Financial Analyst - Associate

Our Trinidad PBFA (Planning, Budgeting and Financial Analysis) team is seeking a strong Financial Analyst to support the EY Caribbean Finance team.

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The opportunity

At EY, we strive to help all of our people achieve their professional and personal goals through an inclusive environment that values everyone’s contributions, appreciates diversity of thought, fosters growth, and provides continuous opportunities for development. Ernst & Young Caribbean (EYC), one of the region’s largest seamlessly and fully integrated professional services firms, has offices in Trinidad, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Jamaica, Curacao, Aruba and Suriname.

Our Trinidad PBFA (Planning, Budgeting and Financial Analysis) team is seeking a strong Financial Analyst to support the EY Caribbean Finance team. The chosen candidate will act as a finance professional and serve as a business partner and strategic advisor to Country Managing Partners, assisting the EYC team in providing critical thinking on business direction, operating performance and financial results.

This role will establish a trusted relationship with their client, understanding their needs and teaming with other Finance team members to bring best in class analytical support, functional expertise and reporting solutions.

Your key responsibilities

• Assisting the EYC leadership and managers in providing insights to the business. It includes weekly and monthly performance reviews, Strategic and Financial planning processes, business modelling and ad hoc analysis
• Covering P&L performance reviews related to specific account performance
• Delivering monthly or quarterly performance reviews for our locations, ensuring commentaries are timely, insightful and action oriented  
• Contributing to a robust month-end reporting process that includes the CBS cost allocation process
• Responding to requests from Finance, Country Managing Partners and other department leaders, to answer ad hoc questions and provide insightful information to advance leadership discussion and decision making.
• Supporting the design and delivery of ad hoc financial analysis. Ability to model projections, identify trends and issues that need to be analyzed and understood
• Leading the CBS planning/forecasting processes, providing support to planners to ensure timely completion of the Plan/Forecast, ensuring outputs align to the objectives set at the Regional, Area and Global levels
• Tracking and monitoring of costs including Global Shared Services, Member Firm Specific Costs, Consumption Contract & Product, Cloud Consumption and Technology Consumables
• Taking part in improvement projects for example margin improvement or systems implementation

Skills and attributes for success

• It is expected that this individual works with minimum supervision of Senior team members
• Ability to work in a virtual global organization respecting international cultures
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and effectively
• Good presentation, leadership, problem-solving, analytical and listening skills
• Ability to demonstrate initiative in problem solving
• Computer proficiency: the individual must be proficient or trainable in complex aspects of financial software packages, including Essbase and Hyperion
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of tools, predominantly Excel and PowerPoint
• Proficiency in Power BI will be an asset

What we look for

• Solid academic background holding a degree in Accounting or Finance
• ACCA/CIMA qualified (or pursuing designation)
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in finance/business roles, ideally in an analytical, forecasting and budgeting capacity

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.

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