The CAA professional is responsible for supporting financial analysis of the daily process including its main Legal Entities and Business Segments, supports Controllers team in fulfilling responsibilities related to financial accountability, entity governance, policies and procedures.
Responsible to facilitate the interaction with other key areas such as Controllers, Assurance, Close, Product Control, etc.
This is a senior role that includes, but it is not limited to, management related responsibilities, preparation and presentation of financial statements utilizing Inquiry Framework (reporting platform).
Variance analysis and documenting financial highlights.
Coordination of external reporting to various agencies may be required, as well as interaction with internal and external audit.
**Key Responsibilities**:
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Management responsibility of a team, including management of people, budget and planning.
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Leadership and team building skills are vital; must have the ability to guide staff through change management initiatives
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People leadership -regularly holds team meetings, understands the key issues within teams and raises them to seniors in a timely fashion
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Accountable for the Analytical Review & Adjustments: Daily Analytical Review, including reasonability checks and variance composition for balances above established thresholds.
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Comprehends Global Process landscape.
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Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level
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Engages senior stakeholders and identifies business reasons for significant variances
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Summarizes impact of adjustments for senior stakeholder's review
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Identifies, resolves and drives sustainable resolution of complex issues
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Ability to explain principles behind accounting policies and related process flows
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Define process changes to align with policy changes (including directives, etc.)
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Create Financial Packages, including development, documentation, and presentation of highlights.
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Provides detailed variance explanations with clear link to business drivers.
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Conduct analytical deep dives on businesses, activities, and balances.
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Reviews and analyzes variances and proposes required adjustments for completeness and accuracy.
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Explains the financial and Market drivers for complex products; and how they affect the relevant Balance Sheet components.
Leverages Financial Services knowledge to be a thought leader supporting Business Partners with reporting, analytics, metrics and benchmarks to drive Process Improvement.
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Identifies and explains errors and gaps in the process.
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Proposes remediation steps for issues within non-complex processes.
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Identifies areas of improvements within sub-processes.
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Participates in global projects related to specific processes.
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Identifies resolves and drives sustainable resolution of complex issues.
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Identifies and explains errors and gaps in the process.
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Proposes remediation steps for issues within both non
- complex and complex processes.
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Identifies areas of improvements within sub-processes; engages in periodic process reviews and drives process improvements identified.
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Leverages business knowledge and experience in ensuring the accuracy of results.
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Identifies opportunities to further facilitate efficiency, as well as, improve overall quality of analysis to support business reviews.
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Evaluates team's control environment via comprehensive review of operational risk indicators.
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Understands the interdependencies between the Legal Entities and Management structures and identifies transactions that are necessary to ensure compliance with appropriate policies.
**Skills**:
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Commitment to detail
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Culture of awareness, attention to detail and zero operational errors in the group
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Excellent Interpersonal and communication skills
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Leadership and team building skills are vital; must have the ability to guide staff through change management initiatives
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Adaptability to change
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Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
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Is comfortable making presentations in a formal setting
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Strong vocal leadership, is articulate and assertive
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Further develops a diverse financial talent pool, that can meet the demands of a growing team
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Excellent Interpersonal and communication skills
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Ability to work with all levels of management
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Coaching and mentoring skills
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Strong networking
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Strong influence across organization
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Strong negotiation skills
**Qualifications**:
- 6-10 years of relevant experience
- Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements
- Ability to work with counterparts in different areas of organization, across geographic locations
- Ability to manage workstreams in parallel and multitask
- Proven organization and time management skills
- Proven problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Consistentl