Job Purpose: 

  • The Senior Analyst will be the lead analyst responsible for analyzing Global ETFs financial and business results
  • This role incorporates several key areas; responsible for Global ETFs financial reporting (across all regions, businesses, channels; across all scenarios, actuals, budget, forecast, prior year), and advancement of key analytics for executive management.

Your Responsibilities: 

  • Senior FP&A’s principal role will be the development, production and oversight of the financial reporting process and the related analysis
  • Lead all reporting efforts supporting North America, EMEA and APAC, and other groups
  • Development of financial analytics models and standard commentary platforms for BU teams
  • Prepare monthly forecast, independently assess feasibility of financial results and collaborate on the optimal projection
  • Supervise and train India Team (Bangalore) in consolidation and production of majority of analytics
  • Market competitiveness metrics included where appropriate
  • Developing process controls and checks to ensure accuracy of model results, and maintain hierarchy
  • Support internal governing group that determines and approves all non-standard pricing agreements
  • This would entail developing customized IRR-type tools for proper business and economic evaluation
  • Leverage cognos finance owned data warehouse (revenue, sales, AUM), etc) application in development of superior analysis and reporting to drive business opportunities
  • Contribute in development of data visualization (i.e. Tableau, Spotfire) tools for BU and Senior Management
  • Prepare annual operating plan coordination and development of targets by region, channel, and product
  • Play a leading role in SSGA Global ETFs Finance efforts to develop multi-year financial model, critical for strategic decision making
  • Collaboration with Finance product profitability unit (CAPS), in order to fully maximize channel and client profitability tool
  • Compiles ad-hoc reporting and completes special projects as assigned
  • Assists SSGA Finance in building a culture of continuous improvement – critically examines and assesses reporting practices and suggests improvements wherever necessary.

Skills and Qualifications: 

  • 7 – 10 years of experience in accounting, finance or business analysis, preferably in financial services
  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required
  • Progress towards completing an MBA or CFA preferred
  • Background in financial controls and processes preferred
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, ability to interact with senior levels
  • Advanced model development and application of financial metrics (i.e. NPV, IRR, etc)
  • Exhibits an exceptional standard of quality which includes attention to detail, organization, superior analysis and problem solving and accountability for excellent results
  • Demonstrated ability to deal with ambiguity, change and a dynamic business environment
  • Candidate needs to be a strong team player, self-starter who approaches work enthusiastically, demonstrates initiative and has the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Experience operating in an offshore/onshore team a plus
  • Experience with Khalix, Cognos, Oracle and Essbase a plus
  • Proficient with MS Office Suite; advanced Excel analysis skills (i.e. Vlookup, Pivot Tables, advanced graphing etc.), ACCESS and PowerPoint skills are required to succeed in the role.

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