The candidate would be responsible to drive key deliverables in relation to financial reporting, analysis, Budgeting/Forecasting, and Client reporting at the EMEA level in collaboration with EMEA Regional and Market Teams. The candidate will be part of the EMEA Regional P&RCoE (Planning and Reporting Center of Excellence) team based in Bangalore. As part of this role, the candidate will be required to work across a broad stakeholder group in the EMEA region to drive group/regional reporting & FP&A requirements. The role will be based out of Bangalore, candidate must be/relocate to Bangalore.
Job Description:
Key responsibilities:
Manage key deliverables during the month-close process as per agreed timelines along with ensuring delivery of quality results to key stakeholders
Supporting EMEA Region & Markets in the budget, quarterly & monthly forecast submission, and challenging markets on assumptions, appropriate use of account lines, brands, functions, segments, and classification of exceptional items
Deliver best-in-class financial information and analysis to the EMEA Regional and Market team, providing timely, sound, and clear financial analysis of current results
Partner with Regional and market FP&A to drive analytics, compliance, quality, and timeliness in month-end reporting.
Assist in preparing periodic (monthly/quarterly/annual) reporting packs submission
Challenge markets on the appropriate use of account lines, brands, functions & segments
Identify automation requirements and collaborate with CI team to help deliver automation solutions.
Manage ad hoc requests from EMEA Regional & Market team, cascade crucial information to markets, and drive compliance.
Supports ad-hoc financial information requests as and when required
Also, as part of the RCoE team we will have to do testing / UAT of new developments, and maintain QA checks on existing reports.
Skills and Experience :
MBA finance with 6-8 years of experience in Captive shared services /Industry handling accounting, financial analysis, planning & reporting.
Good analytical skills including Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet review.
Exposure to SAP BPC (Business Planning & Consolidation) & SAC
candidate who has an analytical bent of mind and provides insights when distributing a report or analysis & having the ability to tell the story behind the data in the view.
Strong understanding of the concept of materiality in terms of work performed and the audience it is to be presented to.
Excellent communication skills, as this role involves interactions with key stakeholders in Dentsu leadership in the markets.
Should demonstrate high level of responsibility and commitment to the assigned activities.
Agile and flexible to changing and ad-hoc requirements
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