Bilingual Japanese Financial planning analyst

APA International Placement Consultants; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Financial Analyst to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will partner across the firm to deliver insightful financial and strategic analysis while overseeing budgeting and forecasting processes. You will be responsible for a variety of tasks, including financial control, reporting, and developing new reporting capabilities. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, and a proven track record of managing special projects. If you are a highly motivated self-starter with a passion for finance and data analysis, this is the perfect opportunity to make a significant impact in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

401K Plan

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Financial Services or accounting/controller background.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to analyze large data sets.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial planning activities and provide analysis on product financial performance.
• Develop reports and dashboards to deliver financial results to management.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Data Analysis

Excel

PowerPoint

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Project Management

Bilingual Japanese

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Bachelor's degree in Finance

Technical degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Financial Analyst is responsible for partnering across the firm to provide financial and strategic analysis, oversight, and coordination of budgeting and forecasting. Candidate will be responsible for a wide range of activities including financial control, forecasting and budgeting, analysis of financial/business metrics, delivery of weekly/monthly/quarterly management reporting, development of new reporting capabilities (e.g. dashboards), and advising on how to increase profitability and efficiencies.

You will analyze, prepare, and reconcile accounting and technical data as well as prepare reports, while always thinking of and devising ways to streamline and minimize cycle times through automated applications and process improvement. You will also help develop recommendations effecting business procedures and operations and maintain financial and reporting systems. In addition, you will assist the department and other team members with special projects or components of other projects as needed.

In the Financial Analysis role, you would be responsible for:

• Managing annual/continual financial planning activities for product areas, providing business rational and decisions for all month-end financial performance and forecasting, conducting reviews and analysis on product financial performance, consumption/demand planning, budgeting, billing, trends, and exception reports.
• Efficiency reporting, analytics and strategy - including, but not limited to - location strategy, span of control, reporting and analytics.
• Creating financial business cases supporting business initiatives.
• Reporting on and monitoring key metrics, driving data quality initiatives across the product area, and helping define future needs of the product area.
• Developing and tracking performance metrics, creating presentations, and generally providing financial analysis on a variety of topics to senior management.
• Performing variance analysis to understand the key drivers of the results and presenting commentary to senior managers, explaining changes from prior forecasts/budgets.
• Helping design new reports and dashboards to efficiently deliver the financial results to senior management.
• Enhancing controls and streamlining processes, introducing automation where possible.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a subject of a technical nature.
• 5+ years of work experience, preferably in Financial Services, and/or accounting/controller background.
• Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency with data mining/gathering and manipulation of data sets.
• Inquisitive, enthusiastic and diligent, and capable of challenging peers.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex issues clearly.
• Ability to create ad hoc reporting for senior management.
• Proven track record for executing on special projects / assignments with often little lead time or information.
• Highly motivated and able to thrive and think clearly under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Team player with the ability to be respected as a trusted partner for the Business, Finance, and FP&A Teams.
• Highly motivated self-starter with excellent time management/prioritization skills.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with ability to analyze large data sets and present conclusions concisely.
• Bilingual Japanese – reading & writing.

Benefits: Insurance (Life, Medical, Vision and Dental), 401K etc.