Central Planning, Budgeting and Financial Analysis Support - Rapid (Karachi)

MENA Finance – Central PBFA (Planning, Budgeting and Financial Analysis) Support

The opportunity (Senior Associate/ Supervising Associate)

As we roll out ‘All In” across our firms, the PBFA function becomes even more critical to help maintain/improve profitability and provide strategic insights. The support role will be instrumental in helping the PBFA Lead to carry out this role.

This role requires a finance professional offering support to the MENA PBFA Lead on P&L management and other KPIs. The role will establish best in class support, functional expertise and reporting solutions, with involvement on across Service Line initiatives.

Your key responsibilities:

• Produce weekly and monthly reporting on business performance.
• P&L review and data quality checks.
• Actual vs Plan tracking on the P&L elements to identify and highlight variances.
• Get involved in data analytics, assisting the Lead in the root cause analysis of identified variances and identification of possible solutions to resolve issues.
• Assist in developing financial models for different scenarios to assess impacts of changing levers.
• With time, develop effective working relationships with the extended Finance team and SL leadership team.
• Participate in various improvement initiatives and information gathering activities within PBFA space.
• Support in Adhoc requests from the Finance team and MENA Leadership team under PBFA Lead’s leadership.
  
  

Skills and attributes for success:

• Keen to solve problems and provide a credible solution.
• Ensure delivery of exceptional client service to all stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and numeracy skills, with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to connect the dots of different processes and be able to see the big picture.
• Good time management skills and able to balance multiple priorities by considering risk, importance and level of urgency.
• Eagerness to learn quickly, be proactive and ask questions.
• Well-developed listening skills.
  
  

To qualify for the role you must be:

• Willing to working in a fast-paced environment with a strong work ethic.
• Able to interact well with people at all levels within the firm and build strong relationships.
• Having strong knowledge of MS Office Packages; Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word in particular.
• Having excellent communications and organizational skills.
• Be innovative, confident and creative with ability to challenge.
• Experience working in the finance department especially in PBFA space would be desirable.
• Having a finance related degree or be studying for an accountancy qualification would be an added advantage.