Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) professionals provides advisory services including Accounting and regulatory support for accounting change and special matters, accounting processes and controls support.
Primary Responsibilities
- The Senior will be part of engagements covering a broad spectrum of FP&A / Consolidation & Reporting areas. The individual will be responsible for the following tasks:
- Assist in engagement scoping and planning Discovery Workshops with the client to assess current state and perform comprehensive needs analysis including,
- Identify and document current FP&A / Consolidation & Reporting processes, KPIs, risk metrics, pain points, and inefficiencies
- Engage with stakeholders to understand business requirements and objectives
- Conduct a gap analysis to determine improvement or automation opportunities
- Perform detailed Process Analysis including identifying redundant or manual steps that can be optimized or automated
- Assist in solutioning & delivery including:
- Redesign processes to eliminate inefficiencies and incorporate best practices
- Research and evaluate appropriate FP&A / Consolidation & Reporting software and automation tools that meet the project requirements based on factors such as integration capabilities, scalability, user-friendliness, and cost
- Assist in designing processes on the chosen FP&A / Consolidation & Reporting tools to fit the agreed operating model
- Assist in customizing features and settings on the FP&A / Consolidation & Reporting tool to meet specific business needs
- Advising clients on enhancing their Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, Consolidation and Reporting processes using different EPM tools
- Assist in conducting comprehensive cost-benefit analysis, costing assessments, and benchmarking exercises to measure the performance of EPM applications
- Proficient in developing KPIs, performance value driver analysis, and implementing Driver based planning models
- Develop detailed documentation and deliver training programs and workshops to enhance end user understanding and proficiency in FP&A / Consolidation and Reporting solution during the handover
To qualify, candidates must have:
- Chartered Accountant (CA), CPA (US), ACCA (UK) or MBA with 2-6 years of relevant experience
- Strong understanding of FP&A and/or Consolidation and Reporting processes, methodologies, and best practices
- Experience in current state analysis (As is), future state analysis (To be), process optimization, process documentation, data integration, and data analytics
- Proven experience in initiatives such as driver-based forecasting, process automations, and strategic operating model design would be an added advantage
- Hands-on experience in tasks such as Budgeting and forecasting, Financial modelling and scenario analysis, Variance analysis, Performance management and KPIs would be preferred
- Proficiency in one or more leading FP&A and/or Consolidation and Reporting tools (e.g., Tagetik, Lucanet, Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, Oracle Hyperion, IBM Planning Analytics) including an understanding of their features, capabilities, and limitations
- Familiarity with Data Management & Integration processes and tools such as Data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes, Data governance and data quality management, Integration with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics)
- Familiarity with one or more of the BI & Analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Qlik), Data visualization and dashboarding, Advanced analytics and data science concepts
- Hands-on experience preferred, in compilation of monthly financials (P&L, B/S, C/F), analyse trends in P&L items to identify issues and risks or opportunities for financial plan/forecast
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