Finance Analyst

Position Type:

• Contract
• Hybrid - 2 days in office, 3 days remote

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience, including cost center controlling, monthly closing activities & accounting, financial planning & analysis.
• Experiences on using Jedox or Hyperion.
• Strong analytical ability and attention to detail to identify variances, trends and anomalies in financial data triggering proactively necessary actions and at the same time provide accurate and reliable data under given deadlines.
• Proven ability to drive insights from large datasets.
• Passionate team player with a strong service mentality going the extra mile to meet the expectation of stakeholders.
• Execution-driven and focused mindset to continuously strive for improvements with a very good problem-solving skillset.
• Excellent SAP (or other ERP) and MS-Excel skills.
• Knowledge of PowerBI & Qlik, and VBA or other coding would be a plus.
• Strong interpersonal, cultural sensitivity, and communication skills.
• Fluent in English (other languages, especially German a plus). 

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for monthly financial close of Headquarter General administrative cost centers (IT, HR and Managements) incl. preparation of journal entries, setting accruals and explanations & commentary in case of variances.
• Lead the monthly forecasting for responsible cost centers in close alignment with the IT, HR, management teams.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of cost center spending, with a focus on ROI, to optimize capital allocation decisions for the business.
• Manage Jedox, Headquarter Finance forecasting and budgeting tool, every month during the forecasting period incl. running allocations, loading actual data, and coordinating with the Jedox IT team to resolve any technical issues.
• Support Finance team members regarding on forecasting processes and data inputs, and communicate schedule with the due.
• Support resolving operational issues, as and when directed.
• Drive forward automation and digitalization efforts in area of responsibility, e.g. Automation of Reports via Artificial Intelligence.