Finance Manager

Revenue Management

• Own financial planning, budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Coordinate inputs from the various, global, sub regions and functions for revenue and lead the review and challenge process.
• Focus on proactively communicating business implications observed from analysis, monitoring recent business trends to ensure forecast and results accuracy. Produce communication materials related to business and revenue performance for CEMEA management
• Contribute to materials for executive management review and approval with best clarity, accuracy, and timeliness of analysis (MBR, QBR's, etc)
• Simplify complex issues and structure analysis to answer business questions and communicate business implications from financial analysis at all levels
• Understanding of periodical financial results and highlight risk and opportunities and provide risk mitigation plans as well as ways to capture the opportunities
  

Expense management:

• Proactive management of functional & geography expense planning. Financial leadership in forecast and budget process; Tracking and monthly performance, understanding of variances.
• Advisory and guidance to cost center managers so they are informed of their approved budgets & forecasts and their commitment to budget/forecast on a continuous basis. To build and maintain relationships with cost center managers to ensure they are aware of budget forecasts timelines and data requirements.
• Participation in continuous improvement activities to exceed customer expectations and promote a professional finance organization.
  

Critical Success Factors in the Role

• • Strong individual leadership and contribution
  • Ensures accurate, insightful, and timely completion for deliverables.
  • Partners effectively with stakeholders (Sales and Solutions teams & other Finance business partners) and identifies/resolves issues and ensures non-recurrence
  • Works effectively with diverse teams with strong communication, prioritizes successfully, and navigates ambiguity with limited supervision.
  • Deep business knowledge