Financial analyst

Role purpose:

• Executes the planning, analysis and performance management activities to ensure accurate, timely and complete set of financial statements.
• Analyzes on company performance versus plan, targets setting and achievement monitoring, competitive performance, competition insights and budgeting of wholesale segment P&L and balance sheet accounts.
• Executes insightful management reporting and analysis of overall company performance on the relevant dimensions, provides professional advice in relation to trade off decisions on specific areas, prepares analysis and review packs for CFO and executive management.
• Proficiently uses mass data load tools to execute submission of plans into HFM (Hyperioan Financial Management) and OHP (Oracle Hyperion Planning) systems.

Main responsibilities:

Reporting activities:

• Participates in month end closing activites generating reports for management review, and upload files to HFM for non financials KPIs
• Analyzes actual financial results, explains variances, identifies trends and makes recommendations for improving the performance;
• Prepares monthly performance report and other recurrent deliverables as requested by Group
• Ensures compliance with Group reporting requirements and acts as SPOC between Group reporting and local commercial and accounting teams
• Creates ad-hoc analysis, reports or presentation requested by direct manager

Planning activities:

• Continuous development and update of business planning models based on current and expected developments of the business
• Develops flexible budgeting models for income statement and balance sheet, adaptable for building various scenarios to support business decisions;
• Prepares HFM and OHP upload files based on all centralized data and analyzes the consolidated results. Prepares models outputs for EMT presentations to support decision making and targets setting process and Group presentations . Maintains the budgeting existing systems, improves and updates tools and data flow
• Investigates the reasons for differences between the planned and actual results, highlighting to management the impact on the business;
• Prepares budgets presentation adapted as required by each internal or external user;
• Ensures compliance of local financial statements with group accounting policies and relevant accounting standards as well as with statutory legislation ( as advised by Finance Operations);
• Prepares additional information requested by the Group and ensures it is timely submitted;
• Builds and aggregates Long range planning together with finance business partners
• Drives automation and simplification of FP&A processes

Desired skills and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or accounting. Advanced degree and/or certifications (ACCA, CIMA) preferred;
• 3+ years of experience, preferably in finance or audit;
• Previous experience in telecom industry is a plus;
• Excellent business modeling and analytical skills; superior understanding of business drivers; and strong capabilities in translating business terms into business models;
• Strong knowledge of accounting concepts as they relate to financial modeling and analysis;
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint;
• Experience in planning and reporting tools such as HFM, OHP preferred;
• Excellent communication skills, ability to manage competing priorities effectively whils meeting deadlines;
• Excellent english written and verbal;
• Customer focus; drive for results; integrity and trust; applied thinking.