**Financial Planning & Analysis Specialist**:
**At ABB, we are dedicated to addressing global challenges. Our core values: care, courage, curiosity, and collaboration - combined with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities - are key drivers in our aim to empower everyone to create sustainable solutions. That's our story. Make it your story.**:
**This position reports to**:
Controlling & Planning Process Lead
**Your role and responsibilities**:
In this role, you will have the opportunity to collect, analyze, and interpret financial data. Each day, you will update budgets and forecasting models and identify trends and problems. You will also showcase your expertise by communicating insights and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive financial performance and optimize business outcomes. The work model for the role is: #L-Hybrid This role is contributing to the ELECTRIFICATION team and stakeholders. You will be mainly accountable for: - Supporting the analysis of business performance versus plan and proposing improvement actions. - Performing benchmarking of key performance indicators with industry competitors and similar businesses within ABB. - Working with management team to understand and analyze drivers of financial performance and identifying market trends. - Create presentations that provide insightful analysis, identify required action items, and effectively frame decisions to be made. -Identify and research variances to forecast, budget, and prior-year expenses, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement. -Develop and maintain effective relationships with business partners and cross-functional teams at all levels of the organization.
**Qualifications for the role**:
- Background: Accountant
- English: intermediate - advanced
- +4 years of experience in provide FP&A finance support to the accounting teams related to productivity, demand planning, reporting, and metrics in a timely manner.
- Knowledge in Identify and understand business challenges; propose and create solutions.
- Partner directly with the finance team and central FP&A groups to collaborate on metrics, goals, and business reviews.
- Experience with advanced Excel
**Benefits**:
- Retirement plan
- Life insurance
- Accident insurance
- Paid Parental leave (gender neutral)
- Wellbeing program
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