Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst - Controlling Practice & Operations

Mission Statement

Provide controlling and planning specialist expertise to the COE and its customers within one of the Process Areas as part of the COE service offerings.

Overall objective

• Financial planning & analysis (FP&A) - Overall accountability for the analytical services to the business,
• based on customer requirements. Responsible for automated tools/reports design, implementation and maintenance. Semi-automated and manual analytical services, and one-off (ad-hoc) analytical output.
• Functional Controlling - controlling, budgeting, cost control, charging mechanisms, tax compliance and
• Business Partnering within respective Function
• Specifically, he/she is accountable to: a) support and drive the execution of continuous process improvements; b) ensure process management, standardization and innovation; c) participate in regular process performance validation in order to enable KPI based process performance steering; d) manage key process stakeholders interactions; e) review the key identified process inefficiencies and misalignments vs. the Process Standards;
• Actively participate in process improvement initiatives, regionally and/or globally. Accountable for end-
• to-end process management, process performance overseeing and steering throughout the entire fi- nance organization. Facilitates the exchange of knowledge and best practices between the COEs.
• Interacts with the key process stakeholders to ensure that process related guidance is followed and that
• process related tasks / actions are implemented according to the Process Standards.
• Optimizes own performance to increase productivity by developing automated solutions, eliminating
• duplications, coordinating information requirements. Enhance the expertise knowledge in one or multi- ple processes through coaching.
• Systems and Master Data Governance - charts of account, Business Warehouse tools.

• Responsible for overseeing the business planning process and extending support to the Function
• heads for evaluating the implications of various business decisions for final target setting.
• Functional performance Contributes to definition of key performance indicators.
• Monitors financial performance of the function, identifies issues and advises management on action plans and operational strategies to resolve.
• Transparency in reporting and ensuring data accuracy for function review calls
• Responsible for the data accuracy validation in the monthly financial performance reports and ad-
• vice for necessary actions required.
• Optimization Leads cross-functional initiatives that support strategic goals
• Ensures continuous improvement in the financial control process in alignment with global standards and local policies.

• Finance business partnering with internal stakeholders
• Ensures timely and efficient communication with relevant Local/Country/Division/Region Controllers, Finance Business Partner or Centers of Expertise, and other internal customers to identify and discuss issues for improvement of operations, work quality and efficiency for area of responsibility.