Description
Financial Analyst
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Role Description:
At Salesforce, Finance and Strategy (F&S) works closely with leaders across the organization to produce financial plans and deliver key insights to drive the best possible investment decisions, focusing primarily on growth and execution of our aggressive long-range plans.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Financial Analyst based in our Dublin office, on the Global Professional Services F&S team working across Geos on worldwide tasks and initiatives. This role will be responsible for supporting headcount and expense planning and reporting. This is a key position that will operate cross-functionally with F&S, Professional Services business partners, corporate finance and recruiting/ES, to deliver exceptional results through adoption of business intelligence tools, process improvements, enhanced management reporting & providing key access to data.
We are looking for bright, goal oriented individuals that will succeed in a fast-paced environment and thrive in building and improving processes that will allow the company to scale with growth. Ideally, the candidate will be a self-motivated individual with a process improvement mindset that drives financial accuracy and data driven insight.
Responsibilities:
Build strong relationships with key business partners, establishing trust and gaining an understanding of relevant business drivers
Work cross-functionally with Finance & Strategy, Recruiting, Employee Services and Professional Services leadership, to ensure alignment and accuracy
Develop scalable headcount reporting to support self-service budget requests & insights, including standard costing models to support scenario analysis
Support teams in developing the annual business plan and quarterly forecast updates by providing required data trends, reports and insights for the various department’s functions and regions.
Assist with ad-hoc analysis and presentation requests
Demonstrate intellectual curiosity and successfully deliver process improvement while meeting work deadlines
Minimum Requirements:
Third level degree and professional accounting accreditation (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) preferred
At least 1 to 2 years post qualification experience in an FP&A, Finance & Strategy, Accounting, Operations, Business Consulting or Sales Strategy function of a multinational entity
Strong data analysis skills including familiarity / experience with SQL queries, Snowflake, and Tableau (certification preferred)
Strong MS Excel, Hyperion, Smartview
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a history of executive level business partnering
Track record of successful and quantifiable process improvement projects
Interest in process innovation and improvement methodologies
Preferred Requirements:
Experience with the following systems - Google Suite, Hyperion, Tableau, Workday financials
Understanding of GAAP and expense recognition principles.
Experience building financial and decision support models, along with strong analytical, problem-solving skills
Passion for process improvement and challenging the status quo
Detail oriented to ensure accuracy in completion of tasks
Experience with managing and reconciling spend to budgets.
Ability to multitask effectively in a fast paced, quickly changing environment
Ability to work cross functionally and an ability to influence at all levels within the organization
Great teammate - thrives in an environment of collaboration
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) with an ability to explain complex issues in an understandable way
Must be comfortable with changing requirements and priorities
Intellectual curiosity, fueled by a proactive approach to continuously expand one’s skillset
Highly motivated, self-aware, collaborative, and responsive