Are you ready to enhance your finance and strategy analysis skills? Look no further! Zendesk, a global leader in customer service software, is seeking a highly motivated individual with strong work behaviors in finance and strategy analysis to join our team as a Senior FSS Finance & Strategy Analyst in the Philippines.
At Zendesk, we pride ourselves on being a world-class organization that is exceptionally focused on providing flawless customer experiences. As a Senior FSS Finance & Strategy Analyst, you will have the opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping the financial strategy of our company, contributing to our ambitious growth plans and ensuring we remain at the forefront of our industry.
Responsibilities
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- Responsible for budget review and purchase request approvals for assigned functional groups.
- Approves Headcount in Workday based on forecast and ensures forecast is accurately reflected in Adaptive.
- Prepares and interprets Headcount reports by completing quantitative and qualitative analyses.
- Provides commentary and support explanations related to Financial reporting requirements.
- Applies in-depth knowledge in maintaining financial models and detailed forecasts of the company's operations.
- Identifies opportunities, proposes improvement in financial reporting and helps in the implementation of new projects or improvements.
- Coordinates with different departments in preparing individual budgets and assists in consolidating overall corporate budgets.
- Examines & evaluates cost-efficiency of each department of the company, in light of what percentage of the companys financial resources each department consumes.
- Prepares internal and external reports for executive leadership in support for decision making.
- Interacts with Finance Org, operations and/or functional peer group managers, normally involving matters between functional areas, other company divisions or units, or customers and the company.
- Leads the process improvement initiatives including completion of Playbooks and acts as POC to coordinate Global Projects.
- Protects Operations by keeping financial information confidential.
- Perform relevant ongoing and ad hoc analyses and synthesize complex data into actionable insights and strategic recommendations to drive value engineering opportunities and business results
Requirements:
- Bachelors Degree in Finance or Accounting or equivalent.
- Has at least 5-6 years FP&A background
- SAAS company/Business Partnering Finance/ Finance Shared Services experience preferred.
- Excellent analytical skills with a thorough knowledge of accounting principles to analyze financial reports.
- Intermediate MS Excel skills required (VLooksUps, Pivot Tables, etc.)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong organization skills
- Ability to thrive in a fast-growing environment where change is the norm; strong multitasking skills, and flexibility to alternate from one project to the next quickly
- Teamwork-oriented with people management skills.
- With Netsuite, Adaptive, Allocadia, & Coupa experience is an advantage.
- Willing to work night and/ or shifting schedules to accommodate different time zones per global business requirements.
- Willingness to work on a hybrid model.
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Hybrid: In this role, our hybrid experience is designed at the team level to give you a rich onsite experience packed with connection, collaboration, learning, and celebration - while also giving you flexibility to work remotely for part of the week. This role must attend our local office for part of the week. The specific in-office schedule is to be determined by the hiring manager.
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