Senior FP&A Cost Analyst

Company Description

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, create marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and software. We also assist millions of people to realize their financial goals and help them save time and money.

We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more industry segments.

We invest in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. As a FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 22,500 people across 32 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Learn more at experianplc.com.

• Liaise between PM community and finance for Month end Processes
• Project cost control focuses on timesheet tracking and in depth analysis on timesheet reports such as labour analysis
• Project investigations and tracking variance of actual against forecast by matching against approvals
• Manage Investment Committee (IC) submissions process including quality assurance and coaching various stakeholders on IC processes.
• Prepare the financial reports across various project portfolios and able to provide insightful commentary on financial performance variances
• Monitor and update, communicate, and act upon EPMO processes including EPMO Schedule, Tools and Templates and Project gating submission process
• Support the annual and bi-annual project budgeting and forecasting process
• To support product managers and project managers in preparing and reviewing business cases
• Identify process and reporting improvements that improve quality of deliverables
• Ensure excellent and data quality in the financial systems
• Ensure Experian finance system capabilities are being used to increase reporting efficiency
• Improve under Empower Plus agenda, covering areas such as data quality, management reporting and business partnering.

• Experience working in a Financial Accounting or FP&A function (5+ years), including dealing with stakeholders in different global locations
• Qualified Chartered Accountant with university degree qualification. A member of internationally recognized accountancy qualification, i.e. CPA, ACA, CGMA (CIMA) or equivalent
• Financial accounting and project accounting experience, accruals and project forecasting, variance analysis
• High Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint - with an ability to build complex financial models and graphs Knowledge of and experience using financial reporting systems (such as Hyperion Smartview, Tableau, GenAI) would be preferred\
• Good communicator and presentation of propositions and solutions. Deliver and pitch ideas to a wide audience at different levels