Financial Analyst
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What you'll do
- Accurately process high-volume financial data and transactions in SAP and other systems, ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures.
- Maintain compliance with all internal policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements while identifying and addressing any potential discrepancies.
- Act as a point of contact for internal and external customers to obtain required information, address inquiries, and resolve transactional issues promptly.
- Proactively analyze issues, identify root causes, and implement valid solutions to improve processes and customer satisfaction.
- Cooperate with cross-functional teams to provide operational support, resolve issues, and streamline processes to ensure smooth business operations.
- Take initiative in implementing preventive measures to enhance customer satisfaction and minimize future disruptions in service delivery.
- Identify opportunities for process optimization, collaborate with IT teams to automate workflows, and improve internal reporting mechanisms.
- Manage complex data requests, analyze data for trends or discrepancies, and create actionable insights to support service excellence and decision-making.
- Prepare and maintain recurring financial reports, dashboards, scorecards, and performance metrics.
- Support month-end close, forecasting, and budgeting activities by tracking results and analyzing variances.
- Monitor operational and financial performance trends, identifying risks, opportunities, and key business drivers.
- Validate financial data and reporting outputs to ensure accuracy, consistency, and integrity.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Data Science, Business, or a related field.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in financial analysis, business partnering, reporting, or analytical support roles.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience producing reports, dashboards, and data-driven insights.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to present findings to a variety of audiences.
- Experience managing multiple priorities and working effectively across cross-functional teams.
Nice to have
- Understanding of finance, accounting, forecasting, and budgeting principles.
- Experience with data visualization and reporting tools such as Power BI, SAP, Business Warehouse, Business Objects, QlikView, or similar platforms.
- Experience supporting supply chain, operations, manufacturing, or logistics environments.
- Familiarity with forecasting and planning systems is an asset.
- Experience translating complex data into meaningful business insights and recommendations.
Summarised by NextRaise from the employer’s description, which follows in full below.
Full description from employer
CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.
What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities May Include:
- Accurately process high-volume financial data and transactions in SAP and other systems, ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures.
- Maintain compliance with all internal policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements while identifying and addressing any potential discrepancies.
- Act as a point of contact for internal and external customers to obtain required information, address inquiries, and resolve transactional issues promptly.
- Proactively analyze issues, identify root causes, and implement valid solutions to improve processes and customer satisfaction.
- Cooperate with cross-functional teams to provide operational support, resolve issues, and streamline processes to ensure smooth business operations.
- Take initiative in implementing preventive measures to enhance customer satisfaction and minimize future disruptions in service delivery.
- Identify opportunities for process optimization, collaborate with IT teams to automate workflows, and improve internal reporting mechanisms.
- Manage complex data requests, analyze data for trends or discrepancies, and create actionable insights to support service excellence and decision-making.
We're looking for a detail-oriented and analytical Financial Analyst to join our Supply Chain Finance team. In this role, you'll support financial planning, reporting, and performance analysis across a large and dynamic supply chain network. You will work closely with Finance, Operations, and Supply Chain leaders to provide meaningful insights, maintain data integrity, and help drive informed business decisions.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working with data, solving problems, improving processes, and partnering with stakeholders across a complex organization.
What You'll Do
- Prepare and maintain recurring financial reports, dashboards, scorecards, and performance metrics.
- Support month-end close, forecasting, and budgeting activities by tracking results and analyzing variances.
- Monitor operational and financial performance trends, identifying risks, opportunities, and key business drivers.
- Validate financial data and reporting outputs to ensure accuracy, consistency, and integrity.
- Investigate discrepancies and variances, partnering with stakeholders to understand root causes and recommend actions.
- Coordinate planning and reporting inputs across Finance, Supply Chain, and Operations teams.
- Develop and maintain financial models, reporting templates, and analytical tools.
- Prepare presentations, summaries, and reporting materials for Finance leadership.
- Support process improvement initiatives, including reporting standardization and automation opportunities.
- Collaborate across business functions to deliver timely and actionable financial insights.
What We're Looking For
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Data Science, Business, or a related field.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in financial analysis, business partnering, reporting, or analytical support roles.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience producing reports, dashboards, and data-driven insights.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to present findings to a variety of audiences.
- Experience managing multiple priorities and working effectively across cross-functional teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Understanding of finance, accounting, forecasting, and budgeting principles.
- Experience with data visualization and reporting tools such as Power BI, SAP, Business Warehouse, Business Objects, QlikView, or similar platforms.
- Experience supporting supply chain, operations, manufacturing, or logistics environments.
- Familiarity with forecasting and planning systems is an asset.
- Experience translating complex data into meaningful business insights and recommendations.
Key Skills
- Financial Analysis & Reporting
- Data Visualization & Dashboarding
- Forecasting & Planning Support
- Business Partnering
- Variance Analysis
- Problem Solving & Critical Thinking
- Process Improvement & Automation
- Stakeholder Management
- Data Integrity & Quality Control
- Presentation & Communication Skills
Why Join Us?
- Partner with leaders across Finance, Supply Chain, and Operations.
- Gain exposure to large-scale business operations and decision-making processes.
- Work in a collaborative, matrixed environment where your insights can directly influence outcomes.
- Develop expertise in financial planning, analytics, and operational performance management.
- Be part of a team focused on continuous improvement, innovation, and professional growth.
If you're passionate about turning data into insights and enjoy partnering with the business to improve performance, we'd love to hear from you.
Remote Type
Hybrid RemoteSkills to succeed in the role
Adaptability, Data Analysis, Data Integrity, Empathy, Experimentation, Microsoft Excel, SAP Systems, Taking Ownership, Teamwork, Understand CustomersWe are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has the opportunity to contribute to business success while realizing his or her potential. This means harnessing the unique skills and experience that each individual brings and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.
Individuals fraudulently misrepresenting themselves as Brambles or CHEP representatives have scheduled interviews and offered fraudulent employment opportunities with the intent to commit identity theft or solicit money. Brambles and CHEP never conduct interviews via online chat or request money as a term of employment. If you have a question as to the legitimacy of an interview or job offer, please contact us at recruitment@brambles.com.
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