Senior Business Analyst - Finance

Key Responsibilities:

Business Analysis:

- Utilize a deep understanding of business objectives, issues, and root causes to provide insightful, fact-based data analysis for complex problem-solving.

- Assist in creating financial models, researching, and analyzing trends, leading indicators, and business statistics.

- Extract, aggregate, and analyze financial data and performance metrics; present findings for management review.

Business Partnering:

- Collaborate with key stakeholders and business partners to align on priorities and drive effective solutions.

- Communicate compelling arguments based on facts and data, securing necessary buy-in to achieve business objectives.

- Build working relationships with business management and partners, supporting key priorities through complex analytics.

Strategic Planning and Initiatives:

- Support management in developing strategies and initiatives to drive growth and margin improvements.

- Execute strategic initiatives such as project launches, market entry, and process improvement efforts.

- Perform research and leverage internal and external data for business case development.

- Maintain awareness of economic, competitive, business, and financial conditions.

Operating Planning and Forecasting:

- Assist management in creating an annual operating plan aligned with the strategic plan.

- Perform forecasting to provide visibility into business results and support decision-making.

- Conduct business analysis for operating planning and forecasting, incorporating received guidance.

Financial Operational Policy:

- Establish and maintain consistent financial operational policies and procedures.

- Ensure compliance with financial operational policies such as Loss Reporting/Technical Lost Business and recommend modifications as needed.

Talent Development and Management:

- Build short- and long-term capabilities.

- Take initiative on personal development and collaborate with managers to meet training requirements.

- Share skills and knowledge with colleagues, develop others, and coach junior associates.

- Management Reporting and Financial Close Activities

- Produce and distribute recurring and ad hoc management reports.

- Ensure financial reporting accuracy and maintain an adequate control environment in collaboration with process owners.

- Leverage recurring and ad hoc management reports to identify trends, support business cases, and understand opportunities and risks.

Liaison and Benchmarking:

- Coordinate with other functional departments to ensure the quality, accuracy, and completeness of financial reporting disclosures.

- Benchmark financial reporting disclosures against competitors.

- Develop and utilize analytical reports to assist with understanding and validation.

Financial Information Delivery:

- Ensure the accurate and timely delivery of financial information, including the analysis and reporting of financial activities.

- Conduct and document financial reporting activities.

Project Support:

- Assist in various projects as a key team member to meet the objectives of the team, department, and organization.

- Engage in financial modeling, analysis, valuations, and due diligence.

- Prepare and deliver management presentations and write information memorandums and Board approval justifications.

Industry Knowledge:

- Stay informed on developments in infrastructure technology, regulations, business, finance, and economic theory.

- Monitor economic, industrial, and corporate developments through analysis of information from various sources.

- Project Team Support

- Support project teams in financial planning, budgeting, and reporting