Senior Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis - Media

You are responsible for

- Providing financial analysis and reports on the business performance including: Month End Closing, Annual Operating Plan, Quarterly forecasts, and Strategic Plan, with focus on P&L analytics

- Participating in various x-BG/Market Finance improvement projects. Actively contributes to realizing process improvements

- Understanding financial operating systems and tools. Accountable for the quality, accuracy and integrity of information stored in our systems. Work towards harmonizing analytics and reports.

- Providing guidance to financial and non-financial stakeholders on FP&A related matters and provide training on new reports, analytics, reporting/ planning instructions, tools, changes, etc.

- Analyzes and reports on business performance by means of: Monthly performance, AOP product/market/customer/integral profitability, Quarterly Forecasting, RoFo, Strategic Review, cost control.

- Target Setting / Remuneration, Pricing/margin analysis, etc. Performs forward-looking ad-hoc analysis, such as project & strategy evaluation, benchmarking, Price/Volume mix, scenario analysis, etc.

- Prepares, attends, minutes and keeps track of follow ups regarding performance and strategy meetings. Takes initiative to bring relevant financial issues to the attention of his/her relevant stakeholders.

- Participates in various x-BG/Sector/Market Finance improvement projects. Understands systems and tools. Ensures quality, accuracy and integrity of information stored in our systems, enabling a single source of truth.

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience

- Bachelor or Master's degree in a Business Economics, Finance and/or Accounting orientated study. CA/CPA/ICWAI/MBA Finance preferred.

- Minimum 8 years of relevant progressive working experience and roles in e.g. Finance, FP&A, financial control, management reporting and analysis, preferably within an international environment.

- Intellectual capacity to digest complex information, see trends & analysis through data

- Advanced technical skills in Excel, ERP (SAP preferred) and PowerPoint

- Experience with reporting & analytical tools, like SPSS, Business-Intelligence environments, SQL, etc.

- Delivers meaningful, accurate and timely reporting, analysis and planning support for senior analysts, managers and FP&A stakeholders.

- Strong affinity with LEAN processes and tools

- Curious mind-set, with excellent communication skills

- Guide other analysts in preparing their deliverables