Commercial Lead Financial Analyst

Responsibilities

• Provide timely, sound and actionable financial recommendations from insights on scenarios of future performance.
• Interpret, explain and drive financial performance using additional business insight and local knowledge to develop commentaries.
• Plan, Budget, RF1/2/3: Advise on key business planning assumptions, trade-offs and opportunities based on “what if” scenarios.
• Provide enhanced insight on revenue and sales drivers based on understanding of competitor activities and local business knowledge.
• Provide clearly constructed recommendations for actions.
• Finalize the messaging and content for the budget presentation material.
• Identify areas of financial performance that merit analytical investigation and request support through the demand management framework.
• Provide support, review and challenge on investments in technology, acquisitions or product rollouts from development of business cases, through the acquisition lifecycle to reviewing financial performance and outcomes.
• Partner with central AI Enablement team to identify and implement automation opportunities across finance workflows.
• Evaluate existing processes to uncover efficiency gains and prioritize and track transformation initiatives.
• Develop excellent relations and maintain regular contact with Business Unit CFO, Directors, Business Partners, Global Analytics, and Data Teams.

Qualifications

• Possess 4+ years of experience in a financial role (essential) and a deep understanding of P & L metrics and drivers working in a global organization.
• Have a Financial Degree or Diploma, MBA or advanced business degree.
• Excellent knowledge of financial and management accounting, process and systems.
• Demonstrated experience of achieving results in an international environment, with appreciation of differences in culture and legal frameworks.
• Experience of delivering a service through a period of significant change.
• Familiarity with current AI tools and a natural curiosity for AI powered learning and willingness to challenge existing processes to develop efficiencies and provide deeper insights.
• Knowledge and application of financial technical accounting standards and management accounting techniques.
• Robust knowledge and application of financial processes, metrics, drivers and dynamics for area of accountability.
• System knowledge: Excel (advanced level), PowerPoint (intermediate), Hyperion, PeopleSoft (or equivalent systems).

About The Business

LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.