Senior Analyst - Planning & Reporting

About this role

• Manage key deliverables during the month-close process as per agreed timelines along with ensuring delivery of quality results to key stakeholders
• Supporting EMEA Region and markets in the budget, quarterly & monthly forecast submission, and challenging markets on assumptions, appropriate use of account lines, brands, functions, segments, and classification of exceptional items
• Deliver best-in-class financial information and analysis to the EMEA Regional and Market team, providing timely, sound, and clear financial analysis of current results
• Partner with Regional and market FP&A to drive analytics, compliance, quality, and timeliness in month-end reporting.
• Assist in preparing periodic (monthly/quarterly/annual) reporting pack submission
• Challenge markets on the appropriate use of account lines, brands, functions & segments
• Identify automation requirements and collaborate with the CI team to help deliver automation solutions.
• Manage ad hoc requests from the EMEA Regional & Market team, cascade crucial information to markets, and drive compliance.
• Supports ad-hoc financial information requests as and when required
• Also, as part of the RCoE team, we will have to do testing / UAT of new developments and maintain QA checks on existing reports.
  
  
  

• B.Com /M.Com/ICWAI/MBA/semi-qualified accountant with a minimum of 5-8 years of experience in financial analysis, planning & reporting roles.
• A candidate who has an analytical bent of mind and provides insights when distributing a report or analysis
• Has the ability to tell the story behind the data in view.
• Effective planner who has a strong grasp of every functional area of the organization, its internal and external drivers, resources required to meet expectations, typical and atypical risks, and marketplace dynamics.
• Strong understanding of the concept of materiality in terms of work performed and the audience it is to be presented to
• Strong communication skills (verbal & written). Able to communicate effectively with various stakeholders, across different regions and levels
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills
• Ability to adapt to requirements of a Regional role
• Takes a top-down approach to analysis and investigation. Start from the highest level and go into the detail. Be aware of the "big picture" reason for the analysis and be able to come back to the high level after doing detailed work analysis.