Europe - Senior Business Analyst

Key Activities:

• Prepare standard monthly / quarterly financial reports for various internal stakeholders incl. Executives
• Prepare ad-hoc reports and analysis for internal stakeholders
• Answer queries related to the reporting content
• Collect and consolidate inputs (e.g. commenting on variances vs forecasts) from local financial departments in the countries to provide meaningful information to Fujitsu decision-makers
• Initiate and coordinate discussion and agreements with finance and business stakeholders around reporting and forecasting requirements
• Liaise with local FDs and controllers across Europe to support compliance of financial reporting and forecasting with the FP&A policies and guidelines
• Develop new and adjust existing reporting templates according to business requirements
• Design and implement new reporting procedures according to business needs
• Maintain and administer complex financial reporting and forecasting tools, ensure their compliance with changing needs of the business and reporting guidelines from Fujitsu financial organization
• Propose and implement improvements and automations to existing reporting and other processes supporting financial controlling (e.g. budgeting and forecasting, data consolidation and reconciliation)
• Perform other duties as agreed with Head of Finance Europe Services FP&A
• Supporting the Finance analysis of the Europe Portfolio with particular focus on analysis and insight of the Uvance strategic portfolio
• Financial analysis to support the Europe MTP which may include projects looking at market, customer and competitor trends as well as internal capability development and scenarios to support future strategy
   

Skills required:

• Master in Finance / Economics or Computer Science
• Excellent understanding of financial processes and financial statements
• Minimum 3 years of experience in financial reporting
• Fluent command of Business English
• The ability to interact at all levels with internal customers, business units and countries
• Excellent command of MS Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Strong VBA programming skills (Excel / Access / Outlook)
• Knowledge of database administration and maintenance (MS Access + SQL) would be an advantage
• Good working knowledge of SAP R/3, SAP Business Explorer and HFM
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to work as part of a team
• Strong curiosity to learn about Fujitsu, our business, the markets we are in and our strategy