Senior Financial Analyst

Senior Financial Analyst

High profile position with fast track opportunity for a go getter!!

Our client, a Global Manufacturer and Distributor has an immediate need for a Senior Financial Analyst with an MBA and experience preparing and making presentations to senior management.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development and coordination of the annual budget and strategic plan processes for Global R&D and Marketing, including innovations and other growth initiatives, as well as the monthly forecasting process
• Oversee and manage the continued development of reporting, budgeting, financial forecasting, Operating Plan and Modeling tools for the investments/growth business partner team
• Defines and monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variances
• Develop global reporting and associated tools as needed to effectively support CTO and CMO ensuring the right insights are being provided and tracked
• Timely prepare high quality routine and ad-hoc reporting and analysis requests for CTO/CMO and their Global Leadership teams
• Perform ad-hoc analysis and develop Excel based analysis models for CTO/CMO and their Global Leadership teams, often with incomplete information
• Proactively analyze current and past trends (both internal and external) to gather insights across revenue and expenses to track growth and monitor costs
• Partner and communicate timely and proactively with R&D and Marketing teams across the globe to support both monthly performance management process and all different planning cycles with high confidence to engage leadership into relevant discussions
• Supports the innovation funnel and gate review process, including ownership of Project NPV models and assumptions
• Collaborate with Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team to identify and resolve any past, present and future reporting concerns and proactively identify future needs to reduce overall reporting concerns
• Supports cross functional projects management like cost reduction initiatives, innovation/growth initiatives, and continues improvement efforts
• Support designated critical business areas or priorities as needed

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in an accounting, economics or finance discipline, MBA, CMA, or CPA is a MUST
• Minimum, 3-4 years of corporate finance or banking/consulting experience
• Demonstrated ability with project management, financial modeling and analysis
• Experience with both local operational and corporate/regional responsibility but no specific industry knowledge required
• FP&A or corporate finance experience supporting a business leader/team desired
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills are needed, including ability to perform ad-hoc analysis and develop Excel based analysis models
• Articulate with excellent verbal and written communication to communicate efficiently with regions / countries and business leaders
• Excellent understanding and knowledge of financial systems and reporting tools, experience in developing tools and reporting systems a plus
• High level of systems knowledge, principally SAP BW, Hyperion Enterprise, Hyperion Financial Management, Hyperion Planning, Hyperion Smart View as well as MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint). SAP ERP knowledge a plus
• Strong self-starter, comfortable working in a highly matrixed organization and ability to work independently and remotely if required