Lead Financial Planning Analyst

Summary

Job Title

Senior Financial Analyst – Analytics

The position is a critical role in the Analytics Center of Excellence - responsibilities encompass activities associated with the Strategic / Operational Plan, Budgeting, Forecasting & Month-End Close activities. Will also involve high degree of on-going analytical support and reporting.

Role Description

Role Requirement

• Builds working and collaborative relationships with the various FP&A teams and mid-management to support business priorities and objectives through complex financial modeling and ad-hoc reporting
• Benchmarks company performance utilizing product and market related analytics
• Analyzes consolidated results and partners closely with Business Operations and Business Finance to understand material variances to budget and historical trends
• Proactively identifies and communicates areas of risk and opportunity
• Provide insights to enable executives with the ability to do contingency planning, to consider alternatives and anticipate the impact of specific positive and negative events (not just a set of simplistic upsides, downsides and base cases)
• Takes the lead in building forecast models using key drivers, trend analysis, economic and external factors, etc.
• Monitors accuracy and predictive validity of existing models (e.G. relevance of metrics or business drivers included in forecast)
• Runs operating plan models and incorporates guidance received on validated assumptions;

leads and presents the results, forecasts, and operating plan presentation / deliverables

conducts research as required. Drives and distributes ad-hoc reports / mines and assimilates related data as directed for use in planning and forecasting activities

Technical Skills

knowledge of VBA would be a plus)

General Skills

Preferred candidate profile

Prior Experience

Education / Qualification