Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst
ABB
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This Position reports to:
Sen. Marketing Sales&Service Finance Mgr
Your role and responsibilities
In this role, you will have the opportunity to collect, analyze, and interpret financial data. Each day, you will update budgets and forecasting models and identify trends and problems. You will also showcase your expertise by communicating insights and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive financial performance and optimize business outcomes.
The work model for the role is: {onsite}
This role is contributing to the {Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team} in {Xiamen, China}. Main stakeholders are {ELSB /ELSP}.
Responsible for operational financial activities for assigned scope of responsibilities, including financial reporting, analyzing metrics for performance versus budgets and forecasts, while identifying trends and problems, communicating information to relevant groups, and recommending actions to improve financial performance.
You will be mainly accountable for:
- Supporting preparation of relevant organization financial reporting, business planning, budgeting and forecasting and validate accuracy of financial data and business information and reports by performing reconciliation and review of exceptions.
- Performing analysis of business performance versus budget and forecast and benchmarking of key performance indicators with external and internal peers.
- Working with the other financial professionals in Divisions / Regions / Countries and functions to understand and analyze the drivers of financial performance and identify trends.
- Preparing various financial analysis (e.g. cost /revenues/balance sheet).
- Providing information to management by assembling and summarizing data, preparing reports, presentation of findings and analysis.
- Optimizing own performance to increase productivity, recommend changes of process standards and procedures, identify areas for process / report standardization.
- Ensuring processes and controls within own area of responsibility are designed and implemented in line with Group and unit requirements.
- Maintaining proper audit trail and documentation, ensuring SOPs are prepared and updated, ensuring service delivery within the agreed SLAs and KPIs.
- Living ABB’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues, and the business
Our team dynamics
You will join a {dynamic, talented, high performing} team, where you will be able to thrive.
Qualifications for the role
- Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration.
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in the areas of business, finance, operational controlling and/or accounting
- High motivation to work in dynamic environment with orientation towards process improvement/simplification with ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and confidence in information produced.
- Ability to work well under pressure is a prerequisite (meeting deadlines with highest quality).
- Strong communication skills. Proven ability to efficiently collaborate with a wide number of stakeholders
- Knowledge of SAP and advanced Excel skills
- Fluency in English – written & spoken
- Preference (not mandatory) for candidate with written & spoken capability for Japanese and/or Korean.
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Publication ID: JOB_POSTING-3-38462