Financial Analyst

As a Finance Operations Business Partner for Accounts Receivable (AR), Accounts Payable (AP) processes, the candidate will work with Business, Finance and other cross-functional teams to drive financial results, efficiency, scalable and continuous improvement initiatives. The candidate demonstrates Bias for Action, Dive Deep, Ownership, and holds self, stakeholders and partner teams to high standards of accountability, agility, quality and execution of results. The primary audience for this role is Senior leadership in Business, Finance, Technology and other groups such as Legal, Accounting and Tax. This is an Individual Contributor role.

Key job responsibilities
Build insightful reports and analytical data-models, to address difficult business questions in relation to AR and AP processes. The candidate will learn the business context of the data used in the analysis to convert data into impactful findings, provide recommendations and drive data-driven decision making

Proactively dive deep at customer account level or vendor level when necessary to ensure reporting accuracy, status reporting and regularly audit datasets, as well as work from other teams. The candidate will need to demonstrate operating independently without supervision, and leading idea-generation, problem-solving proactively

Work with cross-functional teams to achieve customer-centric and cash-flow goals and not be limited by current process capability constraints. The candidate takes calculated risks and does not shy away from difficult conversations when they occur and persists with the need to make progress in the interest of the organization

Schedule periodic reviews to assess progress, identify risks or blockers timely and implement agreed resolutions for core programs such as Timely Billing and Collections, Expedited Disputes Resolution, Vendor Payments Experience initiatives, and regulatory compliance.

The candidate role models ability to communicate for impact, fosters constructive dialogues, harmonize conflicting views, lead the resolution of issues, and earn trust of stakeholders - Graduate or Post-Graduate in Accounting or Quantitative field
- 8+ years experience in Accounts Payable, Receivables Processes with demonstrated subject matter expertise
- 8+ years in implementation of automation or operational efficiency improvement initiatives
- Ability to use MS-Excel and other applications to perform efficient dive deep and build Analytical information for decision making
- Ability to lead presentations for Senior Leadership Teams, to deliver results committed to Business
- Ability to influence teams even when not directly in their management chain
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, time-constrained environment
- Ability to deal with pressure and deadlines
- Ability to define policies, procedures