Finance Planning & Analysis - Associate

Job Description

As a Financial Associate in the Finance team, you will spend each day defining, refining, and delivering set goals for the firm. You will partner across the firm to provide financial and strategic analysis, oversight, and coordination of budgeting and forecasting. The Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) teams handle various activities including financial control, forecasting, budgeting, analysis of financial/business metrics, management reporting, development of new reporting capabilities, and advising the line of business CFOs on increasing profitability and efficiencies.**Key Responsibilities:**- Manage annual/continual financial planning activities for product areas- Work on efficiency reporting, analytics, and strategy- Create financial business cases supporting business initiatives- Work on reporting and monitor key metrics, driving data quality initiatives- Develop and track performance metrics, creating presentations for senior management- Perform variance analysis and present commentary to senior managers- Design new reports and dashboards for efficient delivery of financial results- Enhance controls and streamline processes, introducing automation where possible**Qualifications Required:**- MBA/CA with 4 years or Graduate with 6 years of experience- Excellent analytical, customer service, and problem-solving skills- Proficiency in MS Excel (Large Data Sets) and PowerPoint- Detail-oriented with the ability to summarize data for management decisions- Understanding of complex systems and ability to drive change- Proactively manage processes, respond to issues immediately, and offer solutionsIf you are interested, the company prefers candidates with at least 2 years of exposure to financial analysis/expense management and an understanding of financial reporting. You should be able to manage multiple priorities, time-sensitive deliverables, have experience with expense analysis, business commentary writing, budgeting, and forecasting. Strong knowledge of Corporate Financial systems, including Forecasting tools like Essbase, MS Office (Excel), and presentation tools, will be beneficial. As a Financial Associate in the Finance team, you will spend each day defining, refining, and delivering set goals for the firm. You will partner across the firm to provide financial and strategic analysis, oversight, and coordination of budgeting and forecasting. The Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) teams handle various activities including financial control, forecasting, budgeting, analysis of financial/business metrics, management reporting, development of new reporting capabilities, and advising the line of business CFOs on increasing profitability and efficiencies.**Key Responsibilities:**- Manage annual/continual financial planning activities for product areas- Work on efficiency reporting, analytics, and strategy- Create financial business cases supporting business initiatives- Work on reporting and monitor key metrics, driving data quality initiatives- Develop and track performance metrics, creating presentations for senior management- Perform variance analysis and present commentary to senior managers- Design new reports and dashboards for efficient delivery of financial results- Enhance controls and streamline processes, introducing automation where possible**Qualifications Required:**- MBA/CA with 4 years or Graduate with 6 years of experience- Excellent analytical, customer service, and problem-solving skills- Proficiency in MS Excel (Large Data Sets) and PowerPoint- Detail-oriented with the ability to summarize data for management decisions- Understanding of complex systems and ability to drive change- Proactively manage processes, respond to issues immediately, and offer solutionsIf you are interested, the company prefers candidates with at least 2 years of exposure to financial analysis/expense management and an understanding of financial reporting. You should be able to manage multiple priorities, time-sensitive deliverables, have experience with expense analysis, business commentary writing, budgeting, and forecasting. Strong knowledge of Corporate Financial systems, including Forecasting tools like Essbase, MS Office (Excel), and presentation tools, will be beneficial.

Keyskills :
Financial AnalysisStrategic ThinkingFinancial PlanningBudgetingForecastingFinancial ReportingVariance AnalysisData AnalysisMS Excel