You are a strategic thinker passionate about driving solutions in financial analysis.You have found the right team.

As an Associate in Corporate Sector FP&A supporting the CAO CFO organization, you will own and coordinate core management reporting and planning deliverables across full P&L, expense, and headcount. You will lead consolidation, variance analysis, and driver-based insights, and produce senior-ready materials used to inform business decisions. You will partner closely with CAO Finance & Business Management, Controllers, and firmwide planning teams to ensure timely, accurate submissions and continuous process improvement leveraging Essbase and AnaplanXL.

Job Responsibilities

Be responsible for budgeting, forecasting and reporting of monthly & budget financials
Develop and presentdriver-basedqualitative and quantitative analysis (run-rate, trend, initiative impacts, HC movements, and key assumptions)
Serve as a liaison between Firm-wide P&A, business managers andFunctional Finance teams and other support teams to provide impactful reporting, planning and insightful analyses
Produce presentations, analysis and supporting materials for key internal clients including senior management participate and support ad-hoc special projects and requests as needed
Develop, consolidate and present insightful and robust qualitative and quantitative financial analysis including annual budget, quarterly/monthly forecast variances
Perform variance analysis to understand the key drivers of the results and present commentary to senior managers, explaining changes from prior forecasts/budgets
Champion process improvements and automation initiatives to optimize workflows and models and increase operational efficiency
Collaborate with business partners across P&A, lines of business and the firm to ensure the timely, accurate and effective delivery of recurring and ad-hoc initiatives
Build and maintain strong relationships with key business stakeholders: firm-wide, Functional Finance and lines of business teams

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Strong financial acumen acrossP&L, expense, and headcount planning, including variance analysis and forecasting
Strong technical and analytical skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, Essbase, Visual Basic and macros ability to synthesize multiple data sets into an executive-ready story
Strong stakeholder management skills able to operate under tight deadlines and changing priorities with high attention to detail
Sound judgment, professional maturity and personal integrity, strong work ethic, proactive and results-oriented, and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously. Candidate must be comfortable with frequently changing priorities
Ability to navigate multiple data sets and synthesize into cohesive presentation and recommendations
Team oriented, inquisitive, critical thinker who anticipates questions from internal clients and senior management
Ability to build strong partnerships with colleagues, desire to learn quickly, be flexible and think strategically

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

B. Com/BA/BS in Finance, Economics, Accounting(MBA is a plus)
3+ years of relevant FP&A / planning / management reporting experience (financial services preferred)
Excellent MS Office skills â€ Excel and PowerPoint. Knowledge of AnaplanXL will be a plus (please highlight in CV)
Experience improving planning/reporting processes or implementing new templates/models

CAO Financial Planning & Analysis(Essbase and AnaplanXL)-Associate