Financial Analyst, APAC

Company Description

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Job Description

HQ management (50%)

• Manage APAC HQ’s books including the below required to ensure timely and accurate reporting of month end figures:

1. Prepare journals in our system, check and process claims and supplier invoices, prepare intercompany POs and billing workings, update and maintain detailed HQ P&L file
2. Work closely with Shared Service Teams and contacts from various intercompany contacts to ensure timely communication and processing of operational matters

• Prepare rolling forecasts and budgets, and upload data to Hyperion Financial Management system

Regional & Client Finance Analysis (50%)

• Consolidate and analyse financial information for regional management

1. P&L Financials – extracted from Group reporting system, Hyperion Financial Management
2. Additional qualitative information received from APAC markets

• Help prepare presentations and financial information for Actuals, Rolling Forecasts and Budgets
• Work on regional reporting for global and key clients, and work closely with business leads and markets to ensure accuracy and consistency
• Analyse client profitability – perform reviews, compare data across markets
• Closely monitor pipeline using Salesforce and work closely with markets to ensure data completeness and accuracy
• Build and work on dashboards relating to client performance, pipeline, profitability, and any other adhoc projects
• Be involved in regional pitches with the need to collect, benchmark and standardise rates and overall fees to submit to clients
• Provide support required for any other ad hoc analysis / presentations

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of relevant experiences 
• Meticulous and organised
• Proven ability to deal with large volumes of financial data
• Good analytical, planning and organizational skills
• Able to work with tight deadlines
• Demonstrate highest standards of ethical behaviour and absolute discretion with sensitive information
• Able to work independently as well as work as a team, with good interpersonal skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Excel analytical tools (vlookup, pivot tables, formula) and Powerpoint including the ability to understand and manipulate spreadsheets
• Strong willingness to learn and subsequently implement / work on new software / programs (e.g.
• Salesforce, Power BI, etc) to better support business needs as and when required
• Experience dealing with multi-markets is a plus