Senior FSS Finance & Strategy Analyst

Job Description

Finance & Strategy, Senior Analyst, Finance Shared Services (Manila)

Responsibilities:

This role will directly report to the Finance & Strategy Sr. Manager of Finance Shared Services to help transition, stabilize, and perform Finance Planning & Analysis functions in Manila. 

• Responsible for budget review and purchase request approvals for assigned functional groups.
• Approves Headcount in Workday based on forecast and ensures forecast is accurately reflected in Adaptive.
• Prepares and interprets Headcount reports by completing quantitative and qualitative analyses.
• Provides commentary and support explanations related to Financial reporting requirements.
• Applies in-depth knowledge in maintaining financial models and detailed forecasts of the company's operations.
• Identifies opportunities, proposes improvement in financial reporting  and helps in the implementation of new projects or improvements. 
• Coordinates with different departments in preparing individual budgets and assists in consolidating overall corporate budgets. 
• Examines & evaluates cost-efficiency of each department of the company, in light of what percentage of the company’s financial resources each department consumes. 
• Prepares internal and external reports for executive leadership in support for decision making. 
• Interacts with Finance Org, operations and/or functional peer group managers, normally involving matters between functional areas, other company divisions or units, or customers and the company. 
• Leads the process improvement initiatives including completion of Playbooks and acts as POC to coordinate Global Projects.  
• Protects Operations by keeping financial information confidential.
• Serves as a back-up resource of the team in completing daily deliverables, when need arises. 
• Perform relevant ongoing and ad hoc analyses and synthesize complex data into actionable insights and strategic recommendations to drive value engineering opportunities and business results

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting or equivalent.
• Has at least 4-6 years FP&A background
• SAAS company/Business Partnering Finance/ Finance Shared Services experience preferred.
• WIlling to work night and/ or shifting schedules to accommodate different time zones per global business requirements. 
• Excellent analytical skills with a thorough knowledge of accounting principles to analyze financial reports.
• Intermediate MS Excel skills required (VLooksUps, Pivot Tables, etc.)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong Organization Skills

• Ability to thrive in a fast-growing environment where change is the norm; strong multitasking skills, and flexibility to alternate from one project to the next quickly
• Ability to take ownership and work independently
• Energetic, driven and dedicated
• Teamwork-oriented with people management skills. 
• With Netsuite, Adaptive, Allocadia, & Coupa experience is an advantage.

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Hybrid: In this role, our hybrid experience is designed at the team level to give you a rich onsite experience packed with connection, collaboration, learning, and celebration - while also giving you flexibility to work remotely for part of the week. This role must attend our local office for part of the week. The specific in-office schedule is to be determined by the hiring manager.

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