Financial Analyst – II – India &#82...

<div> <strong>JOB TITLE:</strong> <strong> Financial Analyst II</strong></div> <div> <strong></strong> </div> <div> <strong>JOB LOCATION: India (Remote)</strong></div> <div> <strong></strong> </div> <div> <strong>FUNCTION: Finance</strong> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>JOB DESCRIPTION:</strong></p> <ul class="posting-requirements plain-list"> <ul> <li>The Rackspace Corporate Finance Team has a pivotal role in supporting Corporate Functions business partners in understanding their expense structure, helping to manage expense increases/decreases, and analyzing forecast to actual variances. With a wide scope of accountability/ownership, you will perform analysis of the relevant financial metrics and work closely with the wider business to understand trends as well as internal needs. You will take a proactive approach, working with Directors and VP’s through the development process of each budget and makes recommendations.</li> <li>Within this team, a Financial Analyst will primarily support Corporate Functions such as HR, IT, or Legal. You will be responsible for developing department’s annual budgeting process: plans, develops, prepares, inputs, and maintains company’s budgets and monthly forecast. </li> <li>Daily tasks include analyzing and evaluating the department’s operating results and financial position to summarize, report, and influence key financial decisions. In addition, develop/review forecasts for accurate and timely cash flow projections, expense projections, headcount, department performance, and direct expenses. </li> <li>We are looking for someone who can work under pressure, maintain high standards of deliverables and attention to detail, who thinks in a structured way and is highly analytical. A successful candidate should be able to prioritize and juggle multiple tasks, be curious about technology, willing to learn and should have a very strong understanding of financial concepts. </li> </ul> </ul> </div> <div> <strong>JOB REQUIREMENTS:</strong></p> <ul class="posting-requirements plain-list"> <ul> <li><strong>Key Accountabilities</strong></li> <li>Provide guidance to corporate organizations with regards to expense budgets and forecasts </li> <li>Owning full life cycle of annual budget to monthly forecast to actual results with variance analysis and reporting throughout</li> <li>Help drive expense reduction efforts through quality information management and advice</li> <li>Constantly improve processes & reporting to meet the needs of senior business partners</li> <li><strong>Key Performance Indicators</strong> </li> <li><strong></strong> Maintain and improve forecast to actual reporting</li> <li>Ensure that business leaders are taking healthy financial decisions and that the company’s overall financial targets are achieved</li> <li>Evaluate profitability and margins for the organization through objective and data-driven analysis</li> <li>Improve tools enhancing the understanding of financial performance by the business</li> </ul> </ul> </div> <div> <strong>MAIN CONTACTS (external/internal):</strong></p> <ul class="posting-requirements plain-list"> <ul> <li>Corporate Functions business partners such as the head of HR, IT, or Legal</li> <li>Accounting, wider Finance team members</li> <li>Executive Leadership</li> <li>Third Party Vendors</li> </ul> </ul> </div> <div> <strong>PERSON SPECIFICATION:</strong> </p> <ul class="posting-requirements plain-list"> <ul> <li>Bachelors in Business Administration/Finance/Economics</li> <li>Masters degree or 1-2 years of relevant working experience highly desirable </li> <li>Technical knowledge of budgeting, financial statements, cash management, and financial analysis processes</li> <li>Self-starter that takes ownership of issues and drives them toward a conclusion</li> <li>Able to succeed in a fast, high-growth and fairly unstructured work environment</li> <li>Ability to dig into details as well as analyze data from a high level view</li> <li>Advanced Excel skills</li> <li>Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal/networking skills.</li> <li>Team player with an open and internal customer focused approach</li> <li>Works under minimal supervision. Provides updates of work performed as needed.</li> </ul> </ul> </div>