Assistant Manager - Reporting & Analytics - Shared Services Firm

Role summary :

- This role is responsible for producing a standard suite of financial / management reports and making them available to relevant Finance teams.

- They will be responsible for the production of analytics and metrics that can be drilled down into by Finance teams to understand performance, trends etc. The SWAT team will produce reporting suites and specific metrics through established governance process.

Responsibilities :

Execute the following responsibilities :

- Gather complex data inputs from multiple sources, both internally and externally. Identify new data sources that will enhance business outcomes and support strategic and tactical objectives. Provide insight and guidance to leadership on the trends and drivers behind the results and prepare reports on findings.

- Produce reporting suites and specific metrics through established governance process including common cost centre reports and management information

- Design and build reports and analysis that reflects business requirements

- Structure and deliver recurring reports and dashboards accurately and on-time

- Build monitoring solutions to ensure on-going quality and accuracy of existing recurring reports and dashboards

- Build short-term work-around solutions to enable accurate accounting for business initiatives prior to SAP S/4 HANA go-live

- Actively engaging in ensuring improvement to areas highlighted/identified by executives/self

- Lead, motivate, guide and develop the team to meet business objectives.

- Specific activities to be agreed but may include:

- Producing working capital analysis as well as cash flow projections for the P2P process

- Providing balance sheet / accrual / GRIR analysis according to pre-established SLAs

- Ensuring the accurate tracking of WIP / accruals / prepayments

- Providing audit support and assist with any ad-hoc queries or analysis requests

- Contributing to the MOB pack and support with variance reporting

Additional project management responsibilities may include:

- Work closely with onshore teams to determine standard reporting requirements and develop an approach to implementing

- Work cross-functionally as needed to enable data architecture and solutions that best meet the analytics and reporting needs of the business. Assess the needs of the business, prioritize and drive new reporting requirements to completion

- Work cross functionally in order to proactively and systematically identify and implement any enhancements to reporting and analytics processes

Knowledge & Experience

Essential :

- Qualification (preferably in Financial Planning & Analysis role)

Qualified CA/CWA with a minimum of 4 years of post-qualification experience

- MBA (Finance) a minimum of 7 years of post-qualification experience

In Individual role:

- Experience in data mining and developing reports using a variety of reporting / analytics software packages

- Aptitude to adapt the business dynamics and quickly adopt new software packages

- Knowledge of BI Tools and SAP 4 HANA would be an added advantage

- Exceptional technical and analytical skills with the ability to think creatively and develop solutions

- Demonstrated ability to successfully manage competing priorities & deliverables in a fast-paced, dead-line oriented environment Ability to work independently with limited supervision and manage multiple priorities

- Conceptualize and design new reports

- Ability to perform data investigation

Team Management:

- Lead, motivate, guide and develop the team to meet business objectives.

- Resource management - Process training, 1-on-1- s, performance review, etc.

- Ensuring resilience, training & development and adequate succession planning

- Promote an environment for process improvement suggestions and initiate actions

Skills required:

- Knowledge of BI Tools and SAP 4 HANA would be an added advantage

- Proficient Excel skills, knowledge of Macros would be an added advantage

- Able to build strong cross-functional relationships

- Ability to identify / drive process improvements on available opportunities

Desirable:

- Strong business acumen and sufficient Financial Accounting knowledge to be able to understand impact on P&L from reporting

- Strong oral and written communication skills

- Consistently delivers high quality timely work resulting in highly satisfied customers

- Task oriented

- Team player

- Able to combine data across platforms

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