Mgr Financial Plan. & Analysis recruitment

Responsibilities
- Perform expense variance analysis including a clear explanation of expense drivers for the Global Ratings Operations Team.
- Track and reforecast expenses, specifically key business initiatives
- Provide position management, compensation forecasting and analysis.
- Responsible for the development of the annual budget and three year strategic plan
- Prepare insightful monthly reporting using excel and powerpoint for Sr. Management review.
- Meet with Sr. Mgmt to discuss insightful analysis by highlighting historic/current/future expense performance as well as drivers of the current forecast.
- Communicate and interact effectively with Sr. Management and various departments including Finance, Accounting, HR and International Business Planning
- Must be able to synthesize data from multiple sources and present in a singular coherent style.
- Process and systems improvements, where applicable
- Responsibilities also include participating in special projects as required

Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or other business discipline or progress toward equivalent accountancy qualification
- 5+ years of exposure to analytic work is essential, preferably in financial planning and analysis or modeling
- Experience working with senior leaders on financial planning and/or reporting
- A high degree of analytical curiosity
- CPA, CFA status is helpful, but not required
Competencies
- Strong interpersonal, follow-up, communication and analytical skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Ability to work both independently providing solutions, and as a member of a team
- Advanced skills with Excel: (Vlookup, Pivot Tables, Charting, Arrays)
- Advanced skills with other Microsoft Office applications (PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
- Experienced with multidimensional reporting applications and strong use of data queries is essential (e.g. Hyperion Planning and Essbase)
- Exposure to the general ledger software (e.g. PeopleSoft Financials)

Department
Moody's Investors Service - Shared Services
Business Planning
Consolidation Team

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