Financial Analyst

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Department

**MA Business Planning**

Role/Responsibilities

Position objective is to provide financial analytics and reporting related to Moody’s Analytics (MA) consolidation function, support through all phases of the financial planning and analysis processes and projects**Functional Responsibilities**
- Support the execution of financial planning and analysis processes, projects, and ad-hoc requests as required by the Finance organization by embracing the following responsibilites:

- Provide basic/intermediate support on the analytical, forecasting, month end and variance analysis reporting and Ad Hoc projects based on business needs
- Collaborate in the preparation of the monthly reports and variance analysis that will help identify key focus areas for management, in a timely manner with moderate level of guidance from direct manager and/or senior team members
- Assist in inputting forecast and budget projections and adjustments into Moody’s financial reporting system
- Provide basic/intermediate support to the business planning processes and deliverables: forecast, budget, strategic plan, etc and support preparation of materials for senior management - onshore team and internal client’s presentations, discussions and reviews with moderate level of guidance from direct manager and/or senior team members
- Partner with other teams in Business Planning to foster good working relationships with the rest of the organization
- Provide basic/intermediate support on the development of new reporting solutions and identifying key focus areas for management with moderate level of guidance from direct manager and/or senior team members
- Maintain up-to-date record of process documents
- Recommend and implement best practices for improvements/enhancements to current processes and reporting, drive standardization of activities including the identification of productivity and efficiency
- Provide support for the development of financial models, including the use of macros and through benchmarking and process analysis with moderate level of guidance from direct manager and /or senior team members

**Scope/Supervision and Interaction**
- Makes decisions appropriate for level of responsibility
- Raises concerns to the appropriate level of management and keeps management informed of activities
- Interacts with different teams across Finance in different countries, Corporate Planning, Accounting and Finance organization, Hyperion systems, etc.
- Develops stable working relationships internally (Business and Corporate Planning colleagues, Accounting, Treasury, HR). Limited interaction with Finance stakeholders

**Qualifications**:

- Undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting, or Statistics
- 1 - 3 years of relevant financial experience with planning and analysis processes is preferred
- Detail and data quality oriented and capable to summarize and communicate findings/analysis
- Knowledge in Microsoft Office (preferably: Office 365)
- Good analytical decision-making, and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of basic accounting concepts
- Experience in using Business Intelligence tools
- Proficiency of reading/writing codes for financial models will be an advantage

**Key Competencies**
- Desire to learn new skills and covering new challenges
- Good attention to detail and able to improve and complete recurring processes avoiding error
- Proactiveness, ensuring alignment with business requirements and management expectation
- Able to work both independently and as a member of a team by interacting and collaborating with members of other teams across the organization
- Demonstrates flexibility with last minute changes in commitments, deadlines, and meetings attendance
- Able to work under deadlines with sometimes competing priorities
- Applies knowledge and basic/intermediate problem solving techniques to define and resolve problems
- Basic knowledge of Business Intelligence and Data Science is a plus

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, nationa