Senior Financial Specialist (Center of Excellence Division - Procurement Supply Chain)

Job Description

Your future role & Job Purpose: We are looking to hire Senior Financial Specialist (Center of Excellence Division - Procurement Supply Chain), who will be responsible for but not limited to:Growing financial performance through analysis of financial results, forecasts, variances, and trends. As well as being able to develop financial models to support valuation, planning, and forecasting in order to create recommendations to be presented to management and executives.It is also important to conduct comparable analysis and market research to support internal financial analysis. Reconciling existing transactions through cross-referencing of incoming and outgoing data is a key function a senior financial analyst should be able to practice. Also, maintaining up-to-date technical knowledge of financial instruments, market conditions, and trends.Key Accountabilities:

• Perform financial forecasting, reporting, and operational metrics tracking
• Analyze financial data and create financial models for decision support
• Report on financial performance and prepare for regular leadership reviews
• Review letter of credits and other performance guarantees.
• Analyze past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvements

• Work closely with the accounting team to ensure accurate financial reporting
• Evaluate financial performance by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans and forecasts
• Guide the cost analysis process by establishing and enforcing policies and procedures
• Provide analysis of trends and forecasts and recommend actions for optimization
• Recommend actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses; study proposedchanges in methods and materials
• Identify and drive process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools, and Exceldashboards
• Increase productivity by developing automated reporting/forecasting tools
• Perform market research, data mining, business intelligence, and valuation comps
• Maintain a strong financial analysis foundation creating forecasts and models
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel is mentioned in virtually any financial analyst job description; familiarity with dataquery/data management tools is extremely helpful (Access, SQL, Business Objects)

• Business Expertise? Transactional data processing knowledge via business end to end process
• Problem Solving? Audit Schedules, Issues and Queries completed and resolved? Data Analysis and Presentation as required
• Nature of Impact? Ensures business queries are resolved and responded to in a timely manner
• Interpersonal Skills? Strong Communication Skills? Self-Starter and Self-Motivated? Team Player Whilst Being able to Deliver Individually? Cultural Awareness

Who we are looking for: Experience:

• 10-15 /+years? experience in Similar role.
• Preferably experience in treasury/cash management or banking field
• Experience and knowledge in financial modeling
• Proven experience in budgeting and forecasting

Education:

• Minimum of Bachelors in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administrationor related fields

Professional Qualifications:

• Professional Qualification in Banking, Insurance or Risk, Treasury. ACII, FCII,FRM, CTP, CFA is preferred

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)? Customer Focus? Customer Care/Service o Develop positive internal and external customer relationships byconsistently and efficiently delivering value? Following Customer Service Trends o Shares best practice knowledge with others in work team; identifies waysin which the customer experience could be enhanced.? Collaboration/Teamwork? Delivering Information and Assistance o Actively participates in meetings by providing input, expressing opinions,and offering solutions; ensures that others have an opportunity to voicetheir thoughts? Role Identity and Interpersonal Interactions o Works in an open and dependable manner with team members; assumesindividual contributor or manager role as needed? Building/Maintaining Relationships and Fostering Cooperation o Establishes and grows working relationships; seeks out and encouragesdifferent and diverse ideas from others.? Initiative? Addressing Gaps in Work o Anticipates and takes action on what needs to be done to accomplish anobjective, task or goal; finds alternative or less obvious ways to carry outplans? Motivating and Energizing Self and Others o Sets challenging yet motivating short and long term goals which lead tobeneficial individual and team results? Self-Starting o Accepts ownership for individual performance, results and actions;volunteers for tasks before being asked by other or being forced byevents.? Accountability? Taking Responsibility and Ownership o Takes responsibility for achieving job requirements, tasks and objectiveseven if other resources are required? Driving and Delivering Results o Willingly and appropriately goes beyond the scope of one?s job to get thework done and meet commitments made to others? Managing Expectations and Working Through Setbacks o Takes responsibility for individual and team errors by personally fixingproblems and unintended consequences.? Knowing the Business? Understands Operational and Financial Factors o Applies understanding of operational and financial factors that drive teamperformance to contribute to department success? Understands Company Products, Services o Applies knowledge of organization?s products/services and competitivelandscape to deliver on team goals? Collects and Evaluates Metrics/Data to Determine Actions o Gathers and evaluates information about the organization?s overallperformance to inform priorities.Working Relations (Internal Interactions & External Interactions): Working Relations (Internal Interactions):Work collaboratively with the finance department and workstream leaders on longer term threats and opportunities. Providing insight that can influence decision making. Coordinates, manages, directs, and reports activities to P&SCM Management team as required.Working Relations (External Interactions):Manage relationship with external vendors where required to optimize and enhance the finance processes. About Application Process If you meet the criteria and you are enthusiastic about the role, we would welcome your application. To complete the application you would need the following document(s): 1. Resume/CV

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