FP & Analyst Job Description
FP & analyst
provides technical solutions / support to MI lead with emphasis on data extraction / manipulation / reporting using EXCEL, ACCESS, SAP BW, COGNOS, QLIKVIEW, VBA and BUSINESS OBJECTS/ BPC.
FP & Analyst Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Prepare monthly financial analysis identifying and understanding risks to the budget, timing issues, or accounting issues to proactively address with management, accounting, and HR
Work closely with the Head of Commercial Finance to set up a new commercial Finance function
Ad-hoc reports and projects to help understand financial implications of changes to the business
Project based accounting
Corporate (Executive office, HR, Legal, Finance (all areas), Facilities, Visual Merchandising, Store Planning, Merchandising, Planning & Allocation, Merchandise Planning, Design)
Evaluation of new business opportunities and other special projects
Development of processes and procedures that result in accurate and timely business analytics
Active contribution to process improvement and department projects as needed
Maintaining Access Database by loading, validating and backing up data
Prepare ad-hoc financial modeling and analysis for benchmarking and special projects
FP & Analyst Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for FP & Analyst
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Education for FP & Analyst
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Employers hiring for the FP & analyst job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, MBA, Business/Administration, Education, Management, Business Analytics, Business/Management
Skills for FP & Analyst
Desired skills for FP & analyst include:
USINDOPACOM Headquarters structure and working processes
SAP & BPC/EPM and Microsoft Office Suite
Specifically strong Excel skills
Excel
Microsoft Excel and the ability to work with high volumes of financial data accurately
Essbase
Hyperion Planning
PeopleSoft Financials
SAP
Basic Word
Desired experience for FP & analyst includes:
OBudget
OReforecasts
OMonthly and Quarterly pacing to NY
OActive review of risks & opps
OReview and analysis of month end results for relevant channels vs latest forecast
OVariance analysis of such
FP & Analyst Examples
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Our company is hiring for a FP & analyst. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for FP & analyst
- Prepare monthly pacing file and understand key variances to forecast
- Provide monthly UPUK Shipment data to the BVA
- Review weekly WMR schedule and communicate key trends / findings to Head of FP&A and FD
- Preparation of Monthly Dashboard submission and crib notes describing key market trends and financial performance variances
- Provide weekly/monthly reports
- Forecasting for the next month
- Help drive continuous performance improvements for the business
- Work collaboratively with senior management to ensure effective analytical decision making for the business
- Ad hoc analysis throughout year as required by senior management
- ECommerce (full P&L)
Qualifications for FP & analyst
- OIdentification of risks and opps and timely communication to manager
- OLiaison with controllership team to discuss variances
- OEnsure all systems available are used to best effect by the team
- Scenario Planning & Modelling
- OSensitivity analysis and scenario planning as required
- Build relationships with marketing and sales to ensure accurate forecasts for product lines
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of FP & analyst. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for FP & analyst
- Creation of the annual budget and updated monthly P&L and product forecasts
- Key Business analytics & reporting
- ECommerce ROI modeling (marketing, other investments)
- ECommerce and Corporate area Capital Expenditure Planning / Forecasting
- ECommerce and Corporate project Hindsight analysis
- Deep dive” evaluations of business performance and opportunities
- VP eCommerce
- Corporate areas (listed above)
- Marketing & CRM
- Capital Project department
Qualifications for FP & analyst
- Working closely with CFA’s to ensure all customer pricing decisions are captured in forecasting / budget submissions
- Identify relevant KPI's that need to be tracked on a regular basis
- Review performance of business drivers and business partner with key stakeholders regarding potential recommendations on a frequent basis
- Review budget models and review methods of streamlining the modelling process
- Own the P&L for the shared services and provide relevant insights to key stakeholders
- Act as a key business partner towards analytical decision making for the business
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Our growing company is looking for a FP & analyst. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for FP & analyst
- Analysis of monthly financial results, review monthly accruals and provide detailed variance explanations to budget/forecast and prepare monthly reporting packages for senior management
- Produce key monthly reports
- Review operational expenditure
- Produce cost-centre reports
- Responsible for forecasting for the next month
- Preparation development and analysis of monthly reports for distribution to senior management within the company
- Analysis of subscriber activity, ability to explore inconsistencies
- Preparation of quarterly executive reporting pack
- Assisting with budgeting, forecasting and projections
- Contributing to team effort by assisting in meeting results as required
Qualifications for FP & analyst
- Take full ownership of managing certain performance improvements for the business
- 1 to 3 years of relevant experience with investment banking or consulting background preferred
- Must have strong financial & analytical skills, and be very detail-oriented
- Eager to join and adapt in a dynamic, growing environment
- Provision of high quality support to senior management
- Strong communication skills required, ability to communicate financial information financial to non-financial professionals
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of FP & analyst. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for FP & analyst
- Assist with the coordination and preparation of the annual budget and monthly forecasts
- Compiles and prepares reports, graphs and charts of information across geographic locations and in multiple currencies
- Respond to inquiries from corporate and the business unit management team
- Identify areas of possible cost savings and efficiency improvements to incorporate into financial planning and forecast process
- Track business unit progress against goals and initiatives to accurately report benefits and costs
- Prepare detailed financial analysis and ad hoc reports to the Board including full KPI and actuals v budget reporting
- Assess the impact of potential acquisitions, disposals and other transactions
- Coordinating and liaising with global financial personnel to collate information for global reporting and facilitate the timely and accurate production of financial information
- Producing regular global and regional financial reports
- Validating and logically analysing information as part of quality control and running regular checks to ensure data integrity
Qualifications for FP & analyst
- Ability to review and improve upon processes
- Prior experience in investment management or financial services industry is preferred
- Knowledge of Oracle and/or Clarity is a plus
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office with a focus on Excel, PowerPoint and MS Word
- Excellent typing, grammar, spelling, punctuation and reading skills
- Ability to work in a team environment across functions and geographic locations
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of FP & analyst. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for FP & analyst
- Helping to maintain and update templates, both within reporting software and spreadsheets, and hence aiding the consistency of management information throughout the firm
- Involved in the review and analysis of the financial performance of the operating companies, plus the preparation of key monthly financial reports
- Assist with the preparation of Board presentations and other adhoc reviews
- Analysis of a group of territories and point of reference for financial operating matters
- Preparation and analysis of monthly financial reports produced by the FP&A team including revenue, income statement, cashflow segments
- Variance investigations upon the monthly actual and forecast results compared to budget upon not only income statement but also cashflow on a group, divisional and operating company level
- Assist with process and reporting improvements in order to smoothly integrate Paramount partner product into the business
- Customer quoting
- Customer on-boarding procedures
- Legal negotiations, including non-disclosure agreements and service-level agreements
Qualifications for FP & analyst
- BPC for SAP is beneficial
- Microsoft Access is beneficial
- Confidentiality and discretion are crucial
- Commitment to accuracy and ability to review your own work is a must
- Strong spreadsheet proficiency, preferably Excel
- Prior experience with reporting software desired but not essential