Associate Finance Analyst

What you’ll do:

The role is responsible for supporting month-end close activities, forecasting, financial analysis, invoice processing, vendor management, reporting, and asset retirement processes. The successful candidate will work closely with budget managers, vendors, shared service teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure accurate financial reporting, timely invoice processing, and effective financial operations support.


 

• Month-End Close, Forecasting & Financial Analysis.
• Coordinate month-end close activities, including communication of timelines, accrual deadlines, and forecast submission requirements to budget managers.

• Review and validate accrual submissions, resolve queries, and ensure timely posting of approved accruals.
• Consolidate, review, and upload forecast updates into financial planning systems.
• Perform variance analysis against budget and forecast, prepare financial commentary, and support management reporting requirements.
• Partner with business stakeholders to ensure accurate financial planning, forecasting, and reporting.
• Support annual budgeting and profit planning processes.
• Invoice Processing & Payment Support
• Review vendor invoices to validate receipt of goods/services and ensure invoice accuracy.
• Provide appropriate accounting coding and invoice routing instructions to shared service teams.
• Monitor invoice approval workflows and payment status to ensure timely processing.
• Resolve invoice, payment, and approval-related queries from vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, internal controls, and accounting guidelines.
• Plant Queue Management (Plant/Ledger 0078)
• Manage invoices received under Plant/Ledger 0078, ensuring accurate review, documentation, and routing to the appropriate approvers.
• Track pending invoices and proactively follow up with stakeholders to ensure timely resolution.
• Maintain visibility of queue status and escalate issues as necessary to avoid processing delays.
• Vendor Management & Stakeholder Coordination
• Serve as the primary point of contact for vendors regarding invoice, payment, and operational inquiries.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and support smooth business operations.
• Drive timely communication and follow-up to ensure closure of outstanding items.
• CAR Reporting & Data Maintenance.
• Review monthly CAR reports and maintain supporting project documentation.
• Analyze and validate report data to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Prepare and distribute finalized reports to stakeholders.
• Support continuous improvement of reporting and data management processes.
• Asset Retirement Support.
• Review Fixed Asset Reports (FAR) and identify assets eligible for retirement.
• Prepare required retirement documentation and obtain necessary approvals.
• Coordinate with the Asset Retirement team to ensure timely and accurate asset retirement processing.
• Maintain proper documentation and compliance with asset management policies.

Qualifications:

•    Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
•    Fresh Chartered Accountant (CA), CPA, CMA, ACCA, or equivalent professional accounting qualification preferred.
•    1-3 years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), General Accounting, Finance Operations, Accounts Payable, or Shared Services environment.

Skills:

•    Strong understanding of accounting principles, accruals, forecasting, and financial analysis.

•    Experience working with ERP systems such as Oracle, SAP, or similar financial systems.
•    Experience with invoice processing, forecasting, budgeting, and financial reporting.
•    Familiarity with Power BI, Power Automate, Excel Power Query, or financial reporting tools.

•    Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP, Power Query, data analysis).
•    Financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
•    Variance analysis and management reporting.
•    Invoice processing and accounts payable operations.
•    ERP systems (Oracle, SAP, or similar).
•    Power BI, and financial reporting tools (preferred).
•    Knowledge of process automation tools such as Power Automate is an added advantage.

•    Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
•    Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
•    Effective verbal and written communication skills.
•    Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building abili