Role Profile

Role title:

Analyst, FP&A TLC Control

Business Unit:

Colt Core – CFO, Finance

Job Level:

PT2 Core/Advance

Reporting:

Manager Operating Costs - TLC (Control)

Location:

India/Gurgaon

Role purpose

This Role is part of Colt FP&A – Operating Cost TLC (Colt Europe excluding India) Control team and Candidate is responsible for handling multiple countries, close payroll books on monthly basis, do variance analysis, produce management reports, rate card, cash flow forecasting. The total value of spend for operating costs is in excess of €300m/pa.

Key accountabilities

• Financial Accounting, Analysis, Reporting operating Cost TLC.
• Finalisation of P&L, B/S (Revenue/Cost/Interco/Bank Recon etc), Variance analysis and commentaries
• Review of Manual Journal postings (Accruals / Provisions/Prepayment / Reclasses etc.)
• Review of key financial numbers (Accruals, Provisions, Liabilities etc)
• Preparation / Review of Balance Sheet Reconciliations
• TLR Reporting post reconciliation with Head Count Pivot
• Holiday Pay Provision, LTIP (Colt Total) , AIP (colt Total) computation , accounting and reporting
• Month End Reporting and Analytical Reviews of Financial Statements
• Monthly Rate card Publishing
• Monthly Cash Flow Forecasting and variance analysis
• Managing Internal / Statutory Audits
• Ensure completion of financial transaction processing as per close calendar
• Undertakes ad-hoc analytical and reporting assignments at the request of stakeholders
• Ensures accurate accounting for Non-standard items in compliance with group policies.
• Carry-out monthly/quarterly/annual close activities
• Identify process improvement opportunities

Role specific requirements

Skills & Experience

Skill

• Must be able to work with a high level of accuracy and pride in achievements

• Effective communication, presentation and management reporting skills
• Familiarity with forecasting tools, systems, methods and data analysis is preferable.
• Innovative, always ready to take up new responsibilities and develop new ways of working

• A good team player always available for supporting other team members across all COLT Core business
• Good hands on MS Excel & Reporting software – SAP & BPC
• Strong analytical / problem solving skills

Experience

• Minimum 2-3 year Accounting/reporting/FP&A experience is preferable

Person specification

• Ambitious & keen to take on responsibility that provides a high level of autonomy and individual responsibility.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast paced, global and complex environment
• Excellent commercial acumen, results driven with attention to detail and high focus on performance
• Ambitious, confident self-starter with excellent communication skills and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities in a calm and confident manner

Qualifications

• CA/CWA (Inter)/ B.Com

Behaviours

•  Customer First - You put the customer at the centre of everything you do (You Care, are Professional and you Keep it simple)
• Accountability - You are responsible to deliver to our commitments (You are transparent, you take ownership and demonstrate initiative)
• Transformational – You embrace the need for Colt to change the way we do things to grow (You are resilient, you challenge and have an appetite for Risk)
• Outcome Focused - You focus on the result we want to achieve, while engaging others to do so demonstrating high levels of collaboration, vision and reflection.

Relationships and key contacts

• Colt – Core Accounting Teams
• FP&A Team –Budgeting & Forecasting
• Finance Business Partners
• HR Business Partners
• Procurement Team
• Director – FP&A
• CFO

Others

• Be aware of colt information security, business continuity, quality and other ISO or equivalent policies/ industry standards and discharge duties against them as appropriate.
• Identify risks related to process and information security and treat/ mitigate the same as appropriate