Description
This role is responsible for leading and advising on critical business initiatives, overseeing analysts across finance sub-functions and geographies/organizations.
The Enterprise Operations Spend Analyst will drive financial management by analyzing, reporting, and reconciling financial and operational results.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and advise on crucial business initiatives, overseeing several analysts across sub-functions within finance and across geographies/organizations.
- Support the business in ensuring that capital strategies are operationally supported and strategically focused to secure the greatest return on investment for the global company.
- Perform highly complex financial analysis for a financial function or business, utilizing a unique understanding of the business to achieve objectives effectively.
- Collaborate with business leaders to guide and influence long-term and strategic decision-making.
- Drive process improvements and policy development initiatives that impact the function globally.
- Provide information and counsel in the areas of controls, budgeting, and planning, return on investment decisions, and the development of overall business plans and strategies.
- Represent the business unit during cross-regional or cross-functional planning processes.
- Contribute innovative ideas and may lead large cross-functional teams, exercising independent judgment to solve unique and complex problems impacting the business.
- Act as a functional manager within area of expertise, developing strategy and setting functional policy and direction.
- Provide mentorship and guidance to lower-level employees, thus ensuring the realization of operational and strategic plans.
Education & Experience:
- Four-year or Graduate Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
- Typically has 10+ years of work experience, preferably in financial management, internal audit, accounting, or a related field.
Preferred Certifications:
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Certified Financial Analyst (CFA)
Knowledge & Skills:
- Accounting
- Auditing
- Automation
- Corporate Finance
- Data Analysis
- Economics
- Finance
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Financial Planning
- Financial Services
- Financial Statements
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- Internal Controls
- Investments
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Process Improvement
- Profit And Loss (P&L) Management
- SAP Applications
- Variance Analysis
Cross-Org Skills:
- Effective Communication
- Results Orientation
- Learning Agility
- Digital Fluency
- Customer Centricity