Vacancy: Financial Analyst

About the job

Job Purpose

To support the EMEA Finance Director with reporting and analysis.

General Information About The Position

• Based in Hamburg, DE
• Full time – 40hrs / week
• Overtime: occasional (month-end close, budgeting)
• Hybrid (combination of office and home, as agreed)
  
  

Main Duties And Responsibilities

• Support the EMEA Finance Director with routine & ad-hoc analysis, various reporting tasks (revenue, cost, margin, headcount, various KPIs) as well as presentations for senior leadership
• Collaborate with stakeholders from the Business, Accounting, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Central Finance, Business Development, Pricing, HR, Payroll, etc as necessary, to understand Branch & Region results and help drive financial performance
• Support improving the reporting processes through proposing & implementing enhancement ideas, designing review/control reports, KPIs
• Prepare weekly revenue forecast and continuously enhance forecasting process as applicable
• Assist in preparing the budgets for our operational Branches & regional functions making up the EMEA Region
• Prepare P&L variance analysis against budget and prior months, spot and resolve issues working with Accounting and other stakeholders as necessary
• Carry out various revenue & cost reviews to analyze trends, identify issues and opportunities
• Respond to queries from the Business or Central Finance / Accounting, support the decision-making of Branch or Regional leaders by supplying data, information and analysis as required
  
  

Requirements

• Education & experience
• Degree in Finance/Accounting or equivalent certification of professional competence
• 3-5 years of experience in the Finance/Accounting field, preferably reporting background.
• A practical understanding of P&L and Balance sheets is a requirement from Day 1. Focus on revenue, cost and margin.
• Communication
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• Ability to effectively summarize more complex scenarios or issues
• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent communication skills – match communication style to the audience (junior clerks to possibly VPs/CFO/CEO)
• Technical
• Strong analytical skills, ability to approach and understand problems in a structured way
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office, with emphasis on Excel & Powerpoint
• VBA, PowerBI, Tableau, and data warehouse experience a huge plus
• Experience with Oracle a plus
• Soft skills
• Team spirit, positive, ’can-do’ attitude
• Holds themself to high ethical & work standards
• Ability to work precisely, even under pressure
• Ability to work independently, and build and present professional proposals. Some of the work will be routine, but a large part will be ad-hoc tasks, requiring a hands-on approach.
• Excellent time management, and ability to meet even conflicting or changing deadlines through prioritization.
• Interpersonal skills to effectively work with various stakeholders from a variety of geographies, cultural backgrounds and seniority levels

Why work for us?

• A future-proof job in an internationally established team at a successfully growing company in the UPS Healthcare Unit
• A dynamic and cooperative team with exciting and varied tasks as well as room for your personal development
• An unlimited employment contract after a successful probationary period
• Financial subsidy for an HVV-Profi ticket
• Fruit, delicious coffee, tea and water are available free of charge
• You receive 30 vacation days per year with us
• Online based well-being and health offer from Virgin Pulse
• Free Employee Assistance Program
• Prospects for further development and company pension scheme