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Sr. Financial Analyst - Temporary, Long-Term
Pearson
Boston, MA, United States
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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.
TEMPORARY - LONG-TERM ASSIGNMENT
Summary of role:
Temporary Role needed as soon as possible through August 2018 to support the Product Management & Design (PM&D) Finance team. Will act as part of the Business Partnering team to provide financial support to Finance to drive planning and overall performance.
Main activities/responsibilities:
• Support the Finance team as a business partner and advisor, advising on financial matters and ensuring delivery of business and operational objectives
• Support the Finance team in providing insight and analysis to the business to aid forward-looking and strategic decision making
• Oversight of actual monthly results and KPIs, and informed and insightful commentary thereon.
• Highlight key risks and opportunities within functions and providing insights
• Support decisions on project and portfolio investments, ensuring they are measured against financial targets
• Identify and address operational improvement and cost opportunities. Contribute and support to Technology, Finance and Enabling Functions Finance transformation initiatives as required
• Develop & prepare financial business cases supporting Finance with support from Pearson Finance Services (PFS). Support decisions on pipeline investments, ensuring they are measured against financial targets
• Work collaboratively with PFS to deliver key reporting, planning and forecasting processes, providing accurate and timely future-facing data on which to base decisions
• Understand the businesses regulatory and audit requirements and ensure they are adhered to
• Consistent and extensive collaboration within Finance and across Pearson, including colleagues in Geographies, Product groups, Enabling Functions, Country hub Finance and Centers of excellence organized at the Pearson level
• Provide financial support on strategic projects to guide decisions and improve project outcomes
Expected Results:
• Effective partnering and strong communication between Finance leadership team and Finance teams
• Strong performance against KPIs and targets
• Accurate and timely delivery of investment and business cases
• Effective involvement of PFS in all relevant processes
• Operating model and new ways of working implemented across Finance
• Operational improvements and cost opportunities identified and realized
• Strong collaboration with Product groups, Geographies, Enabling Functions, Group Control, Finance Centers of Excellence and with embedded Finance teams across Pearson
• Improved forecasting and planning efficiency and accuracy
• Leverage of analytics tools to focus organization on value-added activities
Qualifications and experience required:
• Qualified with 5-7 years' experience in a project accounting role
• Experience working in a multi-national matrix organization
• Strong understanding of materiality and ability to prioritize across competing agendas
• Ability to conduct investment analysis and capital asset evaluation
• Ability to identify business risks and implementation of tactics to mitigate
• Understanding of financial control, business performance management and process optimization and experience of working in more than one of these areas.
• An understanding of putting internal financial results into an external market context
• Awareness of multiple business models and experience of working with more than one
• Broad understanding of finance specialist areas: tax, treasury, M&A, compliance, corporate governance and ability to utilize proper judgement to involve them as necessary.
• Participation in international projects, may be short or long term (preferred but not required)
• Proficient Microsoft Office user
Required Skills:
• Communication: strong verbal and written skills within finance, across the organization and with external parties
• Influence: presence and confidence to interact with senior management. Ability to leverage influence across teams and cultures.
• Emotional Intelligence (self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, social skill) and the ability to apply it to work successfully in a matrix environment
• Collaboration: with other internal teams and third party providers
• Decision Making: understanding materiality, complex and uncertain situation, prioritization
• Performance focused: self & others
• Time Management: ability to work under pressure and to tight timelines, producing a high standard of work with attention to detail
• Analytics focused: organizes information and manipulates data to identify/explain trends, problems and mitigating actions
• Driving change: identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and innovation