Financial Analyst (NJE)

Location: Paço de Arcos, PT, 2774-550

Purpose of Position

Act as an interface with all finance teams while being a key partner with the business team, facilitating the decision‑making process and guaranteeing that revenue and/or reporting tasks implementation are aligned with strategy. Support the ELT in preparing revenue metrics and/or reporting materials, delivering these in a timely manner and ensuring that financial and operational assessment and critical analysis of business development opportunities are executed in order to provide reliable indicators useful for business strategy planning.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Support the line manager in working with the Executive leadership team to formulate the business's medium to long term revenue, profitability and strategic plan.
• Identify, analyse, interpret and report recommendations trends on revenue and pricing, and profitability patterns.
• Perform critical analysis of financial and operational results to better understand company performance.
• Support the Revenue & Reporting Manager in the preparation, projection and control of annual budget and 10 YP, monitoring current results against budget and producing monthly variance reports. Process owner for revenue forecasting & budget processes.
• Complete the monthly rolling revenue forecast and track risks & opportunities, identifying what options are available to deliver the plan each month.
• Deliver standardised reporting on time each month, governing report change requests accordingly.
• Provide detailed analysis and commentary on company & cost centre revenue results.
• Provide insights to senior management around modelling, forecasts and profitability.
• Support initiatives targeted at financial processes improvement and the implementation of changes to achieve efficiencies and the company’s objectives in the areas of project billing and contract compliance, financial reporting and analysis.
• Exercise judgment in planning, organizing and performing work; monitor performance and report status within area of responsibility.
• Analyse and interpret financial and operating results, including investigating variances and making recommendations on corrective actions. Develop meaningful KPI's from the data.
• Create & review monthly revenue reporting and closing accounts, providing guidance on complex accounting operations subjects, and justify all differences from the previous month, to ensure delivery of correct financial indicators.
• Provide operational/financial metrics and analytical/reporting tools to provide adequate data useful for business decision making.

Education

Bachelor's in Economics or Management

Years of Experience

2-4 years of experience

Core Competencies

• Strives for Positive Results
• Service‑Oriented

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other (KSAOs)

• University degree in Management, Economics or similar;
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a similar role, preparing financial reports and creating budgets and forecasts;
• Good financial, accounting and analytical skills;
• Good skills in MS Office (Excel) and experience in analytics tools;
• Fluency in Business English;
• Solid organizational skills with the ability to work under tight deadlines.