The Senior FP&A Analyst will be responsible for working with the Finance Business Partners (FBP) of Global Support functions (Finance, HR, Legal, etc.) and respective functional leaders to coordinate business strategies and ensure alignment of workstream initiatives, with a strong focus on maintaining rhythm and control over financials.  

This role will be reporting into the FP&A Team.  

Job Responsibilities 

• Support the Finance Business Partners of Global Functions (Human Resources, Finance, Legal and Corporate areas of Procurement, Strategy Transformation). 

• Support FBPs on the monthly operational meetings with business partners to understand cost drivers 

• Support FBPs on monthly forecasting submissions: Identify and highlight business risks and opportunities, expense focus 

• Manage monthly reporting for the business including reports to the functional leaders and downlines 

• Manage Operating expenses (Opex), One-time costs and Capital (Capex) budgets 

• Ensure quality and control of productivity trackers as well as understand performance variance against plan  

• Drive analysis for variances to plan with a focus on actionable recommendations 

• Work closely with other members of the finance team to create dashboards, drive efficiencies and simplification, and automate tracking and reporting through systems like SAP4 Hanna, NEA and PowerBI 

• Assist FBPs with preparation of key pitches for senior management, including monthly operational reviews 

• Responsible for coordinating month-end close activities including supporting journal entry preparation 

• Responsible for aligning system data (including cost center mappings) to lines of business and functional areas 

• Ensure proper controls, procedures, and policies are followed and communicated 

• Perform various ad hoc analysis for finance and leadership 

• Support our 3YP / operating plan process and submission. Ensure data is timely available and submitted as per HQ finance guidelines. 

Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance with 3-5 years' financial planning and analysis experience 

• Solid financial management skills including monthly, quarterly and annual financial forecasting, budgeting planning.  

• Ability to analyze and synthesize data to build presentations for senior leadership    

• Strong analytic skills  

• Strong work ethic, self-motivated work style, attention to detail and enjoy a dynamic environment with new challenges and changing work priorities 

• Strong interpersonal and communications skills, ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization 

• Willingness to take initiative and be creative in identifying business issues and opportunities for improvement 

• Effective verbal and written communication skills, including an ability to establish positive business relationships  

• Integrity - Maintain a high standard of professional ethics and appreciation of cross-cultural differences  

• Advanced knowledge of MS suite  (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint and BI tools) 

• Knowledge of SAP/Hyperion (HFM), US GAAP & SOX Compliance  

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