Title: (Sr.) Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst – Group
Reporting to: Director, Finance Projects - Group
Job Description:
The Sr. Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst - Group (“Role”), is part of the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team which supports the overall financial health and strategic decision-making of the organization and is responsible for managing the annual budget, forecast and business plan processes, consolidating, analyzing and reporting the Group’s results internally and to our Board, and providing business partnership to the business and global functional stakeholders and budget owners.
The Role will report to the Director, Finance Projects - Group and will work closely with the Corporate FP&A team, as well as members across Finance in the Hikma Group to manage the budget and forecast processes and deliver the relevant information and insights to the organization. In addition, the Role, in coordination with and support from the team. is responsible for supporting all local entities and regional teams of the Hikma Group in submitting their budgets and forecasts through the financial planning consolidation tool BPC and developing and maintaining analytical reports in Power BI.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Organize and understand data structures and system processes from one side, and business and financial management reporting and analysis requirements from the other side, to develop and maintain templates and models to enable both the budget and forecast processes;
- Coordinate with the FP&A teams in the group in developing annual budget submissions and in refining the process for the submission of the original and re-forecasted budget for management and Board approval;
- Coordinate the operating budget for a portfolio of departments including forecasting and tracking results;
- Generate and analyze the monthly actual reports for assigned departments and businesses and work with the departments to identify issues and opportunities versus budget;
- Support the FP&A team in generating periodical and ad-hoc reports and meeting deadlines for the required reports;
- Work with the FP&A and/or IT (external or internal) to identify and implement system processes enhancements to use Hikma’s financial data and systems to improve modeling, reporting and analysis capabilities;
- Support the continued development and implementation of software and systems (e.g. Power BI in combination with SAP BPC) that enable FP&A delivery;
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Business Administration, Finance or Data Analytics
- Preferred 4-5 years experience
- Proficiency in data management and financial analysis
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills: the ability to effectively liaise with colleagues in a diverse multi-cultural environment.
- Solid organizational skills: Multi-tasking and flexibility to apply creative problem-solving skills;
- Advanced skills with Microsoft Excel and all MS Office applications;
- Experience of working with large data sets and within a large organization
- Experience with Financial planning tools, data visualization tools such as PowerBI and ERP systems (SAP BPC) is desirable
- High integrity, attention to quality and strong commitment to accuracy
Additional / "nice to have" skills
- Experience of working in the Finance & Accounting department of a large organization
- Advanced level T-SQL and Excel skills
- Experience in applying predictive/prescriptive analytics to financial data sets
- An accounting or data analytics qualifications/certifications.
