Experience Level: Experienced Hire
Location(s):
- MIS Support Center, 4th floor, East Tower, Eurocenter Business Center, in front of Cenada, Heredia, 40104, CR
Line Of Business: Finance(FIN)
Entity: Moody's Shared Services(MSS)
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The Role The Senior Financial Analyst has the responsibility of providing intermediate and advanced support through all phases of the financial planning and analysis processes, including business partnering and working on cross-functional projects. The SFA is a detail-oriented and strategically minded individual of the finance team able to perform a variety of financial activities including planning, analysis, budgeting, and reporting. The SFA 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 intermediate/advanced support to the preparation of the monthly reports and variance analysis that will help identify key focus areas for management, in a timely manner.
- Provide intermediate/advanced support to the input of forecast and budget projections and adjustments into Moody’s financial reporting system.
- Provide intermediate/advanced support to business planning processes and deliverables: forecast, budget, 5-year strategic plan, etc. Deliver driver-based presentational outputs for discussion with senior management.
- Partner with 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 identify key focus areas for management.
- Recommend and implement best practices 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 KPIs analysis, compare anticipated and actual results, and conduct thorough research of historical financial data and trends to identify and recommend areas of improvement to offer value-added insights into drivers.
- Develop and update financial models to assist in strategic initiatives and support critical decisions through financial projections and KPIs.
- Provide informal guidance or on-the-job training to other team members.
- Collaborate in special projects as assigned by Finance management.
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Experience/Qualifications: - Studying towards a post-graduate qualification in Finance, Accounting, Statistics, or another quantitative field (e.g. MBA, CPA/CA, CIMA, ACCA).
- 3 - 5 years of relevant experience in Financial Planning and analysis processes, modelling, business intelligence tools, and data science experience is a plus.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Exposure to multidimensional reporting applications is essential (e.g. Hyperion Planning and Essbase).
- Detail and data quality oriented and capable to summarize and effectively communicate findings/analysis to senior stakeholder management.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (preferably: Office 365), financial modeling, and related financial systems.
- Advanced analytical decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
- Intermediate knowledge of basic accounting concepts.
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Key Competencies: - Desire to learn new skills with high-level problem-solving skills and cover new challenges.
- Great attention to detail and ability to cross-check outputs with other data sources, complete recurring processes avoiding errors.
- Able to work both independently and as a member of a team by interacting and collaborating with members of other teams across the organization.
- Demonstrates flexibility with last-minute changes in commitments, deadlines, and meeting attendance.
- Applies knowledge and intermediate problem-solving techniques to define and resolve problems.
- Able to handle large volumes of data while ensuring data accuracy, including the ability to synthesize quantitative and qualitative data to draw conclusions and assist in decision-making.
- Able to provide intermediate/advanced support to the business planning processes and deliverables.
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Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
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.