Business Financial Analyst

Job Title: Business Financial Analyst

Overview:

• This position specializes in financial and operational KPIs through advanced analysis and reporting, providing meaningful insights to key business leaders.
• The analyst will partner with finance teams, operations and high level management to steer the business and monitor progress.
• The analyst will summarize and articulate the results to management, painting a picture of what is happening by articulating insights from the analysis.
• Understanding the industry and our business strategy is essential in this role as our work directly influences the execution and success of those strategies.
• Strong critical thinking skills are necessary for successfully operating in an entrepreneurial environment.
• Logical reasoning skills are required for navigating models and advanced Excel functions and techniques.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare and manage data analytics on operational metrics.

• Build and maintain analytical models on key operating measures.

• Work closely with the leadership team to formulate the business's medium to long term financial and strategic plan.

• Collaborate with Business Unit heads to build their annual budgets and forecasts.

• Produce models to project long term growth and determine the impacting business factors.

• Analyze financial and operational results to better understand company performance.

• Utilize existing tools to deliver meaningful insights into business performance.

• Communicate to senior management the reasons behind product/department performance and results.

• Provide detailed analysis and commentary on cost center results.

• Review operations and recommend new productivity or cost saving initiatives.

• Prepare and manage data analytics on operational metrics.

• Prepare and build regional performance reviews in close cooperation with the USA onshore finance team.

• Build and maintain analytical models on key operating measures.

• Analyze and present client performance, geographic performance and revenue/pricing success.

• Offer financial & strategic initiative support for the Senior Management team.

• Prepare business cases to support new investment, strategic and other business decisions.

• Review existing processes and procedures to develop recommendations for improvement efforts.

• Evaluate previous budgets, expenditures to develop and implement future budgets.

• Communicate results and recommendations to senior management for improvements that will lead to cost reductions.

• Provide insights to senior management around financial modeling, forecasts and profitability.

• Various ad-hoc financial analytics and projects.

Work Environment:

The ideal candidate will be working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where they can apply their skills to drive business results. This role requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as excellent communication and presentation skills.

Education & Qualifications (Required and Preferred):

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce or MBA Finance.

• Minimum of 10 plus years of relevant experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis.

• Knowledge of Randstad operations and systems is an asset.

Key Competencies:

• Excellent written, communication, and presentation skills, ability to innovatively communicate complex information.

• Highly proficient in use of Microsoft Excel (advanced excel skills).

• Ability to multi-task and be a self-starter.

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, providing meaningful insights that are impactful.

• Ability to influence management.

• Ability to make improvements to keep pace with a fast moving environment.

• Advanced excel or financial modeling skills.

• Prior experience on working with essbase would be an added advantage.

• Prior experience in financial analysis, corporate FPA experience is preferred.

• Comfortable in time sensitive, fast-paced environment.

• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills, focus on improving processes to eliminate waste.

• Excellent attention to detail and ability to identify and escalate trends in company performance.

• Demonstrated experience making decisions in a high volume fast paced environment.

Decision Making Authority:

The candidate will have the capability to make financial decisions pertaining to their region in line with overall business strategy.

Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary, internal career opportunities, international mobility, fully flexible working environment, generous benefits and extensive learning and development programs.