Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Prepare reporting for annual/quarterly budgets and weekly/monthly forecasts, ensuring a high level of headcount and expense predictability across the sales organization, review for completeness and summarize key variances
• Prepare trended analytics for key areas such as headcount attrition, employee costs, and travel spend
• Generate Outlook and controller’s letter reporting
• Use Tableau to build and maintain centralized and common reporting and analytic solutions
• Prepare journal entries, reconcile balance sheet accounts and quarterly international charge outs
• Drive continual operational improvements and framework enhancements in support of generating meaningful data driven insights
• Collaborate with geo finance controllers to drive fiscal deliverables, gain comprehension of variance drivers, and challenge assumptions/methodologies employed
• Assist with Sales Ops activities in India (Bangalore)
• Ad-hoc analysis as required, and self-initiated projects encouraged
• Requirements:
• Positive attitude and comfort in an environment subject to change as the business evolves
• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance or related field; CPA/MBA/Chartered Accountant preferred, but not required
• 4+ years of FP&A (or related) experience required, preferably with a US-based company
• Strong analytical and accounting skills; must understand key business drivers, ability to communicate financial implications/business impact and provide recommendations
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to take charge, set objectives, drive to results
• Exceptional follow-through capabilities
• Attentive to detail
• Willingness and ability to quickly master new tools and processes
• Advanced Excel skills are essential, and experience in Tableau and Anaplan is preferred. SFDC, SAP, TM1, Excel and PowerPoint are also useful