WeWorK - Lead - Financial Planning & Analysis

Overview

- This role will focus on managing Financial Planning & Analytics, Business Decision Support, Business Partnering, Budgeting, Forecasting, Profitability Analysis and Commercial Finance. This role will involve working closely with Business and Finance teams. Key take-aways from the role:

- Role touches upon various aspects of business and finance and provides enriching all-round experience and insights.

- This role will provide an opportunity to develop business acumen with regular interactions with business teams and leadership.

- Dynamic business scenarios will pose exciting challenges that need to be addressed proactively in this role.

- With focus on automation and business analytics, this role will provide an opportunity to actively take part in transformational projects.

Key Responsibilities:

- Work in a dynamic environment and contribute to decision making by regularly monitoring performance indicators, highlighting trends, analyzing causes of variance, profitability, and performance measurement.

- Develop and Report Quarterly and Monthly Financials to leadership and management.

- Work closely with the finance controllership team on monthly book closure activities.

- Develop financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives.

- Forecast OPEX and CAPEX requirements for better profitability and cash management.

- Work with stakeholders to develop annual budgets.

- Implement new processes and streamline existing processes within stipulated time.

- Participate in various review meetings and work with concerned team members in completing / achieving organization goals.

- Foresee business challenges, analyze complex financial information and reports to drive proactive actions from cross functional teams by providing meaningful financial analytics and recommendations.

- Ad-Hoc Reporting and Analysis

- Identify areas where automation can be implemented and take active part in implementing these systems.

Qualifications and Requirements:

- 3 years of post qualification experience

- Financial Planning and Analysis, Financial Management

- Forecasting, Business Planning and Administration

- Commercial Finance

- Automation and Business Analytics

- Preferably a Chartered Accountant or an MBA in Finance

Skills and Abilities:

- Excellent Communication Skills and Ownership to drive impactful decision making.

- Advanced Microsoft Office skills

- Work experience of SAP or other ERP

- Familiarity with Tableau/Power BI/ SQL

- Should be able to articulate key areas/actions and have the ability to deep-dive and identify problems and resolve them.

- Should be able to break-down complex problems and solve them.

- Ability to work in dynamic/challenging work environments.