AVP - Workforce Planning (FP&A)

Mizuho•New York, NY

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Financial Planning & Analysis is responsible for providing senior management with analysis and insight into Mizuho America's financial results. With responsibility for the region’s management reporting and analytics, FPA work closely with a variety of corporate and business functions to provide insights and inform decision making for the firm’s executive leadership. This role will focus on advancing Workforce planning capabilities, which will allow us to advance our analytics and to transform the way we plan for our workforce in forecasting and budget; this role will have the opportunity to partner closely with HR as well as our business leaders (front office and corporates). Within FP&A, this position will work closely with a variety of seasoned professionals across teams and functions to create management reporting & analysis for senior executives to aid in understanding overall performance, expense trends, resource consumption, and how these parameters inform business strategy. Key skills include attention to detail, focus on accuracy, intellectual curiosity, and experience with financial data and business writing. Experience with presentation development is preferred.

Requirements

Minimum 3-5 years of specific roles in business planning, budgeting and/or financial analysis required.
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills to interpret a wide range of financial information.
Experience in project planning and management is required.
Extremely process oriented with an ability to help improve and design new processes.
Capacity to multi-task and deal with shifting priorities, while always maintaining focus on delivering timely information to management or other key stakeholders.
Ability to articulate thoughts and communicate in a clear and concise manner, across all levels in the organization.
Desire to work proactively and contribute to business growth and transformation.
Keen attention to detail and ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner.
Strong knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint.
Familiarity with OneStream Planning/Essbase a plus.

Nice To Haves

Experience with presentation development is preferred.

Responsibilities

Advancing Workforce planning capabilities to advance analytics and transform workforce planning in forecasting and budget.
Partnering closely with HR and business leaders (front office and corporates).
Working closely with seasoned professionals across teams and functions to create management reporting & analysis for senior executives.
Aiding senior executives in understanding overall performance, expense trends, resource consumption, and how these parameters inform business strategy.
Representing Finance and working effectively with Technology, Accounting, Legal and cross-functional business teams.