Financial Analysis Advisor

**Function**

EMEA Finance

Cost Center

**Location**

**India (Gurgaon)**

Region

EMEA

**Position**

**Financial Analysis Advisor**

**Grade**

**10**

**Reporting to**

GBSS Finance Leader

Process Category

**Shift Time**

**Working time 12pm - 10pm IST (EMEA Shift)**

**Functional Role (Job Description)**

This role is expected to provide support to ensure Business Leaders have a full understanding of the financial impact of internal and external commercial and operational factors that influence their performance and P&L and use your insights to influence their decision making to deliver strategic financial business support that helps to fuel growth and profitability.

**Essential**

**Desirable**

**Education Background**

Degree in Business Administration/ Commerce graduate

Master's Degree (M.Com/MBA - Finance), CA Inter

**Work Experience**
- 6 -7 Years (Demonstrable experience of financial analysis in a Global Matrix environment, preferably IT or services industry experience)

7+ Years

**Key Responsibilities**
- Working closely with functional heads to report on monthly, quarterly and annual performance versus forecast and budget. Support in providing regular insightful reporting, analysis and interpretation of their results for monthly review meetings.
- Provide reporting of finance and non-finance metrics.
- Produce analysis and provide ad-hoc analysis to support key business decisions
- Produce monthly forecasts, annual budgets, and mid-term Strategic plans with challenge to the sector to ensure robustness.
- Provide financial support and modelling to influence the strategic direction of the business.
- Support the month end process and results review including preparation and review of accruals / prepayment / AP journals in a short timescale.
- Support and advise Project managers on a project focused SAP system (OneERP) to ensure they are Accounting Standard / JSOX compliant.
- Analysis to identify low/negative margin projects and subsequent JSOX reporting and/or provisioning.
- Revenue recognition for your sector (including net revenue treatment), and collaboration with project managers to make sure all projects are at stable status throughout the closing process.
- Ownership of the balance sheet for your sector including WIP, Aged Debt, Working at Risk.
- Collaboration and reconciliation of intercompany and service line costs with relevant stakeholders.
- Provide audit back up and support for local and group audit as required for your sector.
- Provide support and cover for other members of Finance Team when required.
- Ensure the business operates within the financial controls and procedures set by the NTT DATA Group.
- Ad-hoc tasks/other projects as required.

**Essential Knowledge and Analytical Skills**

SAP/Advances Excel Skills/Outlook/Power BI knowledge desirable

Strong finance system skills: advanced Excel skills and a good knowledge of using SAP (ideally SAP S/4 Hana) is a key requirement for this role. Desirable knowledge using Power BI would be useful.

Excellent communication (Written and verbal) & relationship building skills. Strong English skills (written and oral).

Should be a reliable person with practical IFRS knowledge and some starting experience in project controlling. First experience and understanding of principles like revenue recognition (PoC) and cost mechanics.

**Managerial and Soft Skills**

Action-oriented working & drive for accuracy

Ability to understand the content of the projects and driven to line out improvement potential

Must demonstrate a strong commitment to integrity, internal controls and data privacy

Presence and confidence to interact with senior management. Be a 'trusted advisor' with stakeholders to identify strategies for improvement and presenting recommendations in an influential manner, needing to communicate persuasively and articulately explain complex concepts to non-financial persons

Strong demonstratable experience in business partnering, able to work collaboratively and effectively with a range of junior and senior finance and non-finance staff

Proactive, flexible, motivated and able to thrive in an environment of growth and change within the organization.

Having strong organizational, planning and presentation skills is key whilst being flexible to handle peaks in workload.

Ideally commercial exposure to services contracts (fixed price and time & materials).

**Test to be Administrated