Company: Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions
Skills: Financial Analyst
Experience: 3 + Years
Education: Bachelors/3-5 yr Degree
Location: Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, United States


Job Summary about the area and the role:

Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions (WTS) is a worldwide leader in water recovery, treatment and reuse. We design and supply a range of water systems, from food and beverage applications, to municipal water, to microelectronics ultrapure water and heavy industrial wastewater treatment.

At WTS, we realize diverse teams make smarter decisions, deliver better results, and build stronger communities. We're an organization that champions diversity and inclusion at every rung of the ladder and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We offer challenging and meaningful careers, with competitive benefits and flexible work arrangements.

The Senior FP&A Analyst role is a key position responsible for working closely with the global functional leaders of WTS to build annual budgets, monitor monthly results and work on strategic initiatives to optimize financial performance. The position requires direct interaction with the Global functional leaders to coordinate the forecasting and reporting processes and assess the cost-benefit impact of investment and expense decisions. In this role, you will be overseeing/training an employee as well as handling all of the integration and PPA requests that we receive from the auditors, Bain, Deloitte and Veolia. The position is also responsible for financial analysis and projections to all levels within the organization in support of the functional business objectives. You should be able to effectively prioritize projects and responsibilities along with demonstrating the ability to balance excellent analytical and technical skills while driving communication and collaboration across multiple teams with competing priorities.

Duties & Responsibilities

 

  • Play key role in the annual budgeting process for all global business functions & SG&A components - including staffing levels, expense projections, and investment decisions.
  • Update current quarter and current year forecasting outlooks each month. Work closely with functional & business leaders to build and report revised projections.
  • Provide detailed analysis by function of monthly variations to Budget and to Prior year, partnering with the Compensation and Benefit Analysts and with the Indirect Procurement team.
  • Participate in monthly financial closing activities for the headquarters' functions and businesses SG&A components including validating journal entries and accruals with the controllership team.
  • Analyze and report results to three to four assigned functional areas. Maintain monthly reporting tools to provide functional leaders with clear visibility to ongoing performance vs. budgeted targets.
  • Contribute to the cost optimization and transformation plan by updating and checking the savings in the global tracking tool.


Hard Skills

 

 

  • Minimum of 3-4 years experience in finance, accounting or similar analytical roles.
  • SAP experience
  • Tableau experience
  • Experience working with ERP systems and reporting & analysis tools is helpful
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Strong desire to learn the business and support the delivery of excellent financial results


Soft Skills

 

 

  • Inclusive: Passioned for working in different cultures and environments, in a collaborative organization with a diversity team.
  • Team Player: Ability to work with others toward a shared goal, participating actively, accountable and committed to the entire team respecting peers, leadership, stakeholders, and clients.
  • Inspirational: Excellent oral and written communication skills: Communicate clearly and professionally with Finance and non-Finance professionals within the organization being able to inspire others.
  • Decision Maker: Challenge the status quo and make decisions based on your role to be an effective problem solver and use critical thinking skills to find new ideas and connect them to provide the best practices and tools to our stakeholders and clients.
  • Flexibility: Adapt and respond to the changing environment and to constructively create opportunities for change through active participation.


Education & Experience

Required:

 

 

  • Bachelor degree in finance, accounting, economics, or equivalent experience


Preferred:

 

 

  • Preferred global experience

 

SUEZ – Water Technologies & Solutions is now part of Veolia and operating as Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions. With operations in 130 countries and over 10,000 employees worldwide, Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions solves the toughest water, wastewater and process challenges around the globe. Leveraging a comprehensive set of chemical, equipment and digital enabled services and products, the company helps customers optimize water resources and overcome process challenges. Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions serves customers across all industries, including food and beverage, metals and mining, power, pharmaceutical, oil and gas, chemicals, petrochemicals, pulp and paper, and utilities.