GROUP FINANCIAL PLANNING AND ANALYST

Job Description

The Company:

A leading Multinational industrial services company

The Role:

This individual will be leading the FP&A Department reporting directly to the CFO and will be spear-heading the Group’s financial quarterly forecast, annual budgeting process, operating plan variance analysis and special projects. S/he will provide financial consulting and strategic support to senior management including preparing board presentations, financial presentations, capital expenditure analysis, industry/peer group comparisons, new business opportunities, acquisition analysis and other projects requested by senior management

Major responsibilities: 

• Develop and direct all aspects of an efficient, effective and comprehensive financial planning and customer pricing process that links to strategic objectives.  Core processes include periodic forecasting and annual budgeting/long range planning and modeling tools
• Work with senior executives to plan and measure how resources are deployed. Define and track KPIs to ensure resources are efficiently allocated and aligned in support of broader business objectives
• A Serve as a trusted business partner for functional leaders providing forward-looking financial support to evaluate key strategic decisions; including providing exceptional modeling, customer pricing and business case/decision analysis.  Advise leadership of opportunities and risks impacting business performance
• Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses and capital expenditures
• Monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance
• Ad-Hoc Reporting and Analysis
• Quarterly and Monthly Financial reports
• Implement and work with a Business Intelligence Tool and Dashboard reports
• Improve performance by evaluating processes to drive efficiencies and understand ROI in marketing programs, menu pricing, new store rollouts as well as new projects
• Develop financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives
• Analyze complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision making purposes
• Supporting Senior Management Team and Departments heads with in-depth analysis
• Prepare presentations to Board of Directors and Senior Management Team

Qualifications & Desired Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance; MBA highly preferred
• CPA Preferred
• Minimum 7-10 years of progressively more responsible experience in accounting/audit/planning and analysis, with minimum 5 years in financial planning, ideally at a large, global company. Strong leadership skills required.
• Solid knowledge of accounting (Local, US GAAP and IFRS) and proven understanding of Financial Statements (Balance Sheet, P&L and Cash Flow).
• Strong financial analysis background with the ability to prepare complex financial models, at ease in matrix organization and international corporate complexity.
• Technical and working experience with financial IT systems from a detailed to consolidation perspective, including the extensive use of Excel and Oracle
• Familiar with dealing in multiple-currencies
• Change management experience, focused on getting teams “on board” with new processes and techniques.
• Exceptional analytical, critical thinking and financial analysis skills with passion for details and comfort with a “roll up your sleeves” environment
• Strong initiative to act on data and intuition exercising insightful judgment that drives action and execution which leads to results
• Strong ability to develop key organizational relationships across functions and business units
• Ability to align the organization by displaying visionary thinking and inspiring passion throughout the team
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Highest standards of accuracy and precision; highly organized.
• Articulate with excellent verbal and written communication skills with all levels of staff
• Excellent interpersonal skills and able to adjust own style to suit audience and achieve objectives
• Ability to think creatively, highly-driven and self-motivated
• Able to challenge the status quo and drive through changes
• Diligent with strong attention to detail
• Good commercial knowledge as well as a sound understanding of financial issues, including current accounting standards
• A team player who enjoys technical challenges within a fast-paced environment, applies sound judgement in successful task planning and execution, and meets deadlines
• Manages complex and conflicting priorities with ease
• Consistently exhibits values based behaviors.

Apply for a Job

 http://dawaam.net/job-post/group-financial-planning-and-analyst/