Financial Analyst is responsible for partneringacross the firm to provide financial and strategic analysis, oversight, andcoordination of budgeting and forecasting. Candidate will be responsible for awide range of activities including financial control, forecasting andbudgeting, analysis of financial/business metrics, delivery ofweekly/monthly/quarterly management reporting, development of new reportingcapabilities (e.g. dashboards), and advising on how to increase profitabilityand efficiencies.

You will analyze, prepare, and reconcile accounting and technical data as wellas prepare reports, while always thinking of and devising ways to streamlineand minimize cycle times through automated applications and processimprovement. You will also help develop recommendations effecting businessprocedures and operations and maintain financial and reporting systems. Inaddition, you will assist the department and other team members with special projectsor components of other projects as needed.

In the Financial Analysis role, you would be responsible for:

• Managing annual/continual financial planning activities for product areas, providing business rational and decisions for all month-end financial performance and forecasting, conducting reviews and analysis on product financial performance, consumption/demand planning, budgeting, billing, trends, and exception reports
• Efficiency reporting, analytics and strategy - including, but not limited to - location strategy, span of control, reporting and analytics
• Creating financial business cases supporting business initiatives
• Reporting on and monitoring key metrics, driving data quality initiatives across the product area, and helping define future needs of the product area
• Developing and tracking performance metrics, creating presentations, and generally providing financial analysis on a variety of topics to senior management
• Performing variance analysis to understand the key drivers of the results and presenting commentary to senior managers, explaining changes from prior forecasts/budgets
• Helping design new reports and dashboards to efficiently deliver the financial results to senior management
• Enhancing controls and streamlining processes, introducing automation where possible

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a subject of a technical nature
• 5 years of work experience, preferably in Financial Services, and/or accounting/controller background
• Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint
• Proficiency with data mining/gathering and manipulation of data sets
• Inquisitive, enthusiastic and diligent, and capable of challenging peers
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex issues clearly
• Ability to create ad hoc reporting for senior management
• Proven track record for executing on special projects / assignments with often little lead time or information
• Highly motivated and able to thrive and think clearly under pressure and tight deadlines
• Team player with the ability to be respected as a trusted partner for the Business, Finance, and FP&A Teams
• Highly motivated self-starter with excellent time management/prioritization skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with ability to analyze large data sets and present conclusions concisely
• Bilingual Japanese – reading & writing

Benefits