Finance Business Analyst - Technology & Portfolio

Avacone; Basel; Vor Ort; CHF 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Avacone is seeking a pragmatic Finance Business Analyst to enhance financial performance insight through budgeting, forecasting, and reporting. The role partners with Finance, business stakeholders, and IT to translate data into actionable insights and support informed decision-making.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years in financial analytics, strong Excel skills, and familiarity with BI tools like Power BI; English is essential, German is a plus.

Qualifikationen

• 3-5 years of relevant experience in financial analysis, FP&A, controlling, management accounting, business analysis, or similar.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial reporting, and cost analysis.
• Excellent Excel skills and experience producing clear reports, analyses, and dashboards.
• Experience with Power BI or similar BI/reporting tools is an advantage.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and detail-oriented approach; able to explain financial information to non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Professional English; German is an advantage.
• Nice to have IT, technology, digital, or project-related budgets.
• Familiarity with IT costs, software, cloud services, technology vendors, or technology investment.
• Experience with ServiceNow, ERP/finance systems, EPM, procurement, or portfolio-management tools.
• Understanding of Agile, DevOps, project delivery, or IT service-management environments.
• Experience in regulated, international, or outsourced environment.
• Exposure to technology cost management, software asset management, or cloud cost management.

Aufgaben

• Collaborate with Finance, business stakeholders, and IT to improve transparency of financial performance and resources.
• Provide reliable analysis, strengthen day-to-day financial processes, and support data-driven decisions.
• Translate complex financial data into clear business insights and actionable reports.
• Develop and maintain budgets, forecasts, and management reports.
• Create and maintain dashboards using Excel and Power BI.

Kenntnisse

Financial analysis

FP&A

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Financial reporting

Cost analysis

Excel

Analytical thinking

Communication

Stakeholder management

English

German (adv)

Tools

Power BI

ServiceNow

ERP/Finance systems

EPM

Procurement tools

Portfolio management tools

Jobbeschreibung

We are looking for a pragmatic Finance Business Analyst with a strong interest in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and data-driven decision-making. You will work closely with Finance, business stakeholders, and IT teams to make financial performance, resource requirements, and investment decisions more transparent and actionable.

This is a hands-on professional role, ideal for someone who enjoys working with numbers, analysing financial data, improving reporting processes, and translating complex information into clear business insights. You will not be expected to own enterprise-wide finance strategy or manage a team; instead, you will provide reliable analysis, strengthen day-to-day financial processes, and support stakeholders in making well-informed decisions.

3-5 years of relevant experience in financial analysis, FP&A, controlling, management accounting, business analysis, commercial analysis, or a comparable analytical role.

Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial reporting, and cost analysis.

Confidence working with financial data, management information, and financial models.

Strong Excel skills and experience producing clear reports, analysis, and dashboards.

Experience with Power BI or similar BI/reporting tools is an advantage.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a structured and detail-oriented approach.

Ability to explain financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders.

Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Professional English; German is an advantage.

Nice to Have

Experience supporting IT, technology, digital, or project‑related budgets.

Familiarity with IT costs, software, cloud services, technology vendors, or technology investment.

Experience with ServiceNow, ERP/finance systems, EPM, procurement, or portfolio‑management tools.

Understanding of Agile, DevOps, project delivery, or IT service‑management environments.

Experience in a regulated, international, or outsourced environment.

Exposure to technology cost management, software asset management, or cloud cost management.