Finance Analyst II

FIS

About The Position

As an Analyst within Americas Deal Hub, you will partner with FIS’ Capital Markets and Banking divisions providing deal support to Sales and Commercial Pricing teams with deal analysis, revenue recognition and policy guidance, and working with legal teams through contract negotiations to ensure pricing, margins, and financial viability of commercial activities are achieved and reflected in contracts. You will also assist the Head of Deal Hub, Americas with high visibility projects like targeted revenue acceleration initiatives and preparing materials for executive presentations and process design and improvements. This role forms part of the Commercial Finance team, covering the whole of FIS. Commercial Finance supports the Commercial organization with clear guidance on deal structuring, revenue recognition considerations to maximize revenue, cash flow and protection of recurring revenue through proactive deal oversight. Together with Sales Finance we also provide insights and deal intelligence into the forecasting process to better forecast sales to revenue conversion. We collaborate with product Finance and Accounting to ensure accuracy of forecasts and accounting records. You will also be key to analyzing current processes, suggest and design process and tool improvements or changes, leveraging automation and AI-driven solutions to achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness of Commercial Finance. You will be assisting in the preparation of materials for presentations to senior executives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree is required, Finance/ Accounting highly preferred
2+ years of relevant experience
Solid technical accounting skills with specific knowledge and application of current and future state revenue recognition guidance (ASC606)
A coordinator of process and a trusted advisor experienced at solving problems with clear, constructive advice
A clear thinker able to make decisions within intense time pressured scenarios
Ability to network within a complicated, matrix organizational environment to promote the benefit and success of the Deal Hub and display superior collaboration skills
Proficiency in reporting, automation and AI-driven tools such as Power BI, Power Automate, Copilot Studio etc.
Proficiency with MS Office suite, particularly PowerPoint and Excel.
Experience partnering with a wide range of functions and stakeholders around commercial deal activity

Nice To Haves

Experience within a similarly focused product and services organization, operating at a global enterprise level
Interest in emerging innovation trends such as AI and technology to help build tools for the future of the function

Responsibilities

Act as a finance partner through commercial aspects of client engagements to ensure deals are structured in a financially viable and repeatable manner on pricing, margins, deal structure and revenue recognition treatment for multi-faceted software license and services contracts
Work closely with the commercial teams, lines of business, regional sales teams, Segment and Line of Business finance leads, legal department, and Revenue Assurance to achieve optimal outcomes for FIS
Ensure the appropriate revenue recognition for all revenue arrangements under US GAAP and company policy, escalate revenue recognition issues accordingly to Head of Regional Deal Hub and Corporate Revenue Assurance
Proactively seek out and profile non-standard deals in the pipeline, coordinate reviews with stakeholders in the Groups and drive value through pricing and contract structuring
Highlight complex, material bids that require Deal Review Committee approval and coordinate preparation of material with sales to ensure deal review meetings are well planned and effective
Liaise with Corporate Finance, internal and external auditors during quarterly reviews and annual audit, as required
Analyze existing processes, suggest and design process and tool improvements or changes, leveraging automation and AI-driven tools and solutions to achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness of the Commercial Finance function
Plan and develop an innovation strategy that can act as our guiding principles for modernization of our function, including the use of technology such as automation, AI, team training.
Assist with the preparation of executive-level presentations, helping to ensure high quality messaging and driving outcome