Financial Analyst & Business Partner

Our client is a global US listed FinTech leader with over $15 billion in market capitalisation, that helps clients transform their business with communications, technology, data and analytics solutions.

Role Summary:

The Group Financial Analyst & Business Partner will effectively partner with globally located product/regional finance teams and account management to deliver the required consolidated group wide information. Providing insight to the business to assist in decision making, and provide teams with required FP&A reporting and analysis.

The role will work within the Group FP&A team, based in the UK, to contribute towards the team ensuring the timely delivery of group wide quarterly; annual and strategic financial budgets, and monthly variance analysis and Strategic International reporting to Excomm.                                                                                                                                                      

Key Tasks:

• Play key role within group team for timely provision of information to Corporate and  segment finance teams for actuals, forecasts and budgets within a strict deadline environment.
• Consolidation and ownership of Global revenue analysis file for actuals, forecast and plan reporting and analysis on a monthly, bi annual and annual basis as required.
• Partner with account management team to provide consolidated, consistent Global T&M/service revenue tracking and reporting across international group.
• Assist in the monthly review of closed client contracts, as part of validating sales values and treatment
• Sales to revenue tracking, including split by client for each sale, matching revenues received to original sales, including monitoring for potential future sales revaluations.
• Tracking business losses and concession revenue impacts, and their respective variances against plan and forecast, including consolidation and ownership of master files used in flash, forecast and quarterly analyst call deliverables.
• Preparation and submission of all Quarterly Analyst Call reports for quarterly and additional bi annual deliverables.
• Preparation and submission of monthly APAC regional P&L to regional GM, to support Strategic targeted regional business growth
• Group wide headcount open position tracking and monthly roll forward reporting 
• Compilation of consolidated actuals and forecast reporting for all deferred projects, showing variances to plan and prior Forecast, split by project.
• Any other work as requested by the Group Senior Financial Analyst or VP Finance.

Qualification and experience:

The ideal candidate will be either an ACA, with post qualification experience in industry as an analyst, or a qualified CIMA/ACCA with previous experience of providing financial analysis in a commercial environment (experience in a US and/or software/technology business would be an advantage).

You will be able to demonstrate:

• Demonstrate ability to show attention to detail while working with large volumes of data, but also be able to step back and see “the big picture”
• Consistent delivery of high levels of productivity, efficiency and quality;
• Proactive in seeking new work challenges to support own team and business;
• The ability to develop strong, collaborative relationships, fostering teamwork and gaining the confidence and trust of others;
• Experience of handling multiple demands and competing priorities, even in complex situations and projects;
• The ability to deal constructively with unexpected challenges or sudden changes in priorities;
• Experience with Fintech/Software companies an advantage;
• Preferable experience of US GAAP;

Systems experience:

• Good Excel skills a minimum requirement (e.g. competent in the use of pivots, manipulation of large volumes of data, modelling, etc).
• Prior experience of Oracle and TM1 would be an advantage