Senior FP&A Analyst

Job Description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 5000+ employees on all continents. We deliver award winning enterprise software solutions through the use of embedded digital innovation and a single cloud-based platform to help businesses be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™.

At IFS, we're flexible, we're innovative, and we're focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society's greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and accept that there are so many different perspectives in this world. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We're looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs.

If you want to change the status quo, we'll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

Role Summary

The Senior Finance Analyst will support all FP&A activities for the Asia Pacific, Japan, Middle East & Africa region, including;

• review and consolidation of monthly forecasts
• monthly variance analysis for Act vs FC and Act vs Budget
• supporting review of monthly actuals, identifying and investigating anomalies
• management reporting
• budget planning
• developing reporting tools & dashboards

This role will work cross-functionally in the organization and interact with Regional Management team. This role reports to the Regional FP&A Director and will support in developing and implementing FP&A processes including additional automation and improvement of existing tools.

The role will work as part of the regional finance team as the reporting/data domain expert and will have ownership and responsibility for the data accuracy of financial numbers and related master data setup also acting as a key interface on all global BI and reporting initiatives.

This role will be hands-on, highly visible and have strong involvement in supporting the regional strategy and key decisions.

To be successful in this role, you must enjoy problem solving, be detail-oriented, collaborative, experienced in both building standard dashboards and performing data analysis. The role requires that you have a strong business understanding and are able to implement technically sound solutions to business needs.

Experience of using a variety BI tools will be advantageous.

Role Activities

• Assist in preparing annual budgets, forecasts, and long-term financial plans.
• Analyze financial data to identify trends, variances, and opportunities for improvement and support month-end closing process, including preparation of management reporting.
• Focus on bookings forecast and performance against key metrics (Total Contract Value/ Annualized Contract Value)
• Partnering with Market Units and Regional Management, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of financial data to support sound decision making.
• Support reporting implementations from requirements from different parts of the business, namely, Regional CFO, Market Unit Finance Directors, Regional President/COO.
• Design, develop and maintain Excel and PowerBI reports in order to meet business needs
• Engage in the global BI Finance community of practice to support enhancements to standard processes and reporting.
• Interacting with regional finance community to ensure:
  • Adherence to processes
  • Consistent use of data in the system
  • Communication of system changes and adjustments
  • Promote data driven decisions by improving current data infrastructure and analytics
  • Drive continuous process improvement in reporting and forecasting through automation and enhancement of current tools

Key Skills & Characteristics

• Excellent analytical skills
• Highly proficient in Excel and financial modelling.
• Good communicator with experience of explaining financial information to a non-financial audience.
• Demonstrable hands on experience of delivering BI and Analytical solutions using a variety of tools, including products from the Microsoft tool set
• Ability to solve business problems using data analytics

• 8+ years of finance experience, preferably in the software industry
• BA/BS in finance, accounting, or related field
• Business process knowledge

• A persistent nature and a willingness to understand and overcome operational challenges/obstacles.
• Ability to understand processes and challenges and effectively communicate internally.
• Ability to understand internal processes and navigate effectively.
• Previous experience in a multinational technology company would be an advantage