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Posted: 07-Dec-22

Location: London, United Kingdom

Type: Full Time

Salary: Open

Internal Number: 18041075

S&P Global Corporate

The Role: Senior Financial Analyst

The Technology FP&A Team, which supports the DTS & TSG Organization , is searching for a Senior Financial Analyst to be a key member in supporting the business line leaders. The Senior Analyst will play a key role in the end-to-end financial reporting process from financial closing to reporting and analysis as well as participate in monthly forecasting and yearly budgeting.

The Team: The Technology FP&A team is responsible for the end-to-end financial processes and support for the DTS & TSG organization ( Digital Technology Services and Technology Strategy & Governance )

The Impact: This position will work alongside the Finance Directors to ensure all monthly financial reporting and analysis is delivered timely and accurately to facilitate decision making by management.

What’s in it for you: The role offers the opportunity to gain a view of the DTS and TSG business with responsibilities focusing on financial reporting and analysis. There is an ability for advancement within the Finance team and the broader S&P Global Finance organization.

Responsibilities:

  • Assist in the monthly close process by preparing and reviewing monthly journal entries for accruals, prepaids and reclasses for the organization in accordance with the published corporate schedule
  • Support the monthly close and reporting process by analyzing expense, headcount and other critical performance measures; research drivers of performance and provide variance commentary of actuals versus budget, prior estimate and prior year
  • Prepare monthly reporting packages for business partners to improve transparency and provide an understanding of financial performance drivers.
  • Track Synergies, Need to Achieve and Variances to BAU engagements
  • Develop monthly forecasts and annual budgets for DTS expenses
  • Drive continuous process improvement with the goal of increasing efficiency and optimizing the distribution of work through automation, leveraging of centers of excellence and other solutions
  • Perform accounting and operational tasks as needed such as invoice coding, tracking and approving Ariba Purchase Requisitions and assisting with invoicing or procurement questions
  • Develop knowledge and understanding of the financial systems that are critical to the reporting process.
  • Provide thorough and accurate responses to senior management and business leads inquires.
  • Alert management to accounting or operational issues, risks and opportunities and suggest actionable solutions.
  • Prepare analysis for ad hoc requests and special projects

    • What We’re Looking For:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
  • 5+ years’ work experience in public/private accounting, financial or technology firm.
  • Knowledge of US GAAP or other similar accounting principles is preferred. Strong knowledge of accruals and accounting for prepaid expenses required
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral with the ability to clearly and concisely present issues and ideas.
  • Strong skills in MS Excel (Pivot tables, V-Lookup, IF functions, etc.) and PowerPoint.
  • Fluency with Oracle Financials or other similar financial systems, Anaplan and Oracle Smart View strongly preferred.
  • Large data manipulation experience preferred.
  • Experience with Tableau or other analytical tools preferred.
  • Proven design abilities for reports/dashboards in Business Intelligence solutions
  • Demonstrate investigative research and analytical capabilities necessary to provide the leadership team with accurate and insightful interpretation of financial information.
  • Possess strong problem-solving skills with the ability to develop and implement innovative solutions for operational and financial problems.
  • Attentive to accuracy, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems
  • Self-starter and independent thinker with the ability to work independently as a fully contributing member of a team and possesses the ability to act creatively to problem solve.
  • Comfortable managing the delivery of high-quality outputs with overlapping deadlines and tight time constraints
  • Familiar with multiple business functions (Marketing, Product, Finance et al.) and comfortable engaging with various stakeholders

    • Flexible Working
    We pride ourselves on our agility and diversity, and we welcome requests to work flexibly. For most roles, flexible hours and/or an element of remote working are usually possible. Please talk to us at interview about the type of arrangement that is best for you. We will always try to be adaptable wherever we can.

    Return to Work
    Have you taken time out for caring responsibilities and are now looking to return to work? As part of our Return to Work initiative (link to career site page when available), we are encouraging enthusiastic and talented returners to apply, and will actively support your return to the workplace.

    Grade/Level ( relevant for internal applicants only ): 11

    The Location: UK

    About Company Statement:

    S&P Global delivers essential intelligence that powers decision making. We provide the world’s leading organizations with the right data, connected technologies and expertise they need to move ahead. As part of our team, you’ll help solve complex challenges that equip businesses, governments and individuals with the knowledge to adapt to a changing economic landscape.

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    Equal Opportunity Employer
    S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

    If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.

    US Candidates Only: The EEO is the Law Poster describes discrimination protections under federal law.

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    20 – Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), – Middle Professional Tier II (EEO Job Group)

    Job ID: 278722
    Posted On: 2022-12-06
    Location: Virtual, United Kingdom