Financial Analyst – Global FP&A
Company Description
Part of Veolia Group, Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions brings together experienced professionals in pursuit of the same goal: to solve the world's most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, the environment and energy. We’re always looking for passionate and creative people to help us in this mission!
Job Description
Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions (VWTS) is a worldwide leader in water recovery, treatment, and reuse. We design and supply a range of water systems, from food and beverage applications, to municipal water, to microelectronics ultrapure water, and heavy industrial wastewater treatment.
At VWTS, we realize diverse teams make smarter decisions, deliver better results, and build stronger communities. We’re an organization that champions diversity and inclusion at every rung of the ladder and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We offer challenging and meaningful careers, with competitive benefits and flexible work arrangements.
Job Description
The Financial Analyst in the Global FP&;A department support the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&;A) leaders with global analysis for a $3B global industrial water business.
In this role, you will provide support to various leaders of the Organization with monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad hoc financial reports. Analyst will also be responsible for the development of the annual budget, forecast submission, roadmap to achieve the budget targets, and actively contribute during the close process.
Responsibilities:
Assist FP&A Senior Manager with annual budget process, month-end close P&L
consolidation, and monthly management reporting
Partner with business leaders and provide them business support through detailed analysis of spend across Functions, cost categories, headcounts and T&E report and Vendors
Support in the creation of initiatives to achieve the budget targets, drive efficiencies and
financial performance
Review, interpret, and provide detail commentary on the financial results
Support with data extract, cleaning, and analysis for various functions and HQ
Create Ad hoc reports as requested by Senior Leadership
Obtain journal entries and supporting documentation from various financial reporting
systems
Utilizes different systems and tools (SAP, Blackline, Tableau) to perform FP&A activities
Provide trend and analysis with detail commentary to Senior Leadership
Reporting of actuals, submission of projections, KPI’s, metrics, and variance analysis.
Preparation of accruals and posting of journal entries.
Ad hocs as assigned.
Opportunity for a finance professional seeking a broad-based corporate finance experience with growth opportunities.
Key Characteristics
Effective communication and presentation skills
Thorough analytical thinker with attention to detail
Motivated Problem Solver
Hard Skills
Proficiency in Excel/Google sheet
Ability to work independently and manage multiple deliverables with competing deadlines
Critical thinking skills
Budgeting and forecasting
Soft Skills
Inclusive: Passioned for working in different cultures and environments, in a collaborative organization with a diversity team.
Team Player: Ability to work with others toward a shared goal, participating actively,
accountable and committed to the entire team respecting peers, leadership, stakeholders,
and clients.
Inspirational: Excellent oral and written communication skills: Communicate clearly and
professionally with Finance and non-Finance professionals within the organization being able to inspire others.
Decision Maker: Challenge the status quo and make decisions based on your role to be an effective problem solver and use critical thinking skills to find new ideas and connect them to provide the best practices and tools to our stakeholders and clients.
Flexibility: Adapt and respond to the changing environment and to constructively create
opportunities for change through active participation.
Qualifications
Education & Experience
Required:
Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting
3 - 4 years’ experience in finance or accounting
Demonstrated growth in professional experience
Preferred:
Preferred global experience
SAP experience
Additional Information
No annual travel required.
As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.
