Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:
- Manage the local team of 2-3 FAs supporting close, budgeting, forecast, and reporting
- Monthly forecasting, annual budgeting, and ad-hoc reporting support.
- Responsible for the execution of the monthly financial close, journal entries, accurate financial reporting of expenses, and hiring plans
- Drive analysis of cost trends and articulate related cause and effect to managers
- Work closely with Controllership team to coordinate compliance with US GAAP, ensure that the relevant financial control processes are used and appropriate audit trail maintained at all times
- Build and maintain positive relationships with various parts of the business to understand their needs and/or requests, and challenge methodologies to ensure balance between shareholders, customer and business partner expectations
- Continuously identify opportunities to automate and streamline processes to increase efficiency and accuracy in the operational planning processes
- Provide insightful and actionable monthly reports comparing actual trends against budget and forecast assumptions
- Build presentation content for Monthly Business Review of key metrics and expense drivers
Experience and qualifications required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance
- Passionate about business and the related performance
- 8+ years of finance experience with exposure to different areas (business analysis, accounting, FP&A, etc.)
- Experience with financial systems such as Anaplan, SAP[, BW, etc. is a plus
- Strong interpersonal skills and a proven track record to partner effectively with all functions and levels within the organization
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to multi-task and manage timelines
- Ability to perform in a matrix organization with multiple partners with a high degree of complexity and ambiguity
- The ideal candidate will have outstanding technical skills with spreadsheets, presentations, along with proven financial analysis capabilities