Financial Forecasting Specialist

Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis

Purpose

The Analyst, Financial Planning Analysis will be reporting to the Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis and will be responsible for a number of accounting and finance functions and will support the statutory reporting of the company.

The ideal incumbent will be responsible for the Company’s planning, forecasting and analysis activities and will work closely with the senior management teams in driving overall business performance. This role will interface with all managers and senior management, both in Finance and in the Business, delivering an annual financial forecast, in year financial estimates, overseeing the capital planning process and decision support (business case) requirements. This is a key role within the Finance team and the business.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop and build financial models to support the annual budget, multi-year projection and monthly rolling forecast.
• Support the end-to-end annual budgeting cycle, multi-year projection and monthly rolling forecast through partnering with the business to develop and agree on the key assumptions underlying the financial models
• Develop ad hoc financial models and analysis in support of the company’s operating business as well as its strategic initiatives
• Provide decision support analysis to business partners such as product and customer profitability, pricing analysis etc.
• Financial Analysis support by preparing :
• Monthly variance analysis
• Monthly revenue analysis
• Post journal entries
• Daily / Weekly / Monthly GL account reconciliations
• Assisting with month-end activities
• Assist with monitoring KPI’s and dashboards for practice areas
• Develop weekly operational reporting (leading indicators) to be reviewed with the business, that ultimately inform forecasts and overall performance
• Provide decision making support– business cases and prioritization on key business decisions.
• Support the management of overall business case process and port-mortem reviews for the company
• Provide insightful interpretation of key business drivers underlying the business results, highlight key issues and make appropriate recommendations where required.
• Support the preparation of the yearly forecasts for presentation to the Board
• Assist with monthly financial reporting and analysis activities working in conjunction with the divisional finance teams.
• Assisting in annual audit
• Support and backup of accounting team members
• Perform other ad-hoc financial and capital analysis as required.

Education and Required Skills / Experience