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Financial Control Analyst
Pearson
Belfast, , Ireland
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Description
At Pearson, we’re committed to a world that’s always learning and to our talented team who makes it all possible. From bringing lectures vividly to life to turning textbooks into laptop lessons, we are always re-examining the way people learn best, whether it’s one child in our own backyard or an education community across the globe. We are bold thinkers and standout innovators who motivate each other to explore new frontiers in an environment that supports and inspires us to always be better. By pushing the boundaries of technology — and each other to surpass these boundaries — we create seeds of learning that become the catalyst for the world’s innovations, personal and global, large and small.
Summary of role:
Identify and implement improvement in terms of process, technology & organization across the team, referencing external best practices as appropriate
Main activities/responsibilities:
• Identify and implement opportunities for process improvement and innovative solutions, specifically related to Excel usage and functionality, across all roles within the Operational Accounting Team
• Take proactive involvement in determining and implementing best practices
• Help to create a work atmosphere conducive to a high degree of integrity and teamwork
• Contribute to team effort and assist co-workers as needed to balance workloads
• Assist team members in ensuring performance targets are met and service is delivered to end users as expected.
Technical activities/responsibilities:
• Utilise (but not limited to) Excel functionality to drive process improvement and provide innovative solutions across the roles within the Operational Accounting Team.
Expected results:
• Process improvement over time including simplification and standardization, which can be measured as a direct function of time spent on specific tasks on a before and after basis.
Qualifications
Candidates should be educated to degree level
Candidates should have a finance background but an accounting qualification is not essential.
Candidates must posess an advanced Excel skill set, including but not limited to the following:
• Use of Logical, Date and Time, Text, Lookup and Reference, and Information functions.
• Use of nested statements/functions.
• Error handling.
• Formula auditing.
• Installing, viewing, and managing MS Excel add-ins.
• Conditional formatting including use of formulas for conditional formatting.
• Creating, using, and managing named ranges.
• Creating, using, and formatting Tables including use of Slicers.
• Creating, modifying, formatting, and deleting a Pivot Table.
• Inserting Calculated Field in a Pivot Table.
• Use of Slicer and Timeline to filter data in a PivotTable.
• Importing and exporting text files.
• Using Text to Column, grouping/ungrouping data, and using Subtotals.
• Use of macro recorder and knowing its limitations.
• Ability to write simple and medium complexity VBA codes.
• Ability to modify an existing VBA code