Associate Finance Analyst

## What you’ll do:

The role is responsible for supporting month-end close activities, forecasting, financial analysis, invoice processing, vendor management, reporting, and asset retirement processes. The successful candidate will work closely with budget managers, vendors, shared service teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure accurate financial reporting, timely invoice processing, and effective financial operations support.

• Month-End Close, Forecasting & Financial Analysis.
• Coordinate month-end close activities, including communication of timelines, accrual deadlines, and forecast submission requirements to budget managers.

• Review and validate accrual submissions, resolve queries, and ensure timely posting of approved accruals.
• Consolidate, review, and upload forecast updates into financial planning systems.
• Perform variance analysis against budget and forecast, prepare financial commentary, and support management reporting requirements.
• Partner with business stakeholders to ensure accurate financial planning, forecasting, and reporting.
• Support annual budgeting and profit planning processes.
• Invoice Processing & Payment Support
• Review vendor invoices to validate receipt of goods/services and ensure invoice accuracy.
• Provide appropriate accounting coding and invoice routing instructions to shared service teams.
• Monitor invoice approval workflows and payment status to ensure timely processing.
• Resolve invoice, payment, and approval-related queries from vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, internal controls, and accounting guidelines.
• Plant Queue Management (Plant/Ledger 0078)
• Manage invoices received under Plant/Ledger 0078, ensuring accurate review, documentation, and routing to the appropriate approvers.
• Track pending invoices and proactively follow up with stakeholders to ensure timely resolution.
• Maintain visibility of queue status and escalate issues as necessary to avoid processing delays.
• Vendor Management & Stakeholder Coordination
• Serve as the primary point of contact for vendors regarding invoice, payment, and operational inquiries.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and support smooth business operations.
• Drive timely communication and follow-up to ensure closure of outstanding items.
• CAR Reporting & Data Maintenance.
• Review monthly CAR reports and maintain supporting project documentation.
• Analyze and validate report data to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Prepare and distribute finalized reports to stakeholders.
• Support continuous improvement of reporting and data management processes.
• Asset Retirement Support.
• Review Fixed Asset Reports (FAR) and identify assets eligible for retirement.
• Prepare required retirement documentation and obtain necessary approvals.
• Coordinate with the Asset Retirement team to ensure timely and accurate asset retirement processing.
• Maintain proper documentation and compliance with asset management policies.

## Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Fresh Chartered Accountant (CA), CPA, CMA, ACCA, or equivalent professional accounting qualification preferred.
• 1-3 years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), General Accounting, Finance Operations, Accounts Payable, or Shared Services environment.

## Skills:

• Strong understanding of accounting principles, accruals, forecasting, and financial analysis.

• Experience working with ERP systems such as Oracle, SAP, or similar financial systems.
• Experience with invoice processing, forecasting, budgeting, and financial reporting.
• Familiarity with Power BI, Power Automate, Excel Power Query, or financial reporting tools.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP, Power Query, data analysis).
• Financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Variance analysis and management reporting.
• Invoice processing and accounts payable operations.
• ERP systems (Oracle, SAP, or similar).
• Power BI, and financial reporting tools (preferred).
• Knowledge of process automation tools such as Power Automate is an added advantage.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building abilities.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across functions.
• Customer-service mindset with a proactive approach to issue resolution.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work under tight deadlines.
• Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on process efficiency.
• Ability to work independently while being an effective team player.
• High level of accountability, ownership, and professionalism.
• Adaptability and willingness to learn new systems and technologies.