Finance Senior Analyst (Egypt & Middle East Region) (Fin. Snr. Analyst) Cairo, Egypt
The Finance Senior Analyst is responsible for preparing the Budgeting, Forecasting, Analysis and Management Reporting activities for designated markets. The Senior Analyst will work closely with the in-market finance leads and the COE FP&A lead to provide finance support for the commercial business.
The Finance Center of Excellence will be responsible for the following but not limited to:
- Work with the business to develop the bottom-up budget and forecast.
- Prepare standard management reporting package, ad hoc reporting and key performance indicators (KPIs) each period for the business and finance management for defined Markets.
- Identify business drivers that support business decision making for budgeting, planning, forecasting and management reporting.
- Review financial models for solutions to manage the budgeting and forecasting process to ensure consistency.
- Provide decision support to commercial leaders in defined Markets.
Main Responsibilities:
The CoE Senior Analyst will be primarily responsible for the completion of the activities related to designated Markets which includes but is not limited to:
- Responsible for the preparation of the budget and forecast supporting the in-market finance lead and providing analysis including analysis on revenue, profitability, growth, and other drivers that helps drive finance decision support to the business.
- Investigate variance analysis and provide explanations, in addition to assisting the market finance leads in the preparation of the key drivers for the financial performance.
- Responsible for the preparation of management reporting of financial results for assigned functional areas. Will also work closely with ZFS (financial shared services) on month-end activities including the review of mark-up adjustment, price and volume analysis and submission, calculation of rebates and sales return provisions and other month-end entries.
- Routine communication with the in-market finance leads and supervisor relating to financial close, issues and deliverables.
- Responsible for performing ad hoc analysis and special projects
- Respond to requests from CoE colleagues in an efficient and timely manner.
- Work collaboratively with the Finance Director, CoE Team , ZFS Shared Services Team and other finance team membersto ensure continuity of business knowledge and execution of the responsibilities related to planning and budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting.
- Contribute to ongoing Zoetis efficiency opportunities and continuous improvement initiatives