Financial Analyst

Responsibilities will include, but not limited to:

 Monthly Reporting:

• Performing monthly variance analysis with forecast to actuals and recommending actions to management.
• Creation of financial presentation for executive management.
• Preparing the financial reporting portions of monthly financial reporting packages
• Ad-hoc analysis and collaboration with other teams.
• Preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual budget forecasting cycles and working with department managers to collect inputs and perform analytical reviews and of financial dashboards and reporting of key performance measurements using accurate and quality data. 

Metrics & Finance Reporting:

• Managing complex financial models including reporting holistic project profitability and being able to present findings to leadership.
• The ability to deep dive into departmental reporting.
• The preparation of market analysis data and presentations.
• Review and recommendations of expense saving exercises.
• Documenting processes, recognizing areas of process improvement, and implementing streamlined procedures.
• Supporting the finance teams with analysis for revenues/sales and costs based on contracts and prepare analysis over billing roles/rates and client and project profitability, regional and departmental reporting, as well as tracking all CRO metrics. 

What we are looking for:

Minimum Required: 

• Bachelor’s degree with concentration in accounting or finance and 3+ years practical experience.
• Advanced PowerPoint and Microsoft Excel skills (including experience of working with XLookups, Pivot tables and data consolidations)
• Experience of using MS PowerBI

The ideal candidate will also have:

• Excellent financial modelling capabilities, ability to handle large datasets and draw a roadmap to systematically designing the flow of financial information. 
• Ability to handle multiple projects at a time, focused on the details while finding creative ways to take on big picture challenges.
• With your analytics and financial acuity, you'll liaise between the Finance team with the functional areas it supports.
• You resolve issues related to forecasting, planning, resource prioritization and business profitability, and you help translate analyses into easy-to-understand presentations.
• You understand the value of the finance & accounting function working symbiotically to support a growing company and you can be relied on to provide your opinion and point of view.

Other Required:

• Skills to include; strategic thinking, time management, interpersonal, critical thinking, analytical, interpretative and problem-solving.
• Processing and analysis of large volumes of qualitative and quantitative information.