Infrastructure - Planning & Analysis- Associate

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

As an Infrastructure - Planning & Analysis Associate within the Infrastructure Technology team, you will partner with senior technology management to execute financial processes, analysis, and reporting. You will play a critical role in maintaining strict governance across a large matrixed organization, focusing on financial processes, tracking technology spend, and supporting optimization efforts. Your ability to present information clearly and provide insights to senior management will be key to your success in this role.

Job Responsibilities :

• Support all financial processes and reporting, including month-end close, actuals, budgeting, and analysis of factors driving infrastructure technology spend for CCB.
• Track overall technology spend and allocations to CCB Tech towers and business units, with a specific focus on infrastructure spend.
• Liaise with stakeholders across Technology, Finance, and Corporate teams to understand the rationale behind infrastructure allocations to CCB lines of business.
• Monitor and track efficiency metrics for infrastructure spend within CCB Tech towers.
• Evaluate and flag potential cost efficiencies and opportunities in public and private cloud spend to support optimization efforts.
• Manage monthly leadership reporting for MBR, TLT, and EMR, and support ad-hoc financial analysis for leadership review.
• Focus on allocation methodology and indirect technology expenses allocated to technology and business units.
• Identify and leverage best practices from other CCB PXT F&BM groups.
• Recommend improvements to increase process and reporting efficiencies.
• Ensure data integrity, accuracy, and timeliness in all financial reporting and presentations.
• Adhere to internal compliance policies and other business reporting requirements.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Chartered Accountant/CFA/MBA (Finance) (or similar educational background) with 5+ years of post-qualification experience
• Strong financial analytical skills - Fusion of Finance and Data Capabilities
• Excellent partnering skills. Ability to multi-task and work autonomously within team environment
• Ability to research issues/problems and provide a solution-based approach
• Experience partnering in either a Finance and/or Business Management capacity and providing insights/recommendations to senior management
• Ability to present information in a clear and concise manner that tells the story behind financials in a compelling way
• Confident and personable attitude with the ability to face off with senior management at all levels, influence/handle difficult messages, problem solve, and resolve conflicts
• Detail oriented individual capable of completing reporting and analytics accurately, on a timely basis, and in a presentable manner
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills a must. Individual must be able to work independently as well as in a team situation
• Excellent time management skills and ability to multi task and handle competing priorities under pressure

• Self-motivated individual to go beyond immediate responsibilities

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• In-depth knowledge of Excel & PowerPoint and knowledge of Essbase and SAP preferable
• Timing - 2:00pm to 11:00pm (may change for budget periods, adhocs and projects)
• Knowledge of Tableau and Alteryx will be an added advantage
• Experience with visualization and reporting tools such as Tableau preferred