Business Services Finance - Senior Reporting Analyst

At PwC, our people in finance focus on providing financial advice and strategic guidance to clients, helping them optimise their financial performance and make informed business decisions. These individuals handle financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and risk management. Those in financial strategy and planning at PwC will focus on developing and implementing strategic financial plans to drive business growth and profitability. Your work will involve analysing financial data, forecasting future trends, and providing recommendations for optimising financial performance.

Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality. Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow.

Skills

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
• Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems.
• Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts.
• Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy.
• Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing.
• Use reflection to develop self awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas.
• Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firms code of conduct, and independence requirements.
  
  

• Prepare management reporting and provide timely, accurate and insightful analysis.
• Prepare and submit accounting journal entries for smooth period close.
• Provide support in developing, coordinating, and reporting budgets and forecasts. Run an annual budgets and forecasts, including the roll-out of regular reforecasting cycles and processes.
• Provide support in managing financial aspects of special projects by determining key drivers, driving the right set of analyses and presenting the conclusions, monthly reporting and variance analysis.
• Provide controllership support while playing an important role in identifying and solving complex data integrity issues.
• Maintenance of monthly processes to ensure seamless workflows; daily/weekly reviews, oversight and communication of work package creation and changes.
• Provide support in preparing budgets and periodic forecasts, Profit, and loss (income statement), Balance Sheet, Cash-Flow Statement etc.
• Ensure smooth implementation of – and adherence to – new finance requirements, systems, and processes
• Prepare ad-hoc management financial reports as required.
• Developing efficiencies and process improvements within the team’s work streams.
  
  

• FP&A experience gained within established businesses, ideally within the Service Industry or Big 4’s.
• Strong knowledge of planning and performance processes, including annual budget, monthly forecast and monthly results analysis.
• Strong working knowledge of accounting, controlling and finance operations.
• Experience in SAP S4 Hana, preferred experience in OneStream
• Team orientated, a “can do” attitude and flexible approach.
• Enthusiasm for solving problems and working collaboratively.
• Independent/Self-starter with high attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  
  

• Excel/OneStream/SAP S4 Hana
  
  

• Degree in accounting, business, finance or related field strongly preferred
• B. Com/BBA/MBA/M. Com/CA (Inter)/CA/ICWA (Inter)/ICWA qualified or equivalent