Financial Planning and Analyst

Financial Planning and Analyst

Location: New York, NY (4 days onsite), Local Candidates only

Duration: 12 Months +

• Review/analyze/publish financial results to executive management
• Produce, analyze, and certify GBIS and Central divisions Operating expenses in Americas
• Deliver ad-hoc financial analysis based on requests from our internal clients
• Ensure Group norms and global coordination of financial steering on all global processes (budget, costs reporting, NBI reporting, cost allocation process...)
• Interact with DFIN country partners as necessary, to ensure consistency of Financial Planning & Analyst (FP&A) practices across the AMER region
• Drive the closing process on the costs for the region, in cooperation with FPM Bangalore, Legal Entity Controllers, as well the Accounts Payables (AP) team in GSC Bangalore to ensure the optimal and high quality of the production of reports and other input data in the FPA processes
• Presentation of financial and business-related analyses to the DFIN senior management team.
• Improve the production process and controls of financial reports through (but not limited) technology enhancements either digital, process enhancements, cross training, and/or data analytics.
• Participate to Tax planning and ACR annual exercises

Required Qualifications:

• Understanding bank accounting, interpreting a bank P&L
• Financial analysis of bank results
• Financial modelling and forecasting
• Strong finance and business background, analytical skills
• Good Project and coordination experience
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint
• Good command of Power Bi
• Knowledge of Alteryx a plus

Preferred Qualifications:

• Communication: Develop strong partnerships with the Finance and Business community to gain an understanding of underlying business drivers and issues affecting the activities.
• Collaboration: collaborate with multiple teams in AMER and at Group level to ensure a good understanding of deliverables and long-term objectives
• Problem solving: Ability to identify issues, propose and implement solutions independently
• Analytics: Requiring strong investigative ability and curiosity to comprehensively explain the profitability of the desks and understand variances and Forecast.
• Organization: Properly assess priorities, work independently, escalate issues as appropriate.
• Innovation: look for new ways to improve all processes and deliverables.
• Ability to drive change