The opportunity
As we roll out our Acceleration Strategy across various Service Lines (SL) the role of the PBFA becomes even more critical to help maintain/improve profitability.
Reporting into Finance this role requires the individual to also support the SL COO on P&L management and other KPIs. Establishing best in class support functional expertise and reporting solutions with occasional involvement on various SL initiatives as well.
Your key responsibilities:
- Lead a team of PBFA analyst(s) to ensure timely completion of below activities
- Produce weekly and monthly reporting on business performance for the SL.
- P&L management and ownership for that SL
- Actual vs Plan tracking on KPIs to identify and explain variances.
- Provide financial analytics and insights to help drive business decisions.
- Support Operations lead in the root cause analysis of identified variances and identification of possible solutions to resolve issues.
- Lead in development of financial models for different scenarios to assess impacts of changing levers.
- With time develop effective working relationships with the extended Finance team and SL Leadership.
- Be the Go To person for any financial data relating to the SL.
- Participate in various improvement initiatives and information gathering activities within PBFA space.
- Support in Adhoc requests from the Finance team and SL Leadership
Skills and attributes for success:
- Keen to solve problems and provide a credible solution.
- Ensure delivery of exceptional client service to all stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and numeracy skills with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Good time management skills and able to balance multiple priorities by considering risk importance and level of urgency.
- Eagerness to learn quickly be proactive and ask questions.
- Welldeveloped listening skills.
To qualify for the role you must be:
- Willing to working in a fastpaced environment with a strong work ethic.
- Able to interact well with people at all levels within the firm and build strong relationships.
- Having strong knowledge of MS Office Packages. Excel PowerPoint Outlook and Word in particular.
- Having excellent communications and organizational skills.
- Either have a finance related degree be studying for an accountancy qualification or experience working in the finance department.
- Be innovative confident and creative with ability to challenge.
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