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Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.General summaryAs the Resource Planning FP&A Director, you support one of the domains within the FP&A CoE which offers you a great opportunity to participate in the overall finance transformation roadmap setting standards for the financial processes related to cost of organization.Your main responsibility is to ensure proactive and timely high quality forecasting, reporting and analysis in the cost of organization domain that supports the business partners in decision making.
You will manage a team and ensure deep knowledge and competencies are developed within the team.
You will deploy world class end to end financial processes within the compensation and benefits domain and ensure alignment with other functions and business partners.Key responsibilities:Lead, coach and develop a team of FP&A managers and analysts who support cost of organization planning.Ensure deep knowledge within the team related to cost of personnel domain (accounting policies, local country regulations).Design and maintain personnel cost KPIs and benchmarking analysis which can be reviewed on regular basis by business.Initiate and design standard FP&A processes within the personnel cost domain and ensure effectiveness and efficiency of these processes.Provide high quality financial information and insights to business partners and finance leadership related to cost of organization.Work proactively together with the Business Partners on special projects in the area of cost of organization.Support the month end close process from an FP&A perspective with variance analysis focusing on personnel cost.Perform detailed reviews of headcount and staff costs with HR partners and business.Summarize key findings to support discussions and decision making with the business.Monitor actuals utilization vs budget/prior year and provide required commentary on key variances.Requirements:10 years relevant experience preferred.CIMA/ACCA qualified or education in progress desired.Experience in managing a team of 10+ employees.Working experience with financial control, management reporting and business analyses, preferably within an international environment.Strong stakeholder management and relationship building skills