Position Overview and Responsibilities: Reporting to the IT Finance and Projects lead, this candidate is a key player supporting IT Management with monitoring the IT financial performance.
Support financial reporting, budget performance, actuals versus planned/forecast and help providing explanations of variances.
Work with the IT services owners to track and report on spend accuracy and identify overages.
To be successful in this role, the candidate needs to be able to work both independently and with a team, proactive, detail oriented with the ability to work under tight deadlines.
Key Tasks: Provide effective support to the US IT Team on the financial related matter, including (but not restricted to) the following tasks:
• Responsible for month-end close IT tasks including accruals, reclassifications, pre-payment and Intercompany allocations review.
• Follow up with Accounting to guarantee the correct posting of the IT transactions and team work to solve related issues.
• Process PW invoices for the recurrent IT vendors / services identified under this category.
• Proactively follow up with the Contract Holders / Service Owners of the PW services and the IT manager in getting approvals to pay on time invoices, in particular the ones related to critical services.
• Liaise with vendors, data master (MDM support), and SCM in the setup of new IT vendors or updates as needed to the data master in SAP.
• Keep track of the budget vs actuals in a monthly basis and alert on any discrepancies.
• Proactively communicate with the IT Contract Holder / Service Owner to understand or solve the variances.
• Help during the budgeting review exercise by providing an accurate spend and forecast.
• Perform account analysis and research as needed.
• Liaise with “Control de gestion” in the corporate office to obtain in a timely manner the intercompany invoices related to the IT Services.
• During the year end, work with the Contract Holder / Service Owner on identifying the accruals for services provided pending for billing.
• Prepare ah-hoc reports as required.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related.
• Minimal 5-7 years of working experience in a corporate environment.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Intermedia / advanced level of knowledge in Microsoft Excel and SharePoint
• Desirable experience developing reports in Power BI
• Experience working with SAP – MM, FI modules.
• Familiarity with SAP PS (Projects) module preferred.
• Accounting experience within the energy sector preferred.
• Detail oriented coupled with the ability to learn quickly.
• Able to balance priorities and work under pressure and tight deadlines.
Job Requirements: Provide ad-hoc financial analysis Perform ad hoc financial analysis Performing ad hoc financial analysis Prepare monthly financial statement analysis Provide ad-hoc financial analysis using various financial data systems Provide financial analysis for financial reporting and budget purposes Distribute monthly financial analysis (budget) Enhance financial analysis and reporting Support financial reporting and analysis Distribute monthly financial reporting packages Produce monthly financial reporting packages Develop monthly financial reporting packages Perform revenue analysis or financial performance analysis Prepare a detailed annual financial budget and monthly financial forecasts Assist in preparing monthly financial variance analysis reports Design financial models to support financial analysis and reporting activities Prepare financial outlooks and financial forecasts Facilitating monthly financial forecast/planning process Analyze financial information and prepare financial reports Performing financial analysis/reporting of business trends