Senior Global FP&A Specialist

NTT Global Data Centers

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Global FP&A Specialist is a critical role in the Global Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team. This advanced subject matter expert is responsible for gathering and analyzing complex financial data to facilitate decision making and provide guidance to relevant business stakeholders within the business. The Senior Global FP&A Specialist will serve as a key member of the Finance department with frequent exposure to senior management and various groups across the company to drive strategy across departments. This role acts as a business partner for key operational stakeholders representing the Consolidation group. The specialist will drive the rolling forecast, annual budgeting, and long-term forecasting analytics activities for a targeted segment on behalf of the Global Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) function in Finance. They will lead efforts to capture forecasting assumptions and leverage them to produce short- and long-range financial projections including operational costs. This role makes financial recommendations based on the data gathered and analyzed, including information regarding past company performance against set metrics and cost management.

Requirements

Experience in managing budget related requirements within a formal planning platform (Hyperion, SAP, etc.)
Experience in leveraging reporting output tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, others
Advanced knowledge and use of Microsoft Excel (must be able to use lookups, pivot tables, and other advanced functionality)
Excellent verbal and written communication skill.
Excellent planning and organizing ability.
Deadline driven with ability to cope with stressful situations.
Able to deal with different individuals at all levels in the organization.
Takes own initiative and have a solutions-orientated approach.
Proactive approach with the ability to think ahead in a fast-paced environment.
Advanced analytical skills, and an ability to understand underlying business drivers and provide actionable insights based on analysis.
Advanced knowledge and prior exposure to international entities, foreign currency and inter-company transactions.
Applies advanced wide-ranging experience and in-depth professional knowledge to develop and resolve complex models and procedures in creative way.
Directs the application of existing principles and guides development of new policies and ideas; Determines own methods and procedures on new assignments.
Understands and works on complex issues where analysis of situation or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors, solutions may need to be devised from limited information.
Exercises judgment in selecting methods, evaluating, adapting of complex techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
Frequently advises key people outside own area of expertise on complex matters, using persuasion in delivering messages.
Develops and manages operational initiatives to deliver tactical results and achieve medium-term goals.
Ability to work across different cultures and systems.
Ability to communicate complex Financial/Accounting terminology and capture key requirements from financial and non-financial personnel
Bachelor's degree or equivalent finance, economics, business management, statistics, or related field is preferred.
Minimum 5-8 years of relevant high-level Financial and Capital Planning/ FP&A experience
Advanced experience in a similar position in a related environment.
Advanced experience with accounting software.
Advanced demonstrable extensive experience within finance in a company with international operations.
Extensive knowledge of IFRS and GAAP

Nice To Haves

Relevant financial analysis certification(s) preferred.

Responsibilities

Support development, implementation, maintenance and optimization of standardized FP&A processes, methodologies, and best practices across all FP&A teams
Financial business partner for key operational stakeholders representing the Consolidation team (support adhoc analyses, special projects, etc.)
Drive and Support monthly closing activities, rolling forecast, annual budgeting and other Consolidation related tasks
Prepare various monthly actual vs. budget (vs. forecast) reports and produce variance analyses for assigned departments; effectively communicating key takeaways
Lead efforts to capture forecasting assumptions and leverage them to produce short and long range financial projections incl. risk/ opportunity assessment
Extracts data from financial reports to conduct financial and statistical analysis and identifies financial discrepancies and recommends appropriate solutions.
Drive and support system enhancements and testing in financial planning platforms (i.e. Hyperion, SAP, Power BI, other)
Monitor and report on key financial and operational metrics for targeted department
Collaborate with other finance groups to collect necessary budgeting and forecasting inputs, customer contract details and actual cost activity.
Develop business partner relationship with assigned operational leader(s) within targeted department(s).
Support the process of updating and/or enhance reporting templates and tools to capture critical financial assumptions
Identify risks, opportunities, and other areas to improve business results
Update and roll-forward tools and templates that support Revenue and Bookings planning processes.
Participate in user testing to deploy system enhancements across key financial planning platforms
Contributes to the monitoring and controlling of expenditure by approving or denying requisitions based on whether the items are in budget.
Prepares a variety of financial reports based on the analysis results.
Conducts presentations related to findings and provides recommendations to the relevant internal stakeholders.
Researches and analyzes costs of projects, departments and future ventures to provide information and insights about expenses and determine profitability margins.
Conducts Actuals vs Budget vs Forecast analysis and reports on variances ensuring that the projected budget is met and assists with revenue recovery initiatives.
Ensures budget and forecast variances are analyzed and recommendations are made to correct or improve company performance.
Assists with input into the annual budgeting and forecasting process.
Ensures key pieces of analysis are performed on areas of risk or opportunity within the business and that the financial levers are understood and communicated to the business together with clear recommendations.
Continuously reviews business initiatives to ensure that they meet the required profitability expectations.
Identifies revenue management opportunities (processes or initiatives) for ensuring improved profitability and sustainable returns for the business.
Performs any other relevant task as assigned by the management team.
Performs other duties and adhoc analytics as assigned.

Benefits

monthly stipend is provided to cover expenses associated with working remotely and use of a personal mobile device.
competitive compensation based on experience, education, and location.
annual bonus; payout is dependent upon individual and company performance.
paid time-off
medical benefits
dental benefits
vision benefits
life and supplemental insurance
short-term and long-term disability
flexible spending account
401k retirement plan