Description
PURPOSE OF POSITION:
Provide high-quality financial analysis, planning, and reporting to enable effective decision-making. Support business partners and finance leadership through accurate forecasts, performance insights, and financial governance, translating data into clear, actionable insights across the company. Drive continuous improvement of Finance processes and tools.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting
- Support the development of annual and multi‑year plans.
- Build and maintain detailed budgets and ensure data accuracy.
- Ensure alignment with group guidance, assumptions, and timelines.
- Prepare rolling forecasts and outlooks.
- Analyze key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
- Ensure consistency between actuals, forecasts, and plans.
- Partner with finance stakeholders to support planning and forecasting.
- Work cross‑functionally to validate assumptions and reconcile variances.
Additional Senior Level Expectations:
- Own the full planning and forecasting cycle for assigned business areas.
- Shape planning discussions by challenging assumptions and providing scenario‑based insights.
- Ensure cross‑functional alignment of assumptions across Finance, Accounting, and business teams.
- Drive improvements in forecasting accuracy, processes, and automation.
Financial Modeling, Analytics & Decision Support
- Build, maintain, and enhance financial and driver‑based models and share analysis.
- Perform sensitivity, scenario, and ad‑hoc analysis to support planning and decision‑making.
- Support business cases, investment appraisals, and ad‑hoc analyses.
- Gather data, validate accuracy, and support analytical needs for business partners.
- Provide data‑driven insights to inform trade‑offs and operational decisions.
Additional Senior Level Expectations:
- Translate analysis into synthesized, actionable insights and recommendations for stakeholders.
- Design, enhance, and auto