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The Role
The Financial Analyst has the responsibility of providing and support through all phases of the financial planning and analysis processes, including business partnering and working on cross functional projects. The FA is a meticulous and strategic individual of the finance team capable to perform a broad range of financial activities including planning, analysis, budgeting, and reporting. The FA should also have strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills and be able to present financial information and models in a concise and easily comprehensible manner.
Key Responsibilities:
Support the execution of financial planning and analysis processes, projects, and ad-hoc requests as required by the Finance organization by embracing the following responsibilities:Provide support on the analytical, forecasting, month end and variance analysis reporting And Ad Hoc projects based on business needs.Provide support on aligning expense actuals by partnering with the accounting teams, managing accruals, prepaid, recluses and more types of expense entries.Provide intermediate/advance support to the input of forecast and budget projections and adjustments into Moody's financial reporting system.Provide intermediate/advance support to business planning processes and results, forecast, budget, 5 years strategic plan, etc. Deliver driver based outputs for discussion with management.Partner with the local, regional and global contacts and communicate effectively with the business to foster good working relationships with the rest of the organization.Provide support on the development of new reporting solutions and identifying key focus areas for improvement.Recommend and implement standard methodologies for enhancements to current processes and reporting, including identifying areas for productivity and driving the standardization of activities across business planning to harness efficiencies.Conduct financial important metrics analysis, compare anticipated and actual results, conduct through research of historical financial data and trends to identify and recommend areas of improvement to offer beneficial insights into drivers.Develop and update financial models to assist in central initiatives and support critical decisions through projections and metrics.Collaborate in projects as assigned by Finance management.
Experience/Qualifications:
Bachelor´s Degree qualification in Finance, Accounting, Statistics or other quantitative field. Other certifications related to the role are considered a plus.2 - 4 years of relevant experience in Financial Planning.Analysis processes, modelling, business intelligence tools, and data science experience is a plus.Excellent communications skills.Advance English level.Preferable with exposure to multidimensional reporting applications is essential (e.g. Hyperion Planning) and exposure to record to report solutions such as SAP.Detail and data quality oriented and capable to summarize and effectively communicate findings/analysis to management.Proficiency in Microsoft Office (preferably: Office 365), Excel financial modeling and related financial systems.Advance decision-making, and problem-solving skills.knowledge of basic accounting concepts related to expenses.
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Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody's Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.
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