Sr Advisor: Financial Planning and Analysis at TransUnion

How You’ll Contribute

• Responsible for consolidating input from the team, ensuring accurate information is shared and presented and mentoring/coaching the team to deliver exceptional results. 
• Working with the FP&A director to drive continuous improvement that enables the FP&A function to be operating at best practice levels.
• Ability to problem solve when faced with ad-hoc requests for information.
• Input into driving margin expansion and revenue growth in the business.
• Motivating the team to deliver exceptional results during pressurized periods and assisting the team with prioritizing deliverables.
• Responsible for directing certain aspects of the Business function to achieve all planning, forecasting and managerial reporting objectives of the TransUnion Group
• Develop analysis based on metrics to evaluate financial and operational performance for the enterprise wide cross functional projects and initiatives.
• Responsible for ensuring systems are in place and established to enforce best practice business planning across the Group
• Identification and investigation of potential inefficiencies and risks encountered by the business based on financial and operational performance metrics
• Partner in leading the executive management team through all forecasting and budgeting exercises
• Analysis of financial and operational information to identify trends and interpret trends for senior management
• Partner in the development and implementation of the annual operating budget and resource plan
• Analysis of historical and forecasted business segment results including a review of major trends within each segment in terms of revenue, major cost categories and profitability
• Coordination with all levels of management and staff to gather, analyze, summarize
  and prepare recommendations regarding financial plans and business planning
• Coordination of monthly reports and forecasting for the Group that is:
• Expected
• Flash
• Walks
• Responsible for co-coordinating reports required by TU International
• Ensure all people practices are performed according to company policy and procedure and HR guidelines

Impact You'll Make:

• We are looking for 6-8 years’ experience within a large multinational commercial  organization (preferably CA(SA)). A proven track record of change implementation and process improvement is essential to the role along with a willingness and ability to work in an unstructured environment with fluid change processes. Prior FP&A experience and advanced PowerPoint skills would be an advantage.

In addition to the above requirements, the successful candidate will have the following competencies:

Functional Competencies:

• Advanced Excel skills
• Knowledge of financial systems, and financial system configuration
• Computerised accounting
• Operational finance