Let’s talk about the Team:
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is an insight-driven, forward-looking function that is focused on enterprise forecasting, reporting, and direct business support and partnership. You will join a global Finance team focused on adding value to their partners every day, with an opportunity to add value in a growing, NYSE and ASX-listed multi-national market leader in medical devices.
In this role, you will be primarily responsible for partnering with local business leaders, including the Chief Information officer, supporting all aspects of financial planning and analytical support for decision making.
Let’s talk about the role:
- Financial business partner and advisor to the Chief Information Officer and support partner for other local corporate functional leaders (including Finance and HR/People)
- Analyze financial information to determine present and future financial performance
- Identify trends and recommends improvements accordingly
- Analyze financial performance and assist in interpretation of financial data and identification of ways to increase profitability, improve expense control and asset utilization
- Clearly communicate with senior management and other relevant parties regarding financial and business information
- Develop and maintain robust and scalable benchmarking processes and metrics for IT organization
- Develop and maintain robust ROI models, tools and analyses for IT organization
- Drive forecasting, close processes, controls/compliance activity, as appropriate
- Conduct special studies to analyze complex financial actions and prepare recommendations for policy, procedure, control, or action
- Support Continuous Improvement initiatives by driving efficient processes, improved tools and optimal organization structures
Let’s talk about you:
- Ability to plan, execute and deliver on projects in a timely manner and to multi-task on varying projects and initiatives with external driven deadlines that may shift during the course of the project
- Demonstrated project management experience leading cross functional and global teams
- Detail-oriented, organized and thorough with desire for continuous improvement Exceptional writing skills, as well as outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong strategic, technical, planning, analytical and problem-solving skills with a high level of demonstrated quantitative and finance skills
- Ability to understand new business and financial models quickly with less than full information
- Effective style of presenting solutions to all levels across the organization.
- Performs well under pressure in both team and individual settings
- Collaborative work style. Enthusiastically makes contributions and takes satisfaction in team accomplishments; ability to build relationship and trust with local and remote colleagues
- Ability to lead and develop others
- Must be flexible and adaptable in ‘real-time’ process work environment
Preferred:
- Business, Commerce or related degree
- Minimum of 6 years of experience in either a corporate finance, financial planning & analysis role, accounting, investment banking or other relevant experience
- Experience conducting detailed industry/market research using a variety of sources
- An in-depth understanding of financial statements and GAAP accounting
- Candidate must have previous track record demonstrating assumption of increasing levels of responsibility and successful business partnering, including directly or indirectly managing others
- In addition, the candidate must operate comfortably with senior management while simultaneously influencing decisions and improving controls through data driven financial analysis and accounting/finance knowledge.
- Proficient in data gathering from cloud through SQL, BI tools (e.g., TM1, Cognos) and budgeting systems (e.g., Anaplan)
- Substantial experience in top ERP systems (e.g., Oracle) and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)
- Experience working in a fast-paced, complex, global and dynamic environments
- CA or CPA qualification and/or MBA