About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

The Role: Senior Specialist, Financial Analysis

The Senior Specialist role is crucial in supporting the monthly close and estimate process and assisting the FP&A Associate Director and Analysts with budgeting & forecasting, reporting, accounting and operational support.

The Location: Manila Bridgetowne West C-5 Road GBF Center 2

The Impact: This position works alongside the FP&A Associate Director and Analysts to ensure all monthly and quarterly financial reporting and analysis is delivered timely and accurately to facilitate informed decision-making by management. This role embodies S&P Global’s core values of Discovery, Partnership and Integrity ensuring that our financial insights are both accurate and actionable.

The Career Opportunity: This role offers the opportunity to gain a comprehensive view of the various Corporate Functions with responsibilities focusing on financial reporting and analysis. There is potential for advancement within the Finance team and the broader S&P Global Finance organization, reflecting our commitment to nurturing talent and fostering an enterprise mindset.

The Team:  The Enterprise FP&A team consists of employees located in US, Canada, UK, India and Philippines. The team interacts with Corporate Department Executives and is responsible for the end-to-end financial budgeting, forecasting and reporting processes and support. We value collaboration, integrity, and a enterprise mindset, driving excellence in all our endeavors.

Responsibilities:

Annual Budget & Monthly Estimate Process

• Update and maintain current supporting schedules for non-compensation spend for each assigned function.

• Update non-compensation forecast assumptions in Anaplan FP&A model.

• Build reports, research and validate forecast assumptions.

• Prepare Monthly Estimate Packet for assigned function

Monthly Close

• Review monthly expense activity (Ariba, OTBI, Oracle, etc.).

• Analyze historical data for trends and unusual variances, comparing results to estimate, budget and prior year.

• Prepare journal entries and applicable balance sheet reconciliations.

• Prepare Monthly Close Packet that highlights the QTD Variance commentaries

• Research and document expense transactions as requested.

• Prepare analysis for ad hoc requests and special projects and provide direct support to the Managers and Analyst on an as-needed basis.

We are seeking candidates who are passionate about leveraging automation and GenAI technologies to drive innovation and efficiency in finance.  Join our team and be at the forefront of transforming our finance capability through cutting-edge technologies and approaches.

Other Accountabilities

• Assist with vendor research.

• Assist with account coding inquiries.

• Assist the function with invoice or procurement questions, and/or connecting these team members to a BSC resource for resolution.

• Develop knowledge and understanding of the business and financial system tools that are critical to the reporting process.

• Give suggestions and implement process improvements.

• Alert management to accounting or operational problems and suggest actionable solutions.

• Provide thorough and accurate responses to management and function's leads inquiries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Financial Management

• 3+ years’ work experience in an FP&A Role with background in General Accounting

• Excellent English communication skills, both written and oral.

• Demonstrate the investigative research and analytical capabilities necessary to provide the leadership team with the accurate and insightful interpretation of financial information.

• Possess strong problem-solving skills with the ability to develop and implement innovative solutions for operational and financial problems.

• Large data manipulation experience.

• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure, and meet tight deadlines.

• Ability to work independently and as a fully contributing member of a team.

• Strong skills in MS Excel (Pivot tables, V-Lookups, IF functions, Power Query etc.) and PowerBI.

• Fluency with Oracle Financials or other similar financial systems, Anaplan and Oracle Smart View strongly preferred.

• CPA preferred but not required

• Amenable to work in office 2 day