Senior Financial Analyst

Job Summary

This role will be required to provide financial support, with in-depth business analytics to support financial transparency and decision making. This role will work closely with a number of functional areas to provide value-added analysis and insights to support executive actions.

This role will be primarily responsible for expense forecasting, financial reporting & analysis and budget preparation.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide strong leadership and financial support to a number of functional leadership teams; acting as a key business partner by providing financial expertise and solutions to assist in the achievement of annual and strategic objectives.
• Responsible for the financial analysis of business units and identifying areas requiring attention through management reports. Contribute to the Monthly Operating Report in a timely manner.
• Responsible for the coordination and analysis of the Annual Operating Plan for the related functional groups.
• Design, develop and deliver new reporting methodologies to support business initiatives. Create appropriate tools and models to facilitate effective operational cost management.
• Support continuous improvements activities to optimize operational costs and create EBITDA uplift.
• Support new product launches through profitability analysis and insights that inform portfolio investment decisions
• Undertakes appropriate analysis, in a proactive manner, in order to provide meaningful reporting to management for the purpose of effective decision-making and operational benchmarking of business activities. Utilizes advanced financial techniques to identify and recommend alternative courses of action to optimize working capital and profitability.
• Responds to highly complex and unconventional queries from internal clients, by providing the appropriate information to support the business needs.
• Completes special projects as required. Serves as project leader and demonstrates well developed project management skills.
• Works in a safe manner collaborating as a team member to achieve all outcomes.
• Demonstrate Behaviours that exhibit our organizational Values: Integrity, Courage, Teamwork, and Innovation.
• Ensure personal adherence with all compliance programs including the Global Business Ethics and Compliance Program, Global Quality policies and procedures, Safety and Environment policies, and HR policies.
• All other relevant duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Education
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting or a related area
  • Accounting designation preferred but not required
• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  • General knowledge of accounting/financial/operational principles
  • Strong technical proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and Word
  • Strong technical proficiency with ERP systems, SAP preferred
  • Financial modelling experience
  • Interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact with various management levels
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and a team player
  • Strong ability to anticipate management information requirements
  • Superior attention to detail and ability to successfully manage multiple competing priorities
  • Ability to identify opportunities for improvement in a timely and effective manner.
  • Able to work independently in a proactive manner.
  • Excellent organizational abilities.
• Experience
  • Bachelor’s degree and more than six years of experience in finance or accounting or a related area
  • Accounting designation preferred but not required