Financial Planning Analyst

Job Level P2:  Financial Planning Analyst

About Us:

Wolters Kluwer is a global leader in professional information services. Professionals in the areas of legal, business, tax, accounting, finance, audit, risk, compliance, and healthcare rely on Wolters Kluwer's market leading information-enabled tools and software solutions to manage their business efficiently, deliver results to their clients, and succeed in an ever more dynamic world. Wolters Kluwer combines deep domain knowledge with specialized technology. Our portfolio offers software tools coupled with content and services that customers need to make decisions with confidence. Every day, our customers make critical decisions to help save lives, improve the way we do business, build better judicial and regulatory systems. We help them get it right.

The Role

• Collaborate with the Financial Manager at Wolters Kluwer FSS to identify financial needs and strategic directions for the organization, focusing on optimizing performance and driving strategic initiatives.
• Aid in identifying business unit opportunities and challenges to enhance overall performance, contributing to strategic initiatives, and improving financial outcomes.
• Provide analytical and strategic support to align Business Unit efforts towards various processes in Customer Lifecycle Management, such as New Sales and Pipeline Reporting, renewal management, pricing, retention, and risk management.
• Develop and maintain revenue models encompassing the aforementioned areas, creating early indicators for both risks and opportunities.
• Support Business Unit Finance Teams in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), including tasks related to Financial Planning, Financial Reporting, and Financial Analysis.
• Manage and report on the annual budget, while providing regular updates through monthly and quarterly analyses like Outlook and Latest Estimates (LEs) and contributing to the 3-year Vision and Strategy Process (VSP).
• Emphasize reporting on Business Unit performance, focusing on revenue and the various metrics driving revenue as a critical aspect of the role.

Key Responsibilities

Understanding Volume Impact and Cost Correlations

• Utilizing Data Analysis to comprehend volume impact due to customer behavior, including revenue/volumes across customer segments, product usage behavior, and seasonal fluctuations. Also, identifying correlations between volume and variable costs, temporary help, and overtime costs.

Revenue Management

• Analyze and monitor revenue streams across various customer segments and product lines.
• Utilize data analysis to understand and forecast revenue trends, identifying opportunities for growth and improvement.
• Support pricing strategies and tactics to optimize revenue and market competitiveness.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, and finance teams to align revenue goals with business strategies.

Financial system

• Understanding of existing financial reporting systems and assisting in the migration to new applications

Cost Per Unit Analysis

• Conducting Cost per Unit analysis to evaluate operational expenses.

Planning & Forecasting

• Creating forecast models based on historical trends, vendor invoices, and volumes & analyzing how actuals are tracking to proposed forecasts.

Business Performance Enhancement

• Contributing to identifying business unit opportunities and challenges for enhanced performance. Collaborating with leaders to identify new business models and workflows.

Cultivating Expertise and Upholding Corporate Integrity

• Effective communication in various formats, upholding corporate values, fostering positive relationships with customers and colleagues, and maintaining a reputation for competence, integrity, and professionalism.

Education:

• Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in finance accounting, or economics or data analytics or 2 years of experience in finance, accounting, or consulting role
• Preferred: Master’s Degree/MBA in finance, accounting, or economics or data analysis with 2 years of experience in finance, accounting, or consulting role

Experience, Knowledge, and Tools

• Finance Decision Support. 
• Knowledge of ERP
• Data Analysis
• KPI Development, Maintenance and Reporting
• Financial analysis, forecasting and business performance modelling.
• Reporting: cash flow, profit, and loss, and ad hoc.
• Expert in MS Office products, especially Excel and PowerPoint

Preferred Knowledge:
 

• Hyperion usage and familiarity.
• Advance Excel formulas with ability to handle large data set (Nested if, Index match, Macros
• Experience with charts, graphs, and conditional formatting to present data clearly.

• General understanding of any Visualization tools like Power BI/Tableau etc; Microsoft Access

Physical Demands

Minimum 2 days working from office (Pune-Kalyani Nagar).

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by most people assigned to this job.  They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities and requirements.