Senior Financial Planning & Analyst

Responsibilities:

- Management reporting:

• Prepare monthly Management reports (company level), perform variance analysis to understand gaps and propose suggestions for improvements.

• Working closely with the accounting team in order to ensure relevant transactions are properly reported. Identify, by reviewing and challenging the accounting records, discrepancies in reporting in order to correct the reports.

• Process monthly closing activities (especially accruals, to ensure spending is reported correctly & adequately).

• Design and implement necessary controlling tools, processes and visualizations in order to ensure the accuracy, speed and convenience of reports.

• Provide ad-hoc reports or analysis required by management team.

- Business partnering:

• Deliver, on a monthly basis, the management reports of Tech and HR (with full explanation & analysis).

• Working closely with other departments to monitor the actual expenditures versus budget/ forecast to ensure the Management reports are properly reported and budget are monitored; deviations should be alerted to the budget owner and management on time for decision-making.

• Support the budget owners by monitoring their budget vs actual, provide informative & supportive analysis to help on decision making.

- Expenditure request:

• Review expenditure requests to ensure the purpose is appropriate and the spending is optimized.

• Prepare cost analysis as needed and propose recommendations for cost optimization.

- Business planning and forecasting:

• Prepare and maintain the data model for company annual Business planning and budgeting.

• Maintain & update detailed month-to-go, quarter-to-go, and year-to-go forecast model.

• Manage the scenarios, including key financial metrics and respective corrective actions.

Requirements:

1. Education background requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance & Accounting. Having professional Accountancy qualifications (ACCA/CMA/CPA) is a plus.

2. Experience/Industry requirements:

- At least 3-5 years of working experience, of which 1 year of experience in finance analysis is needed.

- English: fluent in speaking & writing.

- An analytical mind and a keen interest in analysis coupled with business acumen.

- Advance proficiency in MS Office (especially Excel), Power Query, Power BI.

- Comprehensiveness of the analysis & presentation of data.

- Proactive, self-confident and a problem solver who possesses excellent communication skills that will be required to work with a wide range of stakeholders.

- Ability to prioritize, multi-task, adapt to a changing, fast-paced environment, and meet deadlines and commitments.

3. Competency requirements:

- Analysis & Problem Solving: Identifies and analyses a range of problems by isolating key issues, evaluating relevant data and reaching logical conclusions.

- Client Centric: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

- Communication: Communicates confidently and professionally, respecting the audience, engendering confidence and trust from external stakeholders and from individuals, teams, departments and the company.

- Accountability & Ownership: Plans and balances a range of tasks, assignments, projects and resources. Is able to cope with conflicting demands without undue disruption in order to get things done.