Sr. Financial Analyst, Global Data Analytics (GDA), Finance Operations

Description

This role will be part of a highly visible, growth-oriented, and dynamic Finance Operations, Global Data & Analytics team. It will be instrumental in driving data-driven decision-making across global finance operations, focusing on process optimization, financial analytics, and business intelligence solutions. The role will develop analytical solutions that empower one of the world’s largest Accounts Payable and Receivable teams to operate at scale and resolve process defects by identifying and measuring them through advanced data analytics. It will be a trusted analytics partner for 2,000+ business partners across Finance Operations Headquarters and Service Centers and will lead data analytics product solutions across Accounts Payables and Accounts Receivables.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead complex data analysis projects to identify operational efficiency opportunities and drive process improvements across global finance operations.
• Develop and maintain advanced financial models, dashboards, and reporting solutions to support strategic decision-making.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, analyze business processes, and implement data-driven solutions.
• Conduct thorough analysis of financial and operational metrics to identify trends, anomalies, and areas for optimization.
• Design and implement KPIs and metrics to measure operational performance and financial health.
• Create and maintain documentation for processes, methodologies, and analytical frameworks.
• Partner with Accounts Payables and Receivable leaders across Service Centers and Headquarters locations to identify, plan, and execute analytical opportunities to reduce defects and work drivers, improve goal performance, support new business expansion, and conduct operational analysis.
• Use SQL to deliver valuable insights.
• Partner with stakeholders to align, thoroughly document, and govern metric definitions.

A day in the life

The role will oversee building high-performing analytics products relying on SQL and will business partner across global Finance Operations to become an expert in core business processes. It will work backwards to enhance metric governance, identify and action analytical opportunities, and leverage data to build compelling business cases that influence operations. SQL skills at an intermediate or expert level are a must. Relevant AI and automation experience will be a plus.

Requirements

• 3+ years of writing SQL queries and creating business intelligence reports.
• 5+ years of tax, finance, or a related analytical field experience.