FP&A Analyst

As a member of the Financial Planning & Analysis group, you will work closely with the global functional leaders of WTS to build annual budgets, monitor monthly results and work on strategic initiatives to optimize financial performance. This role is best suited for someone early on in their career (with 2+ years of experience) but who has the basics down when it comes to P&L analysis and experience working with large sets of data. You will interface with the finance
leaders and functions, including Human Resources, IT, Finance, Marketing, Commercial, Legal, Technology and Supply Chain to coordinate the forecasting and reporting processes and assess the cost-benefit impact of investment and expense decisions.
The position is also responsible for financial analysis and projections to all levels within the organization in support of the functional business objectives. This is an excellent learning opportunity where you'll analyze and assess transaction-level details and summarize results to identify trends, risks, and opportunities. If you like the idea of doing meaningful work with a company that's making waves in the environmental services industry, here's more!
Key Responsibilities
* Play a key role in the annual budgeting process for all global business functions & SG&A components - including staffing levels, expense projections, and investment decisions.
* Update current quarter and current year forecasting outlooks each month and work closely with functional & business leaders to build and report revised projections.
* Provide detailed analysis by functions of monthly variations to Budget and to the prior year, partnering with the Compensation and Benefits Analysts and with the Indirect Procurement team.
* Participate in monthly financial closing activities for the headquarter's functions and businesses SG&A components including validating journal entries and accruals with the controllership team.
* Analyze and report results to three to four assigned functional areas. Maintain monthly reporting tools to provide functional leaders with clear visibility to ongoing performance vs. budgeted targets.
* Contribute to the cost optimization and transformation plan by updating and checking the savings in the global tracking tool.
Role Requirements
* Bachelor's in Finance, Accounting or equivalent

• 2 years of Financial Planning and Analysis experience

Hard Skills
* Solid grasp of core financial concepts
* Ability to understand and execute accounting transactions
* Proficiency in Office 365 suite of tools, including Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint & Word Proficiency in Google Suite (Google Sheets, Google Docs, etc)
* Knowledge of ERP systems and reporting systems such as PowerBI and Tableau
* Ability to manage financial portfolio
* Ability to interface effectively with senior business leaders Capability to translate complex financial sets of data into meaningful analysis and explanations
* Demonstrated ability to analyze processes, identify opportunities, and execute improvement projects SAP experience
* Experience working with reporting &analysis tools is helpful Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
* Strong desire to learn the business and support the delivery of excellent financial results