CA Technologies - Senior Principal - Financial Planning & Analysis

Role title : Sr Principal, Financial Planning &Analysis

Job Overview :

- This position is a leadership position in the corporate finance team responsible for designing, implementing and driving the annual budget process and monthly forecast cycle across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities :

- Direct the preparation of accurate monthly and quarterly forecasts. Own the enterprise forecast system and models. Ensure alignment of assumptions for forecasting and analysis throughout the organization.

- Compare actual results to historical results, budgets, and forecasts, and prepare and report meaningful variance analysis.

- Perform in-depth financial and operational analysis to determine business reasons and key business drivers impacting results.

- Provide decision making support and improve the financial/accounting expertise throughout the organization.

- Perform business and financial analysis of significant capital projects to ensure proper cost/benefit relationship. Provide support to management to improve cash flow and return on investment.

- Conduct ad-hoc planning and analysis to support the department and senior management.

Typical Role Definition :

- Sr Professional Staff. Possesses and applies a comprehensive knowledge of a particular field of specialization to complete complex assignments. Technical skills may cross fields.

- Works on complex and diverse issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Assignments are broad in nature and need ingenuity and originality to solve.

- Requires daily decision making capabilities and actions that are not reviewed by supervisor. Operates with substantial latitude for un-reviewed action or decision. May be responsible for a project team with a defined scope of responsibility and set of deliverables.

- Has influence over team members; encourages focus on ingenuity and results. Reviews progress and evaluates results. Plans and assigns personnel for a given project or task, and recommends changes in procedures.

- Often plays a role in high-level projects that have an impact on the company's future direction.

Preferred Education :

- Bachelor's degree or global equivalent in Finance or Accounting Member, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, CPA or an MBA in Finance preferred.

- Knowledge of GAAP and all aspects of general accounting.

Work Experience :

- 12 or more years of experience in compiling financial data for reporting and analysis.

Skills & Competencies :

- Ability to work autonomously, and interface with Executives directly.

- Prepare regular and special financial statements including balance sheets, budgets, forecasts, profit and loss statements, and statements of sources and uses of funds.

- Understand the functionality and application of IRR (internal rate of return) and NPV (net present value) modeling applications, and interpret results and formulate effective recommendations.

- Independently plan and conduct non-routine financial analysis/reporting projects and consult effectively on highly technical projects.

- PC skills with Microsoft products such as Excel, Access, Word and PowerPoint.

- Excellent written and oral communication, problem solving and analytical skills