Financial Analyst

Job Description

Employment: Outsourced through ManpowerGroup Middle East

Role:

This role will be responsible for assisting the Central Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) Revenue Operations team in ensuring the accuracy and completeness of revenues computed and billed to clients across CEMEA. The role will report directly to the Finance Manager CEMEA Revenue Operations (based in Dubai).

Job Responsibilities:

• Perform in-depth analysis over huge amounts of data and prepare reports for management
• Identify discrepancies within the data submitted by clients (at bank-level, program-level: debit, credit, prepaid, metric-level: sales, cash, cards, etc.)
• Communicate these discrepancies to the clients in a professional, influencing manner
• Educate/help clients understand the discrepancies; be available for any queries they may have
• Work together with clients to address root cause to resolve the discrepancies in a manner that prevents recurrence and enhances overall data quality
• Track status of all discrepancies: provide status updates to management on regular basis
• Take responsibility for identified issues including additional research, discussion within the client, development of practical solutions, documentation and calculation of the respective fee adjustments
• Perform ongoing monitoring of billing activities through analysis of incoming billing data, and identify and resolve billing and other production related issues
• Assist the team in preparing, reviewing and sending invoices to clients (only in some cases)
• Support day to day activities including assistance with ad-hoc project requests or tasks

Competencies:

• Creative, self-starter, quick thinker, detail-oriented and dedicated individual who is eager to put his/her stamp on this job role.
• Competitive business and communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to understand key priorities, communicate clearly, effectively, concisely and persuasively with both internal and external clients.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor.
• Good presentation skills
• Excellent Excel skills (pivots, power pivots)
• Able to work well under pressure (produce high quality deliverables under strict deadlines).
• Track record in issues prioritization, effective conflict resolution and execution
• Team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic and flexible
• Card payments experience is a plus
• Power BI skills are a plus

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree
• 3+ years of experience in a similar or a financial analyst role
• Experience in a Big 4 firm is preferred