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Associate Financial Analyst
Pearson
Belfast, , Ireland
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Description
Summary of role:
•Responsibility for supporting the recurring financial reporting process for School Assessments.
Main activities/responsibilities:
•Support the Assessments division in the analysis of contracts including modelling and forecasting the financial impact of any changes to contracts.
•Requesting journals to reflect any changes to contracts.
•Develop effective working relationships with key stakeholders to maximize customer service, including regular stakeholder feed-back meetings after major deliverables, e.g. month end, forecast submissions.
•Identify opportunities for continuous process improvement and simplification.
•Ensure all submissions into corporate systems align to stakeholder expectations
•Ensure all processes are kept well-documented.
Technical activities/responsibilities:
•Support administrative tasks. Project accounting maintenance (setup projects, monitor project status, etc.)
•Monthly delivery spend analysis. Standard variance/trend analysis. Highlight issues/concerns.
•Monthly P&L reporting - Standard P&L review, spend by functional area, pipeline review.
•Monthly Sales reporting - Total Portfolio value and pipeline consolidation.
Qualifications and experience required:
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in a Finance/Accounting or related discipline.
• Demonstrate consistent accuracy and timeliness.
• Demonstrate strong adherence to controls and process.
• Team player.
• Strong analytical mindset for modeling/ forecasting financial impact of change.
• Need to have awareness and insight around materiality, seasonality, product/customer profitability, variability.
• Independent, Self-motivated.
• Strong excel skills.
• Strong communication skills.