Planning Budgeting and Financial Analysis (PBFA) Analytics Manager - Rapid (Karachi)

The opportunity (Assistant Director)As we roll out ‘All In” across our firms, the PBFA function becomes even more critical to help maintain/improve profitability and provide strategic insights. The support role will be instrumental in helping the ASU PBFA Lead to carry out this role.This role requires a finance professional offering support to the MENA ASU PBFA Lead on P&L analysis and other KPIs. The role will establish best in class support, functional expertise and reporting solutions with a particular focus on analytics and financial modelling.Your key responsibilities:Develop a good understanding of the PBFA cycle in a year, along with SL performance KPIs.Conduct data analysis on large sets of data, to give leadership insights on performance and profitability, to drive business decisions.Lead in development of financial models for different scenarios to assess impacts of changing levers.Support Operations lead in the root cause analysis of variances and identification of possible solutions to resolve issues.With time, develop effective working relationships with the extended Finance team and ASU leadership team.Participate in various improvement initiatives and information gathering activities within PBFA space.Be the Go To Person for all analysis and financial modelling.Skills and attributes for success:Keen to solve problems and provide a credible solution.Ensure delivery of exceptional client service to all stakeholders.Strong analytical and numeracy skills, with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.Good time management skills and able to balance multiple priorities by considering risk, importance and level of urgency.Eagerness to learn quickly, be proactive and ask questions.Well-developed listening skills.To qualify for the role you must be:Willing to working in a fast-paced environment with a strong work ethic.Able to interact well with people at all levels within the firm and build strong relationships.Having strong knowledge of MS Office Packages. Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Power BI and Word in particular.Having excellent communications and organizational skills.Detail oriented and eager to analyze and solve complex casesHave a finance related degree or qualified accountantHave 5-7 years of relevant work .Willing to work in a flexible working pattern