results and achieve medium-term goals.
• May be accountable through team for delivery of tactical business targets.
• Work is reviewed upon completion and is consistent with departmental objective
• Ability to work across different cultures and systems.
• Ability to communicate complex Financial/Accounting terminology and capture key requirements from financial and non-financial personnel

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent finance, economics, business management, statistics, or related field is preferred.
• Minimum 5-8 years of relevant high-level Financial and Capital Planning/ FP&A experience

• Advanced experience in a similar position in a related environment.
• Advanced experience with MS office and data warehouse tools.
• Advanced experience with workday or other HR tools.
• Advanced demonstrable extensive experience within finance in a company with international operations.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Primarily sitting with some walking, standing, and bending.
• Able to hear and speak into a telephone.
• Close visual work on a computer terminal.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate any required to operate computer keyboard, mouse, and other technical instruments

WORK CONDITIONS & OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• This position is expected to be remote for the foreseeable future with an occasional need to be onsite in a shared work environment.
• Must have flexible work schedule to accommodate across global business hours
• Travel will be required, up to 10%.
• Preferred hiring region will be east cost USA