Typically working with a CFO or COO, the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A;) Assistant Manager must work closely with clients to increase a company's efficiency and profitability by assisting with the formulation of both the medium- and long-term financial plan.
- Working closely with the Client to formulate the business's medium to long term financial and strategic plan
- Work with Business Unit heads to build their annual budgets and forecasts
- Producing models to project long term growth and determine the impacting business factors
- Analyzing financial and operational results to better understand company performance
- Provide detailed analysis and commentary on Budget vs Actuals
- Work on building and maintaining a Weekly Cash forecast which shows the Cash availability for the future period
- Work on various analysis requests as and when received from clients
- Scenario analysis to project various situations of forecasts
Preferred candidate profile
Minimum of 4-6 years of relevant analytical experience
- Significant accounting and analytical skillset
- Robust quantitative abilities
- Able to solve complex problems
- Excellent communication skills with ability to build relationships
- Strong influencing and interpersonal skills
- Working knowledge in FP&A; systems - ERP (SAP/Oracle), planning tools (Hyperion, Planful, Adaptive)
- Advanced computer software skills, including proficiency in Advanced Excel (pivots, Power Query, complex formulas; VBA is a plus)