Posted Position Title Opex Analyst

Job Number	1904181
Business	GE Capital
Business Segment	Capital - International
About Us	GE Capital International is a leading, global provider of specialist finance to the mid-market, with headquarters in London and serving customers from 26 markets across EMEA and Asia Pacific. With over 27,000 employees and revenues of $12B, GE Capital International is focussed on driving growth in its core commercial leasing & lending products and markets. It provides mid-market customers with a wide range of financing solutions including accounts receivable management, inventory finance, asset backed lending, cross-border financing, leveraged finance, leasing/vendor finance and fleet management solutions. GE Capital International focuses on sectors where it can share GE's 130+ year industrial heritage with customers – energy, healthcare, transportation, power & water, aviation, oil & gas. Through its ‘Access GE’ programme, GE Capital gives customers access to GE’s experience and expertise to help solve their business issues and challenges. As part of GE Capital International, GE Capital UK enables customers to efficiently and successfully run and manage their operations every day, providing finance to almost 40,000 UK businesses and keeping some 46,000 drivers on the road. With major offices in Bristol, Manchester and in the London area, GE Capital is a leading provider of specialist finance, providing a wide range of solutions including invoice finance, inventory finance, ABL, cross border finance, leveraged finance, equipment leasing, vendor finance and fleet management. GE Capital Direct, part of GE Capital UK, is our new online savings bank. GE Capital Direct offers a real alternative to the high street banks, offering UK savers a simple way to save supported with first class customer service. For more info, visit www.gecapital.eu. GE is committed to diversity. We aim to employ the brightest minds in the world to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles - people like you … Connect with us! GE Capital provides all the latest news and career opportunities directly to you viaTwitter @GEEuropeCareers or on LinkedIn at GE Capital Careers UK. You can also find out what it's like to work with us in this video - Youtube
Career Level	Experienced
Function	Finance
Function Segment	Financial Planning and Analysis
Location(s) Where Opening Is Available	United Kingdom
City	London
Postal Code	W6 8BJ
Relocation Expenses	No
Role Summary/Purpose	The senior analyst provides support to the FP&A Analysis Leader on financial planning, analysis, reporting for a sub-business, product line or country segment within a business unit. This includes support to OP plan, SII, SRO, quarter close.
Essential Responsibilities	Work independently and will occasionally represent the function or department in meetings. Working with the FP&A Analysis leader, you will be supporting all of the financial planning and analytic activities including: - Plan for OPEX & HC during sessions (OP, GPB, SII); - Prepare budgets for business functions; - Prepare functional & business variance analysis monthly; - Support the business in driving productivity metrics; - Perform ad hoc analysis to support Business decisions; - Accomplish submissions of data request to HQ - Support the FP&A analysis leader in P&L analysis requests (CV, losses, ...) Essential responsibilities 1) Support preparation for monthly and quarterly financial forecasts. Identify and articulate risks and opportunities relevant to the forecast period. Prepare financial projections for key planning sessions and operating plans. Prepare critical analyses of business results (Trend Analysis, Productivity Metrics, etc.). Help drive expense analytics. Participate on cross-functional process improvement teams to promote operational efficiencies. Help implement financial modeling improvements in planning and forecasting to enhance process efficiency, support new initiatives, and to accurately capture the changing business economics and structure. 2) Work on planning sessions (GPB, SII, OP, SRO) closely with functional teams to deliver consolidation of full OPEX and HC projection. Own C&B, HC, SG&A and non-SG&A models for consolidation ensuring complete and accurate plan and load to Hyperion. Analyze projection and identify key themes of planning session to create pitch for SLT review. 3) Prepare functional reports and lead discussion with functional owners to understand variance drivers to plan along with any future risk and opportunities. Help prepare pitch for SLT & HQ reviews 4) Develop productivity metrics to help the business make key decisions around business performance and OPEX/ HC requirement 5) Perform Ad-Hoc Analysis to support CEO/CFO and SLT Business decisions. 6) Continuous improvement mindset to simplify & standardize OPEX processes (planning, reporting, accruals, etc.). 7) Lead accuracy and timeline of month end accrual journals during the closing process 8) Review and confirm appropriate opex/capex split of project costsProject financials and forecasting. Work with Project Managers to understand project costs to date and forecast to complete vs plan. Work with HR and IT to monitor project resourcing requirements 9) Update cost centre templates (excel) for actual monthly results. Work with Execs/cost centre owners to determine appropriate plan on a line by line basis and ensure the cost drivers are appropriate and up-to-date. Prepare pitch pages/analysis walks for discussion with CFO 10) FTE modelling and comparison to actuals. Work with Execs/team leaders to update FTE models (excel) for process changes and changes in drivers. Prepare headcount analysis compared to actuals and prior plan. Prepare headcount walks for discussion with CFO and HR Leader. Work with HR to monitor vacancies levels 11) PO approvals. Review purchase orders against plan spend and approve if spend is appropriate 12) Ad hoc queries and analysis. Continuous process improvement. Update cost allocation model (drive process with cost centre owners).
Qualifications/Requirements	Bachelor's Degree. Financial modeling skills. Experience in ccounting or financial analysis. Demonstrated oral and written communication skills and ability to work cross functionally. Proficient use of financial systems and analysis tools including Microsoft Office (eg. Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
Desired Characteristics	Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting. Master's degree, Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or equivalent certification. Financial Management Program (FMP) grad or Corporate Audit Staff (CAS) grad. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities. Financial services industry experience. Ability to analyze complex issues, develop appropriate action plans and delivers the results timely. Ability to lead projects and assignments. - Experience in FP&A - FMP/CAS graduate - Previous experience with Oracle GL & Hyperion