Senior Financial Analyst

JOB SCOPE & CORE DELIVERABLES
Key contact point for all finance matters related to Operating cost & Logistic cost and assistant to Financial Controller in first level control of annual reporting.
PERIMETERS OF THE JOB
Number of reports (direct & indirect): 0
RESPONSIBILITIES - WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE?
1/ Essential business activities expected from this position:
Execution
• Working closely with the cross-functional departments (Sales, Marketing, HR, Supply Chain ect.) in order to monitor the actual expenditures vs budget/ forecast. Ensure the expenditures are properly reported and budget are monitored; deviations should be alerted to budget owner and management on time for decision-making.
• Follow up with budget owners in order to ensure expenditures or commitments are recorded in the system on time.
• Provide professional advice to budget owner in order to help them tracking and monitoring their budget.
• Process monthly closing activities (accruals, provide posting entry to accounting team, ensure spending reported correctly)
• Review contracts related to fixed cost & logistic cost
• Shared service cost review & cross-charge to other markets
Management
• Deliver on monthly basis fixed cost (employee benefits follow up, office costs, business travel, transportation, ...) & logistic cost reports with deep analysis (efficiency & price effect)
• Coordinate with departments for budget, monthly rolling forecast
• Other ad-hoc report or analysis required by management team or group.
• Support the budget owners to monitor their budget vs actual with moderate supervision of Commercial.
• Design and implement necessary control tool and process in order to ensure the accuracy of reports.
2/ Examples of issues encountered by the jobholder as well as nature and level of complexity (such as uncertain environment, need for innovative solutions, time constraints, need for coordination with other departments, etc.)
• New reporting requirements come from budget owners or from changes in the business operations.
• Manage peers and cross-functional colleagues to ensure proper follow up of expenditures.
3/ Key performance indicators and impact on results (qualitative and quantitative)
• Timely reporting
• Accuracy of report
• Comprehensiveness of the analysis & presentation of data
• Teamwork & leadership