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Scope of this role

We are seeking a highly analytical, detail-oriented finance professional to lead the FP&A support model for Capex across both tangible and intangible spend. This is a lead individual contributor role with end-to-end ownership across close support, monthly and quarterly analysis, forecasting, operating plan support, and process improvement.

The role will serve as the finance point person for Capex performance visibility, business partnering, and governance. The individual will act as a subject matter lead for Capex and will work closely with FBPs, business units, controllership and systems teams to improve reporting accuracy, strengthen controls, surface risks and opportunities, and help scale a more automated and insight-driven Capex operating model.

Responsibilities

1. Close controls and Reporting

• Own and support the monthly Capex close process across tangible and intangible spend.

• Prepare commentary on actuals versus operating plan, prior year, and forecast, highlighting risks & opportunities.

• Perform close control activities including reconciliations, reclasses where required, category and asset-type reviews, WBS hygiene checks, and PO review for open, duplicate, or unused items.

• Support PR and PO validation and approval workflows in partnership with business and procurement stakeholders.

• Support annual D&A and impairment activities related to tangible assets.

2. Financial Analysis and Business Partnering

• Build and own the monthly Capex analysis pack for leadership.

• Deliver executive summaries across MTD, YTD, quarter estimate, annual estimate, and top highlights.

• Maintain clear visibility into key risks and opportunities and aging across POs and WBS structures.

• Partner with FBPs and business units through forecast cycles to understand demand drivers &  annual outlook.

• Support product or initiative-level spend analysis across tangible and intangible Capex.

• Lead price-volume and inventory-related analysis where relevant, including meter or hardware-related trends.

• Provide insight on cap credits, IDSW, and capitalization trends to improve planning quality and decision support.

• Support operating plan and long-range planning cycles by consolidating business inputs, challenging assumptions, and helping drive central roll-up of budgets.

4. Governance, process improvement, and automation

• Strengthen Capex governance through improved WBS, PO, asset-type, and spend-mapping discipline.

• Help enable project-level budgeting and tracking for high-value Capex, including WBS-level budget controls.

• Improve reporting frameworks to track spends at asset level

• Document processes, identify root causes for recurring issues, and drive practical process improvements across Capex workflows.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.

• CA, CMA, MBA, or equivalent finance qualification preferred.

• Relevant FP&A experience supporting Capex, fixed assets, or related planning and reporting processes.

• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, accruals, reconciliations, and financial controls.

• Demonstrated ability to interpret financial results, connect them to business activity, and communicate clear insights.

• Experience working in matrixed, cross-functional environments with multiple stakeholders.

Technical and Functional Skills

• Familiarity with WBS structures, purchase orders, Capex accounting concepts, capitalization, and asset tracking.

• Strong Excel and Google Sheets skills.

• Experience with SAP, S4, ECC, SAC, or similar enterprise finance and reporting tools.

• Comfort working with large data sets, reconciliations, and management reporting.

• Ability to improve reporting logic, streamline processes, and support automation initiatives.

Leadership and Behavioral Expectations

• High ownership mindset with the ability to operate independently.

• Strong attention to detail and control orientation.

• Structured problem-solving and sound judgment.

• Clear written and verbal communication.

• Ability to balance operational delivery with forward-looking analysis.

• Strong collaboration skills and the confidence to challenge assumptions constructively.

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