Senior Global FP&A Specialist

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The Senior Global Financial Specialist is a critical role in the Global Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team. The Senior Global Financial Specialist is an advanced subject matter expert, responsible for gathering and analyzing complex financial data to facilitate decision making and provide guidance to relevant business stakeholders within the business. The Senior Global Financial Specialist will serve as a key member of the Finance department with frequent exposure to senior management and various groups across the company to drive strategy across departments.
The Senior Global Financial Specialist is a business partner for key operational stakeholders representing the Global FP&A - Revenue team. Drive the rolling forecast, annual budgeting, and long-term forecasting analytics activities for a targeted segment on behalf of the Global Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) function in Finance. Lead efforts to capture forecasting assumptions and leverage them to produce short- and long-range financial projections including operational costs.
This role makes financial recommendations based on the data they have gathered and analyzed, including information regarding past company performance against set metrics and cost management.

Key responsibilities:

• Support development, implementation, maintenance and optimization of standardized FP&A processes, methodologies, and best practices across all FP&A teams
• Financial business partner for key operational stakeholders representing the Global FP&A - Revenue team (support adhoc analyses, special projects, etc.)
• Drive and Support monthly closing activities, rolling forecast, annual budgeting and other Revenue related tasks
• Prepare various monthly actual vs. budget (vs. forecast) reports and produce variance analyses for assigned departments; effectively communicating key takeaways
• Lead efforts to capture forecasting assumptions and leverage them to produce short and long range financial projections incl. risk/ opportunity assessment
• Extracts data from financial reports to conduct financial and statistical analysis and identifies financial discrepancies and recommends appropriate solutions.
• Drive and support system enhancements and testing in financial planning platforms (i.e. Hyperion, SAP, Power BI, other)
• Monitor and report on key financial and operational metrics for targeted department
• Collaborate with other finance groups to collect necessary budgeting and forecasting inputs, customer contract details and actual cost activity.
• Develop business partner relationship with assigned operational leader(s) within targeted department(s).
• Support the process of updating and/or enhance reporting templates and tools to capture critical financial assumptions
• Identify risks, opportunities, and other areas to improve business results
• Update and roll-forward tools and templates that support Revenue and Bookings planning processes.
• Participate in user testing to deploy system enhancements across key financial planning platforms
• Develop business partner relationship with assigned operational leader(s) within targeted department(s)
• Extracts data from financial reports to conduct financial and statistical analysis and identifies financial discrepancies and recommends appropriate solutions.
• Prepares a variety of financial reports based on the analysis results.
• Conducts presentations related to findings and provides recommendations to the relevant internal stakeholders.
• Conducts Actuals vs Budget vs Forecast analysis and reports on variances ensuring that the projected budget is met and assists with revenue recovery initiatives.
• Ensures budget and forecast variances are analyzed and recommendations are made to correct or improve company performance.
• Assists with input into the annual budgeting and forecasting process.
• Ensures key pieces of analysis are performed on areas of risk or opportunity within the business and that the financial levers are understood and communicated to the business together with clear recommendations.
• Continuously reviews business initiatives to ensure that they meet the required profitability expectations.
• Identifies revenue management opportunities (processes or initiatives) for ensuring improved profitability and sustainable returns for the business.
• Performs any other relevant task as assigned by the management team.
• Performs other duties and adhoc analytics as assigned.

To thrive in this role, you need to have:

• Experience in managing budget related requirements within a formal planning platform (Hyperion, SAP, etc.) required
• Advanced knowledge and use of Microsoft Excel required (must be able to use lookups, pivot tables, Power BI, Power Query and other advanced functionality)
• Demonstrates excellent attention to detail and maintains high quality of work.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skill.
• Display excellent planning and organizing ability.
• Deadline driven with ability to cope with stressful situations.
• Able to deal with different individuals at all levels in the organization.
• Takes own initiative and have a solutions-orientated approach.
• Proactive approach with the ability to think ahead in a fast-paced environment.
• Advanced analytical skills, and an ability to understand underlying business drivers and provide actionable insights based on analysis.
• Advanced knowledge and prior exposure to international entities, foreign currency and inter-company transactions.
• Applies advanced wide-ranging experience and in-depth professional knowledge to develop and resolve complex models and procedures in creative way.
• Directs the application of existing principles and guides development of new policies and ideas; Determines own methods and procedures on new assignments.
• Understands and works on complex issues where analysis of situation or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors, solutions may need to be devised from limited information.
• Exercises judgment in selecting methods, evaluating, adapting of complex techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Frequently advises key people outside own area of expertise on complex matters, using persuasion in delivering messages.
• Develops and manages operational initiatives to deliver tactical results and achieve medium-term goals.
• May be accountable through team for delivery of tactical business targets.
• Work is reviewed upon completion and is consistent with departmental objective
• Knowledge of IFRS
• Ability to work across different cultures and systems.
• Ability to communicate complex Financial/Accounting terminology and capture key requirements from financial and non-financial personnel

Academic qualifications and certifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent finance, economics, business management, statistics, or related field is preferred.
• Relevant financial analysis certification(s) preferred.

Required experience:

• Minimum 5-8 years of relevant high-level Financial and Capital Planning/ FP&A experience
• Advanced experience in a similar position in a related environment.
• Advanced experience with financial system/software.
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel and Power Query.
• Advanced demonstrable extensive experience within finance in a company with international operations.

Other Requirements:

• Must have flexible work schedule to accommodate across global business hours
• Being proficient in Japanese language would be a valuable advantage.#GlobalDataCentersCareers

Workplace type:

Hybrid Working

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