Senior Analyst - Planning & Reporting

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 PRCoE ( Planning & Reporting Center of Excellence) team based out of 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.

• Manage key deliverables during the month-close process as per agreed timelines along with ensuring delivery of quality results to key stakeholders
• Work closely on the Net working Capital requirements including detailed view in addition to DSO/DPO and Cash conversion cycles
• Summarize the cash flow statements and understand the 12m rolling and YoY movements
• Work on writing commentaries and asking questions to the clusters on the variances and movements.
• 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
• 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 PRCoE team we will have to do testing / UAT of new developments, and maintain QA checks on existing reports.

• MBA finance or Finance Graduate 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
• A candidate who has an analytical bent of mind and provides insights when distributing a report or analysis & can 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 a high level of responsibility and commitment to the assigned activities.
• Agile and flexible to changing and ad-hoc requirements

Bangalore Bcoe Full time Permanent