Oracle - Lead Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis

Lead Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis

Financial support to business areas through financial analysis, budgeting, planning & forecasting; to facilitate decision making and future business strategies.

Job Description:

1. Financial reporting - Routine & Ad-hoc on Revenue, Expense, Headcount & KPIs, Management packs - Preparation, analysis

2. Ad-hoc Financial analysis

3. Handling queries on reports delivered

4. Process simplification, standardization: Standardization of existing reports across various regions/user groups, Development of new reports based on business requirements & presenting and obtaining buy-in from end users for rollout.

5. Documentation & training of other team members on new reports.

6. Finance business partner support: Budget & Forecast support; handling queries

7. Process automation: Handling financial reporting tools , Interaction business users to define UR, doing Testing, data upload & download, validation, Data cleansing/scrubbing, User Manual Documentation & training of global users etc., Coding uses VB Macros in MS Excel.

8. Process improvement: - Identification & Implementation of process improvement ideas adding value to finance & business

Eligibility: Post graduate in commerce / MBA (Fin) / CA (Inter) / ICWA (Inter) or any other equivalent degree ; only regular stream with a relevant experience of at least 4-10 years in FP&A

Skillset:

1. Should possess strong FP&A skillset - Analytical thinking, Problem solving & Logical reasoning.

2. Very good skills in MS office applications - especially Excel & PowerPoint

3. Advanced Excel skills

4. Exposure to ERP environment & BI applications (Hyperion, EPM) , would be preferred

5. Strong verbal & written communication skills

Attributes:

- Should be interested in number crunching, Data analysis & interpretation.

- Should be a go-getter, self-starter and takes absolute ownership for deliverables.

- Should be a good team player.

- Should be pro-active

- Flexibility to work & complete business critical deliverables within stiff deadlines. (Quarter end stretching etc.,)