Reporting to the Director, Business Profitability Management, as part of Finance Global Delivery Support, the Sr. Financial Analyst of Business Profitability Management will provide financial and operational support to General Managers of Regional Verticals and supporting organizations to improve profitability and provide guidance specific to incoming deals and ongoing projects. As a finance partner to Vertical GM team, Sr. Financial Analyst provides insightful, trustworthy data to help senior management make strategic and tactical decisions for the company. Responsibilities include successful completion of strategic initiatives that continuously improve company profitability and efficiency, including but not limited to: deal margin analysis, KPI trending analytics, project profit health checks, revenue and cost trend management against the vertical forecast, business process and system enhancements related to all aspects of global business.

Primary Responsibilities

• Prepare KPI Decks and lead monthly recurring Financial account and project deep dives and Health checks, evaluating financial risks and trends, and providing profit improvement recommendations to Regional General Managers and the teams within the matrix
• Manage monthly cycle including assurance of delivery of accurate and timely profit results across regional GM operations
• Communicate all significant profit, revenue and accounting conclusions to senior management
• Partnering with BPM Managers, prepare pre-sales PnL analysis to support Sales organization during pre-sales process and monitoring against vertical specific targets
• Review and evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of internal processes and manage risk by identifying opportunities to strengthen, rewrite and implement new risk conscious business processes
• Define business requirements, test and implement an extensive ERP-based automated profitability reporting and analysis tool that enhances the accuracy, flexibility and timeliness of profitability forecasting
• Perform ad-hoc reports and analysis as needed 

Required Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. 

• Strong financial analysis skills with ability to manipulate data in excel in the form presentable to management
• A team player, with ability to work independently, as well as cross-functionally at all levels of organization
• Robust communication skills both verbal and written
• Strong organizational, analytical and time management skills
• Consensus builder, enabler
• Ability to meet deadlines and satisfy needs with multiple and conflicting priorities
• Able to develop and master new skills quickly
• Self-Starter, very detail orientated
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions provided in written, oral, diagram or schedule form
• Process improvement focus with ability to develop and document policies and procedures

Required Experience

• 5+ years combined experience in Financial/Business Operations
• Profitability / P&L analysis and reporting experience
• Accounting (US GAAP/IFRS) and Revenue Recognition experience a plus Experience working in large multinational software company a plus
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Experience in use of ERP system and BI tools

Education

• BS in Accounting/Finance required, MBA a plus