Usa - Regional Financial Planning (Fp&p) Analyst - Houston, United States - ISS Group Holdings Limited

ISS Group Holdings Limited

Verified Company

Houston, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

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With a vision for a connected world, Inchcape relies upon the expertise, diversity, and global network of our over 3,000 professionals, spread across 60 plus countries and in over 240 offices to help our partners _connect to a smoother, smarter ocean_.

_Global Perspective_ - we connect the world and see the bigger picture.

_The Power of People__ -_ we rely on the strength of local agent knowledge and relationships.

_Progress_ - we adopt new thinking and push for positive change in our industry.

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Business Need / Purpose of Role

The
Regional FP&P Analyst reporting to the VP Finance - Americas, is a crucial role in providing financial insights and analysis to senior management to support strategic decision-making and is responsible for financial performance analysis and management reporting as well as developing budget/forecast tools for product streams/regions.

To coordinate and manage the financial performance process across the region, ensuring results and implications are analyzed and explained to management.
To provide robust financial analysis on the region's performance
Finance business partner to regional, commercial, and area leadership on various growth, cost, and profitability initiatives.
Ensure forward looking view on business by providing forecasts, and developing reports that give management daily/weekly visibility on operational performance.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Manage and coordinate regional budget/forecasting processes, liaising with both regional/area leadership and group FP&P.
Draft the monthly regional management report for Regional VP finance, ensuring key trends are explained, opportunities/threats and variances.
Prepare and present robust/comprehensive financial analysis for various business cases (cost management, new business, M&A).
Develop commercial and KPI performance tracking reports and analytics.
Contribute to global FP&P team analytics (revenue/profitability).
Lead the forecast and budget process coordinating with wider FP&P.
Support business initiatives (M&A, cost initiatives, new customers) working with Service Delivery (Operations), Sales, and Support functions.
Prepare financial models to support potential growth opportunities.
Work with Group FP&P and Financial Control to ensure robust reporting quality and data granularity.
Ensure forecasting accuracy by working with FP&P team to develop robust processes on a sector and country basis.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities:

Strong understanding of cashflow and working capital cycles.
Thorough understanding of accounting and financial planning principles.
Proficiency in financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and scenario analysis.
Excellent work ethic and proven grounding of discretion and confidentiality.
Skilled in conducting financial analysis (trend and variance analysis, normalization, returns, NPV/IRR, integrated forecast financial statements).
Proficiency/ability to work with different GL, operating, and reporting systems.
Highly proficient in data visualization and automation platforms (Power BI, Cognos BI, etc.).
Ability to explain complex financials to nonaccounting functions.
Ability to work under pressure, balance multiple tasks, and under different time zones.
Ability to work in a multicultural environment.
Analytical and pragmatic approach with a strong attention to detail.
Strong business partner and relationship building capabilities across a diverse international group.
Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, including strong fluency with Excel formulas and functions.
Bilingual English/Spanish written, and verbal communication preferred.

Education, Qualifications, Certifications, and Licenses

Education/Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or recognized equivalent from an accredited university preferred; equivalent experience maybe substituted for educational requirements.
35 years' experience in a financial analyst role, preferably in a Corporate or division/region FP&P team.
Corporate finance and accounting fundamentals either though experience or from qualification.
Experience working within complex international organizations.
Experience working with Unit4 and Hyperion skills highly desirable.
Experience designing and building reports with Power BI a plus.
Experience in data mining across platforms, data manipulation in excel and data interpretation.
Experience in a service business beneficial.
Proven ability to manage projects effectively and achieving operational success.
Proven ability to drive financial analysis to support business optimization and forecasting accuracy.
Commercial finance.

**Why Inchcape