Senior Financial Analyst

SUMMARY:

Key member of the Global Finance Services team providing insight and analysis of financial data and interacting with financial systems to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the reporting process.

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS AND ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support the Global Finance team with reporting monthly actuals, updating forecasts and developing the annual budget
• Compile data from multiple sources and develop variance analysis to provide understanding of operational and financial performance
• Deconstructs financial information (e.g. underlying performance, variances vs. budget/forecast) into usable information for cross-functional leaders to make effective, financially-based decisions.
• Perform the input of financial and operational data in financial systems and reconcile results across multiple systems to ensure consistency and accuracy.
• Gain expertise of the company’s financial applications including Workday Adaptive Planning, RISE (BPC), SAP and serve as a single point of contact for managing the financial data
• Responsible for performing special projects to improve process efficiency and performance.
• Prepare and analyze financial models using MS Excel; produce monthly financial reports as requested
• Demonstrated communication and presentation skills working with team members in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific across multiple peer groups and levels of management
• Perform analytics on an ad hoc basis

QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Certification/Knowledge

• Minimum of 5 to 7 years of experience in a similar role or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience with Excel modeling
• Previous experience with finance operations in a global company or shared services setting preferred

Skills/Abilities:

• Self-starter with an ability to seek out areas for analysis of cost efficiency and profit opportunities
• Willingness to bring creative, analytical ideas to management and other members of the leadership group
• Well organized, both in focus on daily activities and work product output

• Understands the importance of presenting clear and concise data for ease of understanding by management
• Analytical problem solving with strong attention to detail
• Strategic thinker
• Strong ability to initiate, prioritize, and manage multiple projects        
• Uncompromising ethics and urge to challenge the status quo for continuous improvement
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (emphasis on Excel & PowerPoint)
• Experience with business intelligence tools such as Microsoft BI Suite and Tableau
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Typical office environment.  Minimal noise or other outside distractions
• Typical office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Office based position for initial onboarding period (up to 6 months) that will transition to a hybrid model (3 days per week in office)
• Office location is in Mabalacat, Pampanga

REQUIRED PHYSICAL ABILITIES

• Typical office environment.  Limited bending, stooping, or lifting. Able to sit and use a computer for a long period of time
• Manual and physical dexterity needed to operate a computer keyboard and handle paper documents
• Sufficient near vision acuity to read information appearing on computer display screen, in handwritten forms, and printed on paper
• Adequate hearing and verbal abilities to communicate effectively in person and by telephone