Senior Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis - BFS

Responsible for the production of timely, accurate and appropriate consolidated financial and non-financial data in line with corporate timelines; driving standardization of FP&A processes and best practices across all divisions and provide ad hoc support and analysis to the senior leadership team to maximize business performance.

Responsibilities :

- Running the planning processes (Plan, Budget, Forecast), as well as performance reporting and decision support analysis

- Coordinating the month-end reporting process and preparing the consolidated Navigation and Flash file results.

- Ensuring the timely production of the Business Review Packs by respective owners and drafting the Board Pack for FD review

- Responsible for the roll out the FP&A processes and best practices across all subsidiaries

- Key business partner to the Finance leadership team

- Responsible for streamlining all business KPIs and enhancing analytical capabilities across the Group around performance analysis

- Promotes cross-functional cooperation and work

- Drives the improvement of the predictability and accuracy of estimations

- Drives the timely issuance of the reporting information to all key stakeholders

- Works in close collaboration with the divisional CFMs/FDs to understand the operating levers of the division and enhance the profitability of the business

- Monitors project profitability and ensures that revenues are billed exhaustively

- Manages tightly the divisions working capital. Reducing unbilled revenues and ensuring that debtors are collected timely

- Key stakeholder in the reporting systems upgrade

Requirements :

Knowledge & Expertise :

- Part or Qualified Accountant or equivalent professional experience

- Expert Excel skills: Advanced formulas, pivot tables, conditional formatting,-

- Experience in creating, improving, and maintaining financial models in Excel

- Previous FP&A and reporting experience, including running month end reporting and consolidation process

- Experience in preparing P&L, Balance Sheet Cash Flow Budgets and rolling Forecasts

- Consolidate data from multiple sources and stakeholders, be the custodian of reporting calendar and ensure all submissions are accurate and on time

- Excellent analytical skills

- Good communication skills to ensure deliverables are clearly communicated to stakeholders

- Proven track record in supporting the leadership team

Complexity & Creativity

- Comfortable with ambiguity and fast-moving environments

- Ability to manage expectations from multiple stakeholders

- Reporting system upgrade on the way

Judgments & Decisions :

- Adaptable and flexible

- The provision of inaccurate information could result in sub-optimal decisions being taken

- Change needed to be implemented

- Become the finance partner of reference in the FP&A area

Operational Responsibility :

- The provision of appropriate, accurate, and timely financial information to allow optimum decision-making to take place.

- Maintain and enhance the appropriate framework of processes for the FP&A practice

- Supporting the development and execution of the business strategy

Contacts & Communication :

- Coaching and developing Junior Analyst

- Commercial Finance Managers daily

- FD PS and FP&A daily

- CEO occasionally

Other :

- Expert MS Excel skills

- Strong MS Powerpoint skills

- Self-starter, ability to take initiative

- Continuous Improvement mindset

- Hard-working personality, dynamic and agile attitude