Senior Finance Manager recruitment

Job ID: 20975

Position Description:
Banks are facing extraordinary challenges. Competition for customers is fierce, products are commoditized, margins are shrinking, transaction volumes are increasing and regulatory burdens keep growing. At SunGard, we're helping more than 800 banks in 70 countries to find new ways to solve these challenges. As a trusted partner, we're helping our customers to future-proof their technology investments while they remain focused on their core competencies. We help banks to:

Attract and retain customers
Capture growth opportunities through innovation
Become more efficient
Comply with regulations
Job Overview:
The Banks Segment is seeking a Senior Finance Manager who will report to the VP Finance, Segment CFO and will support and contribute to an increasing number of complex financial-based projects.
The Segment Controller will lead budgets and forecasting activity as well as management reporting and must be able to translate high-level concepts and business road maps into clear, concise financial information that can be used as action plans.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Management reporting
• Designs and implements monthly management analysis reports
• Runs monthly financial/operational reports and commentary on Regular financial analysis (trends, KPI's etc)
• Tracks PL against strategic goals, forecast and budget
• Various reporting : Headcount, Capex, Revenues, Operating Costs, ad hoc and regional reporting
Budgets and Forecasting
• Co-ordinates the annual budget and bi-monthly forecast process resulting in both corporate format budget and individual cost centers internally
• Prepares regular segment PL and HC forecast and analyzing variances to budgets, forecasts and trends
Projects
• Participation in setting up projection for acquisitions and joint-ventures
• Responsible for tracking and reporting spend / KPI's on projects to senior management
• Financial modeling and scenario analysis as required
• Monitor month-end opex, FX and headcount accruals for segment administration centre
• Ad hoc projects and reporting as required
• Implement standardization across business units in financial good practices.

Dimensions:
• Direct Reports - 2-3

Development Value:
The position of Senior Finance Manager offers developmental value through experience with budget forecasting and analysis, experience with reporting financial reports to management, and functioning as a finance representative for large group projects. This position is expected to lead to Business Unit Finance Manager role with a revenue, expense, EBITA, and HC management responsibility.

Position Requirements:
Essential Experience Required;
• Relevant experience in data analysis and reporting
• No less than 5 years of relevant professional experience
Desirable Experience Required;
• Controllership or Audit role
• Consolidation role
• Managing resources remotely

Essential Skills Required;
• Expert level skills in Microsoft Excel, Access, database/report writing software
• Understand complex general ledger and use IT information systems
• Knowledge of US GAAP and/or IFRS
Desirable Skills Required;
• Knowledge of accounting systems (Sun Accounts)
• Knowledge of SAP Budgeting Planning system

Qualifications:
• Degree in finance, accounting and/or business administration
• Degree in Engineering to be considered if candidate interested in a Finance career and has relevant Finance/Accounting experience

Competencies:
• Proven ability to work to strict deadlines
• Well developed communication skills, both written and verbal and excellent interpersonal skills with all levels
• Fluency in English; Knowledge of German and/or French would be an asset
• High level of autonomy and flexibility, managing several priorities at once
• Ability to develop and support "self-check" mechanisms to ensure accuracy of data
• Skilled in analyzing complex data structure.