Senior Financial Analyst, Spend Portfolio Management (SPM)

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Position Overview

We are looking for a seasoned Senior Financial Analyst to join WWS Spend team under COO Org. As an SFA, you will partner closely with a variety of key stakeholders across Finance, go-to-market operations and the WWS organization.

You must effectively partner with business leaders, have the capability to work at different levels, have experience building and improving complex financial models, have excellent collaboration skills, be agile and innovative. You will be in a highly strategic role that will build processes and drive insights and action that lead to measurable impact on the business.

You will report to the Senior Finance Manager of WWS SPM Team and help support the VP of Sales, Finance director and FBP’s under sales Org.

How You Will Spend your Day

• Partnership with Finance teams: You will partner with VP, FD & FBPs to support budget owners in analysing areas for potential spend savings and recommending solutions for effectively managing them spend

• Financial analysis: You will provide monthly reporting around spend and assist in providing ad-hoc analyses to help support business decisions

• Driving process improvement: You will recommend and lead improvements to deliver high-quality results as well as implement new standards/processes across the WWFO Finance team

Responsibilities

• Drive the annual budget planning, quarterly and monthly forecasting cycles for WWS Organization

• Develop financial Frameworks to help drive strategic business decisions, provide insight into ROI on Sales & Marketing investment, and track progress against our strategic goals

• Lead monthly and quarterly management reporting, distilling/synthesizing key trends, assessing current and future business risk, and communicating key messages to senior leadership

• Utilize SAP and Anaplan to track, manage, and report all spend (OPEX) forecasts

• Work closely with Finance Business Partners and HR to track headcount including to-be-hired activity and provide ad-hoc financial analyses for fixed costs

• Own quarter-end activities including preparing and submitting cross-charges and accruals as well as being the primary liaison between Corporate Accounting, FP&A and the Sales Finance team

• Lead special projects including building new models/templates, revamping existing processes, and ad-hoc analyses that arise as the business changes

• Successful candidates will have high attention to details, excellent analytical skills, and a self-starter mentality. In addition, strong professionalism and communication skills are crucial to proactively partner with key stakeholders

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting. CA, MBA, CFA or CPA a plus

• Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience with finance or supporting a sales organization

• Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence effectively

• Demonstration of leadership and management capabilities

• Outstanding critical thinking and problem-solving skills

• Growth mindset and ability to learn quickly

• Strong sense of ownership, ability to prioritize, and work in fast paced environment

• Knowledge of SaaS and Sales Metrics is a Plus

The Ideal candidate

You focus on the customer. You build strong customer relationships and gain insights into their needs. You identify opportunities that benefit our customers and build and deliver solutions to meet their expectations. You value accountability. You follow through on commitments and make sure others do the same. You act with a clear sense of ownership, taking personal responsibility for decisions, actions, and failures. You establish clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results, including opportunities to give and receive feedback. You have courage. You have the passionate self-belief and trust necessary to be bold and brave in your actions to take controlled risks and encourage others to challenge your ideas, and delivery strong results. You work cooperatively. You are comfortable working with colleagues at all levels and from all over the world to achieve shared objectives. You partner with others—representing your own interests while being fair to others. You easily gain the trust and support of others and credit others for their accomplishments and contributions. You get stuff done. You are a self-starter who steps up to handle new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm. You act—identifying and seizing opportunities without unnecessary planning.

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