Senior Financial Analyst

Assist the Manager of Financial Controlling in providing tool and reports to local management and to the holding company to steer the P&L of the Region.

Key Responsibilities And Duties

• Assist the Manager of Financial Controlling in performing the following tasks for AZT Americas Region:
• Provides and Analyzes monthly reports (check-points, quarterly pre-close, monthly flash reports) and analysis of the P&L to local management and to the Group.
• Manage and update local and group reports with group standard KPIs.
• Lead point of contact for all Cost Reporting and Productivity Tools, both Budget and Actuals
• Responsible for Alignment of Cost Centers, and tracking newly created per Group Standards.
• Lead 3-year planning process beginning in May (e.g. “PD2024”). Responsible for the accuracy and timeliness of all submissions in Financial Systems and any other required deliverables.
• Tracking all company Targets during year and continued communication with Group Finance concerning achievement
• Populate, maintain and analyze expense tools both by Company, Nature and Department to steer the Cost and Productivity Ratios
• Discuss and analyze quarterly costs and the deviation to budget / forecast with heads of departments for both Insurance and Service business
• Analyze Acquisition Cost details and provide explanations for deviations to budget
• Developing strong working relationships with Global Cost Managers at both Group P&PM and Group Cost Accounting

Required Qualifications And Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, finance or related discipline. Master’s Degree and/or CPA desired
• 4-7 years’ experience in Corporate Accounting, financial area, ideally in a controlling position: expertise in finance & accounting, analysis of performance/ financial reports
• Advanced Excel spreadsheet skills using pivot tables
• Willingness to work required overtime when necessary at year-end & quarterly filing timeframe
• Legal and technical know-how, basis for understanding of legal environment, and advanced technical systems
• Deep understanding of regulatory environment and statutory reporting requirements
• Ability to design, test & interface large amounts of data/calculations between technical systems
• Ability to keep up with and comply with changing regulatory requirements of multiple countries
• Strong knowledge of technical accounting, reporting and regulatory requirements
• Pragmatic, flexible, autonomous and team player making constant improvements
• Detailed oriented and organized
• Self-Starter, following jobs to completion with high independence and challenging current processes
• At ease with figures and data processing tools, ideally knowledge of SAP and SAP BW
• Expert MS Excel and Multi-Dimensional Databases
• Experience with IRFS accounting standards
• Cost Accounting / Cost Controlling Experience Preferred

47255 | Finance & Accounting | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Trade | Full-Time | Permanent

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