Manager – Fin Planning & Analy recruitment

Responsibilities
Objective
Position objective is to provide leadership in the support of business and finance management through all phases of the financial planning and analysis processes.

Responsibilities
- Manage and support all phases of the consolidated financial planning and reporting processes
- Responsible for the coordination of relevant processes and analysis as required to support the decision making process including cash flow and legal entity forecasting.
- Manage periodic PL actual/budget/forecast variance analysis for revenue during the monthly/quarterly close process and act on results to assist in effective business management
- Responsible for cash flow modeling for Treasury related analysis and decision-making including capital structure and capital deployment initiatives
- Recommend improvements/enhancements to current processes and reporting
- Develop new reporting or analysis to provide insightful information to business and finance management
- Provide analytical support and suggestions regarding the development of planning systems, processes and outputs
- Participate in special projects as assigned by Finance management
- Interaction with various business and staff functions and senior business management including Treasury, Accounting, Tax and Investor Relations.
- Manage direct resources as assigned in order to deliver on stated objectives
- Makes decisions appropriate for level of responsibility, raises concerns to the appropriate level of management and keeps management informed of activities
- Presents management with the recommendations for resolving key and complex issues.

This job description is issued as a guideline to assist you in your duties, it is not exhaustive and we would be pleased to discuss any constructive comments you may have. Because of the evolving nature and changing demands of our business this job description may be subject to change. You may, on occasion, be required to undertake additional or other duties within the context of this job description, and according to the needs of the business.

Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or other business discipline
- 4+ years of relevant financial experience with planning and analysis processes
- Exposure to multidimensional reporting applications (Hyperion Planning and Essbase a plus)
- Superior skills with Microsoft Office applications (especially Excel and PowerPoint)
- Exposure to the general ledger software (e.g. PeopleSoft Financials)
- Solid understanding of accounting and financial statement reporting
- Capable of financial modeling for scenario and sensitivity analysis
- Detail oriented
- Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal and analytical skills
- Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Prior experience working with senior leaders on financial planning and/or reporting
- Proven ability to manage projects including regular planning processes and adhoc analytical projects
- Some experience supervising and mentoring analysts

Equal Employment Opportunity
Moody's Corporation is committed to equal opportunities and diversity in its recruitment practices. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are dedicated to the fair and equal treatment of potential and existing employees, candidates and clients regardless of sex, marital status, ethnic origin, religion, disability, sexual orientation, age or any other characteristic protected by law.