Senior Financial Analyst, Technology

Location: Jersey City, NJ | Canton, MA | Toronto, Canada (Hybrid)    

Working Hours: 37.5 Weekly, 8:00AM - 4:30PM EST  

This is a hybrid position primarily based in Jersey City, Canton or Toronto. We’re committed to your flexibility and wellbeing and our hybrid strategy currently requires three days a week in the office, giving you the option to work remotely for some of your working week. Find out more about our culture of flexible working. 

We give you a world of potential

Computershare is renowned for its expertise in data management, high volume transaction processing, payments and communications. Many of the world’s leading organizations use these core competencies to help maximize the value of relationships with their investors, employees, creditors, members and customers. 

Our vision is to leverage our global network, specialized technology, local and global financial markets expertise and unsurpassed service levels to keep Computershare at the forefront of the industry. As the perfect partner for organizations seeking consolidated tailored solutions and superior service, we constantly strive to widen the gap in quality between us and our competitors.  

The Finance function is responsible for providing transactional accounting services; treasury, financial planning, analysis, reporting and commercial finance support to all business units and functions throughout Computershare, across all global locations.

This position will be an integral part of the Financial Planning and Analysis team. The role will report to a FP&A Director and will be responsible for delivering and producing management reporting requirements for Senior Management.

A role you will love

Reporting to a FP&A Director; the Senior Finance Analyst will play a key role in producing, analyzing and consolidating global business headlines from key financial reports

They will be responsible for maintaining, delivering and improving analytical processes that supports senior management in providing clear insights to drive the future long-term performance of the business (Technology).

The role consolidates global results, analyzes financial data including drafting resulting commentaries, build reports, manages the structural business hierarchies, in collaboration with Finance and business teams in multiple countries.

Key accountabilities:

• Supporting the FP&A Director in delivering global month end, forecast, and budget reporting
• Complete enhancing analysis such as producing:
  • Customer Analysis – profitability, cross selling, single view, product offerings, product profitability
  • Competitor Analysis – CPU differentiation, SWOT analysis, opportunities for competitive advantage
  • Product – holistic view of products, profitability analysis and new product development
• Focus on profitable and identify future innovative potential growth areas
• Consolidate and review global commentary from multiple sources  for month end, forecast and budget. Commentaries includes month end financial drivers, CAPEX, FTE and other adhoc items.
• Develop global business headlines summarizing the drivers for month end, forecasts and budget
• Maintain reports, working with each of the regions to make sure we are receiving what is needed to consolidate, adjusting/adapting to adhoc items that come up throughout the process
• Completes enhancing analysis to drive growth and operational efficiencies. including; month end processing, management review of budget vs. actual results as well as prior year comparisons and trend analysis.
• Support the development of board decks which will include creating PowerPoint slides and chart of accounts by reviewing and approving all cost centers and accounts. 
• Supports the delivery of process simplification and standardization as well as ensuring appropriate and optimally efficient policies, procedures and controls are maintained and regularly reviewed, making improvements as necessary

What will you bring to the role?   

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team where you can make a genuine impact on how we work and help to shape the team.     

Essential:

• Minimum 2 years of financial and analytical experience.
• Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) or equivalent in finance, accounting or related discipline.

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in a quantitative field or relevant field
• Experience with visualization software such as Tableau
• ERP (Oracle, SAP, Workday, other) experience
• Prior Technology Ex