Are You Ready to elevate your Career? Join Us! Overview: Are you passionate about preparing and delivering financial planning and analysis to business? If so, we're searching for individuals like you to join our team! We're currently seeking a dynamic Senior Financial Analysis to assist Pearson and take our brand to new heights.
Why Us: A culture that fosters innovation and forward thinking, where creativity is embraced.
Flexible work arrangements including remote options.
Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.
Opportunities for career development and advancement in a dynamic environment.
Responsibilities: Handling Financial Analysis (both at month-end and on ad-hoc basis)
Responsible for the delivery of subdivisional P&L reporting and analysis for the business
Provides analysis to support decision-making, including presenting economic outcomes, identifying the key value drivers, benefits, sensitivities and risks, accounting, and fiscal implications.
Prepares and analyses problems using sensitivity analysis and other techniques; reviews variance analyses and account reconciliations and identifies significant items requiring the attention of higher-level management.
Has experience working with multiple business models.
Applies various techniques such as target costing, value analysis, life cycle and discuss implications.
Prepares analysis and reports that enable the business management to effectively challenge costs and inform decision-making.
Participates in waste elimination efforts with the business to understand key drivers and cost reduction opportunities.
Supports planning processes, including setting targets, communicating assumptions, coordinating budget preparation, challenging submissions, and seeking synergies upon consolidation.
Provides the business with relevant financial support to enable effective planning while applying sensible budgeting and forecasting techniques.
Provides reasoned advice on modelling, planning, and forecasting with reference to cost, time and quality which incorporate the organization strategic direction.
Applies a strategic planning approach, identifying tools, techniques and practices that are business enablers and enhance improvements in cost/performance or sustainability.
Monitors the finance progress against leadership team strategic goals and identifies bottlenecks to progress, identifying potential solutions, providing advice and escalating as needed to ensure goals are achieved
About you :
At least 5 years of experience in a Financial Planning and Analysis position
Solid accounting background, including project accounting expertise
Familiarity with finance ERP systems (Oracle preferred, but not mandatory)
Knowledge of predictive modeling and data visualization tools (e.g., Alteryx and Tableau) is advantageous.
Proficiency in financial control, business performance management, and process optimization, with experience in multiple areas.
Advanced proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel (including v-lookups, sum-ifs, pivot tables, etc.)
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