Financial Analyst

About the job

Manger, the Financial Analyst position is a full-time and permanent position supporting: routine management and financial reporting annual and mid-year budgeting and planning activities Data management and analysis Manage and analyze large, complex, and inconsistent datasets across multiple systems and geographies to support financial planning and analysis. Contribute standardization and auto ... mation of financial processes to improve efficiency, scalability, and data integrity across business units.Integrate data from Finance (SAP S/4 HANA), HR (SuccessFactors), Sales (Salesforce), and Operations (various systems) to support holistic Commercial Finance processes and cross-functional decision making.Collaborate with SAP Analytics Cloud Business Intelligence (SAC BI) team to design and maintain dashboards and reporting systems that deliver clear, actionable insights to senior stakeholders.Develop scalable financial models that support forecasting, budgeting, and scenario planning.Aggregate monthly results, analyze variances and provide detailed analysis.Provide detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis of movements in staff costs by reference to the Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Direct staff and the Average Cost per FTE, explaining movements in the latter by reference to detailed mix analysis of the location and grade of staff and the average cost of staff per grade/location.Affiliate spend, external professional fees, government fees, customer rebates, bad debts expenses etc.Support intercompany transactions, working closely with group-wide Finance and Commercial Finance managers.Support the production of management reports, ensuring that the financial information presented is accurate and consistent across reports; Partner with Commercial Finance colleagues in designing the budget process, specifically for Gross Margin/ Direct Costs, and play a pivotal role in the organization and execution of budgeting activities.Provide timely and accurate financial information to management, enabling data-driven decision making and driving business outcomes, lead review meetings.In addition to the provision of data and reports the successful candidate will be expected to provide value-added insights including recommendations to optimize business performance – this is not a role where simply providing raw data will suffice.Develop solid relationships with local Commercial Finance team members across Asia, Europe and US as well as the broader finance community.Support in providing ad hoc information and analysis as requested.