Senior Financial Analyst (m/f/d)

The Senior Financial Analyst (m/f/d) is a critical role in the Global Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team. The Senior Financial Analyst will serve as a key member of the Finance department with frequent exposure to senior management and various groups across the company.

This is a hybrid role that can be located in Germany or the United Kingdom with 10% international travel.

What you will do

• Financial business partner for key operational stakeholders representing Global Functions who support activities across APAC, India, EMEA and US regions (support adhoc analyses, special projects, etc.)
• Drive the rolling forecast, annual budgeting, and long term forecasting analytics activities for a targeted segment on behalf of the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) function in Finance
• Lead efforts to capture forecasting assumptions and leverage them to produce short and long range financial projections including headcount, travel, and other operational costs
• Drive and support system enhancements and testing in financial planning platforms (i.e. Hyperion, SAP, Power BI, other)
• Drive and develop reporting enhancements within different reporting platforms (i.e. Power BI, Hyperion, other)
• Collect actual cost information across different regions across global organization
• Prepare various monthly actual vs. budget (vs. forecast) reports and produce variance analyses for assigned departments; effectively communicating key takeaways
• Monitor and report on key financial and operational metrics for targeted department
• Identify risks, opportunities, and other areas to improve business results
• Update and roll-forward tools and templates that support capital planning processes
• Performs other duties and adhoc analytics as assigned
• Calculate and track global cost allocations to different regions

What we are looking for

• Degree in accounting or finance, MBA preferred
• Several years of relevant high-level Financial Planning and Analysis experience
• CFA Preferred
• Extensive knowledge of IFRS
• Ability to communicate complex Financial/Accounting terminology and capture key requirements from financial and non-financial personnel
• Extensive demonstrable financial modeling and report development experience
• Proficient in championing analytics assignments and capturing key takeaways with minimal supervision
• Experience in managing budget related requirements within a formal planning platform (Hyperion, SAP, etc.) required; Experience in working within Hyperion/Smartview platform preferred
• Experience in leveraging reporting output tools such as PowerBI, others required
• Advanced knowledge and use of Microsoft Excel required (must be able to use lookups, pivot tables, and other advanced functionality)

What we offer you

• An agile company culture with short decision-making paths and plenty of opportunities to show personal initiative​
• Company pension
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible working time models and mobile working (depending on your role)​
• Allowance for the use of public transport and bike scheme
• Allowance for the use of Health and Wellness ​
• Individual training and development opportunities​
• Numerous other additional benefits such as birthday vouchers, employee advisory program, employee referral scheme
• Lunch allowance company events and much more