Senior FP&A Analyst Operations

<p><span>Main duties and responsibilities</span></p><ul><li><span>Partner with Accounting to understand Actual performance and manage closing process. </span></li><li><span>Monthly Actuals analysis and reporting of performance to the SVP Operations and Country MDs, including variance analyses versus Budget and Prior Year. </span></li><li><span>Manage and maintain the budgeting process for the Operations function in collaboration with the FP&amp;A team; this includes maintain and further develop the various Budget modelling tools. </span></li><li><span>Business partnering with SVP Operations and team to provide them with relevant financial information in a timely manner to support the decision making of which (list not exhaustive): </span></li><li><span>Run various analyses of processing costs, refunding mistakes and payments; </span></li><li><span>Analyse unsuccessful payments performance and recommend course of action; </span></li><li><span>Understand current processes and flows within Operations to be able to challenge and recommend improvements.</span></li><li><span>Business partnering with the Country Managing Directors to provide them with relevant financial and operational drivers to support them in the decision-making process:</span></li><li><span>Analyse and monitor refund costs performance across markets and refund points;</span></li><li><span>Understand various refunding services from operational and financial perspective to be able to identify financial opportunities through mix management; </span></li><li><span>Analyse and understand performance from ancillary revenues (Forex, Cash Fee) linked with refunding operations. </span></li><li><span>Support the VP Financial Planning and Analysis and CFO on a number of initiatives linked with Operations</span></li></ul><p><span>Competencies</span></p><ul><li><span>Strong Excel modelling skills with the ability to handle data in an efficient way, able to identify key business performance drivers and model them via KPIs. </span></li><li><span>Good understanding of accounting principles and the dynamics between P&amp;L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow. </span></li><li><span>Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with large data sets as well as having an “helicopter view”. </span></li><li><span>Experience in reporting development and knowledge of Hyperion, Smartview, ESSBase would be a plus. </span></li><li><span>Ability to code in VBA and model in Power Query/Power Pivot/DAX would be a plus. </span></li><li><span>Fluent in spoken and written English is a pre-requisite. </span></li><li><span>Business acumen, with experience in dealing with commercial matters and ability to bring appropriate business responses which generate shareholder value. </span></li><li><span>Self-motivation with a “can-do” and problem-solving attitude. </span></li><li><span>Able to build and maintain relationships and influence at every level. </span></li><li><span>Good communication and presentation skills in multinational and multicultural environment. </span></li><li><span>Ability to work independently as well as in a team. </span></li><li><span>Strong prioritisation skills to organise at time-intense workloads and ability to multitask.</span></li></ul><p><span> </span></p><p><span>You will have the opportunity to develop your career in an international environment and be part of a new project.</span></p>