senior Financial Planning analystPearson Management Services Philippines Inc.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide a consolidated view of financial business performance and planning to business partnering teams across Pearson
Preparation of annual budgets, forecasts and strategic plans to include but not limited to; development of reporting packs for population by business and support to Finance Business Partner in the provision of additional data or analysis where required, consolidation of business results providing first line review and challenge of said results, and other ad-hoc support as required
Maintenance of budget policies and procedures and communication of said procedures to business areas, acting as central point of contact between the finance Business Partners and other central finance teams
Cost center management to include month end preparation (review of journals, invoice coding, results analysis) and budgeting/ forecasting responsibilities
Completion of monthly reporting into the business leadership teams once finalized by Finance Business Partnering teams to include appropriate commentary and analysis
COMPETENCY PROFILE:
Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accountancy/Banking or equivalent.
Solid five (5) years of experience in end-to-end budgeting forecasting, finacial planning, financial modelling, and management reporting (including variance analysis) in a Shared Service and/or Multinational Company
Strong verbal and written communications skills and has the ability to effectively communicate both finance and non-finance professionals
Advanced user of Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel (v-lookups, sum-ifs, pivot tables etc.)
Experience of finance ERP systems (Oracle preferred but not essential)
Willing to work on a permanent night shift schedule (US Eastern Time) as this role will support our business in the NA region.
Why work in Pearson?
We offer a work from home arrangement as our employees' health and safety is our number one priority!
Employee benefits are applicable upon day 1. Our HMO can be extended to your common law partner even to your immediately family member (nephews and nieces).
We have a retirement benefits, so you can secure your future should you wish to have an early retirement.
It is an exciting time and a wise career move as the organization is transitioning and migrating more work into the Manila Service Delivery Center.