**Company Description**
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**Job Description** Role Summary**
This position will manage Labor Planning FP&A functions for NA to support region-wide planning and reporting functions. This role will collaborate with finance teams across the North America region to improve and streamline planning and reporting functions through standardization of common functions. The initial focus will be on labor cost planning and analysis. In addition, this position will be accountable for overseeing the day to day of several business units and lead the individual contributors that supports the difference financial business units that belongs to the NA Region.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Lead monthly and annual labor analysis and planning processes strategically and operationally.
- Lead standardization efforts to create efficiencies across financial reporting and analysis models.
- Prepare in-depth analysis on drivers of labor and headcount movements and research variances across source systems.
- Lead continuous improvements in forecast accuracy, process efficiencies, and system automations
- Adhere to service level agreements (SLAs) and performance metrics
- Drive the creation of and maintenance of desktop procedure documents for routine processes through creating a system and implementing governance and controls.
**Qualifications**
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting or other related Bachelor's degree.
- +6y Experience in accounting/finance roles with varying FP&A responsibilities including, but not limited to: variable cost reporting and forecasting, capital expenditure reporting and forecasting, bonus/commission/royalty calculations, cost and revenue allocations, revenue metric and KPI reporting, driver-based revenue forecasting models.
- +2y experience as people leader, focused on people development and overseeing daily activities.
- Ability to lead change across the organization and within the Costa Rica finance team, both on systems and processes.
- Strong business partnering with all levels across several regions/countries business unit finance.
- Self-motivated with the ability to prioritize multiple projects under tight deadlines and work independently.
**Qualifications**
- Strong knowledge of financial reporting and analysis.
- 100% English fluency.
- Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to drive collaboration and consistency in business support across a team.
- Experience running forecast and budget processes.
**What you'll bring**
This position will provide opportunities to work in a dynamic environment, supporting 14 business units, managing complex processes and being able to have direct contact to Executives levels, Work with a 5 people team. The person needs to be confident to explain financial results to Executive and being proactive to anticipate analysis/questions, as well as being a quick response to come back with more information as it requested. Also, this person will be in charge of guidelines communication to the FP&A community, which means coordinating with multiple teams to get agreements and being able to summarize agreements.
**Additional Information**
Our uniqueness is that we truly celebrate yours. Experian's culture and people are key differentiators. We take our people agenda very seriously and focus on what truly matters; DEI, work/life balance, development, authenticity, engagement, collaboration, wellness, reward & recognition, volunteering... the list goes on. Experian's strong people first approach is award winning; Great Place To Work in 24 countries, FORTUNE Best Companies to work and Glassdoor Best Places to Work (globally 4.4 Stars) to name a few. Check out Experian Life on social or our Careers Site to understand why.
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