Job Title:As a Principal Financial Analyst, you will drive effective financial planning and performance management by providing accurate analysis, reporting, budgeting and forecasting, while partnering with Department and Business Unit Managers to enable informed decision-making and improve business results. This position will be reporting to the Finance Director.
Principal Responsibilities:Management Reporting- Lead and support the budget/quarterly forecast processes, including data collection, upload, data integrity and validation.
- Analysis and interpretation of results including Actuals, Forecasts and Budgets along with comparing budget/forecast to actual, KPI's, key business drivers and trends, overheads, business development activities and market conditions.
- Participate in Month end close activities including financial analysis, Journal entries and any necessary month end adjustments
- Preparing Monthly & Quarterly Business Review Report Packs
- Monitoring of overhead budget for functional areas including detailed variance analysis and a view on possible risks and opportunities.
- Compliance with high quality of presentation, clarification, and accuracy with all information disseminated
- Drive an effective internal control framework to highlight and manage risk by providing an independent assessment of the health of the business
- Ad-hoc business analysis as required
- Assist in developing and implementing effective reporting and analysis to improve understanding of actual and forecast performance, to drive future financial performance.
Business Partnership- Work Closely with Finance Business Partner to support Operations and finance function.
- Identify effective overhead and working capital reporting/analysis to drive productivity.
- Able to utilize leading indicators across the region to identify opportunities and/or risks.
- Ensure appropriate accountability and performance standards are met and maintain high levels of confidentiality working with sensitive data.
Continuous Improvement- Leverage AI to identify business risks, opportunities, and efficiency improvements.
- Leverage common system platforms, e.g. Hyperion, Oracle (GBS, EPM).
- Be a custodian of finance systems and data.
- Be a Finance super user and be a first point of contact on system related issues.
People Skills:- Interpersonal: Builds appropriate, constructive, and effective business relationships throughout the organization; uses diplomacy and tact; is approachable; communicates clearly, accurately, and consistently both verbally and in written matters, remotely and in person. Employs the principles of active listening and encourages feedback from others.
- Action Orientation: Achieves results set by self and others, meets timelines, pushes to achieve stretch goals, and demonstrates enthusiasm, persistence, and tenacity. Breaks down work into executable tasks.
- Customer Focus - Commits to building enduring relationships and delivering optimal customer solutions. Effectively meets internal and external customer needs, builds proactive customer relationships, and takes responsibility for customer satisfaction and loyalty.
- Intellectual Capacity - Deals with new concepts and complexity comfortably. Examines problems carefully and thoroughly and understands their interdependencies. Can pull information and ideas from many sources and see the importance of many factors.
- Business Acumen - Knows how the business works, what drives profitability and what will increase growth to deliver value to the shareholders. Ability to maximize business opportunities as a result of business knowledge.
Physical Demand/Work Environment:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak or listen. The employee frequently is required to walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Visual Acuity: must be adequate to perform all required Job Description tasks in a safe manner. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. Work is usually done in an office setting and sometimes at a client facility or job site.
This job description is intended to describe the nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required of the job incumbents.
What you will bring:- Strong communication skills (both verbal and written)
- 5+ years' significant financial experience, majority of this in role as Financial Analyst; minimum 3 years post-qualification experience.
- Expert technical and analytical accounting skills, specifically in the areas of financial modelling and reporting.
- Experience with Oracle EPM, Hyperion Planning, SmartView, FCC, Power BI or equivalent reporting systems.
- Expert technical understanding of GAAP; maintains the highest professional ethics and standards.
Additional information- The position is well suited for a finance professional who is comfortable operating in a fast-paced, project-driven environment and partnering with stakeholders across functions and locations.
Education - Qualifications, Accreditation, Training:Required- Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field required.
Preferred 
