Opex FP&A Analyst

What You'll Do

• Assist in centralized reforecasting and budget control for our LLA Corporate entity Opex Roll, tracking spend commitments and working with budget owners to update our Roll.
• Prepare monthly financial analysis for the LLA Group, including explanations of Opex Actuals and forecast changes, comparing vs prior forecast, budget, FY Roll outlooks, and long-range plan (as needed).
• Present quarterly and annual analysis and explanations for Opex performance.
• Aid in the accurate reporting, tracking, and benchmarking of key investments contributing to group Opex performance/meeting our budget.
• Support stakeholders and Opex budget owners in understanding their Year-to-date and Month-to-date actuals charges and adjusting their Year-to-go forecasts in the Roll.
• Work with Accounting and Budget owner teams to correct our financial records (actuals) where needed.
• Support the broader LLA FP&A team with ad-hoc financial analysis as required to meet the demands of LLA Finance & Ops leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or equivalent is required.
• Chartered Public Accountant or other equivalent Accountancy qualifications are a plus.
• Understanding of Accruals Accounting (including its impact on spend forecasting and booking actuals), Profit & Loss statements, Balance sheet statements, and Opex vs Capex accounting.
• Experience working with SAP, PowerBI, Anaplan, or Oracle HFM is desirable.
• Written & Verbal fluency in English is required.

Skills & Abilities

• Highly skilled in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to work in a matrix organization to influence change without direct-line management control and engage with multiple organizational departments to achieve goals.
• Able to create and analyze complex financial models, assessing both the cost and benefit of our investments.
• Able to produce and analyze spend forecasts for a variety of different investments/business operations.