Senior Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis (2389372)

Job Title: Senior Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis (2389372)

Job Summary:

• This position is part of the FP&A CoE Operations Management team which is based out of Walmart Global Tech Chennai office. This team primarily provides operational support to WMT HQ Finance Team and drive continuous improvement/enhancements for budgeting and planning processes 

• Finance professional having 2-3 years of experience in FP&A processes (various planning models including driver based planning) with robust understanding of FP&A tools and technology who can  support transformations & ongoing improvements/ operations of different Walmart segments FP&A processes   

About the team:

• This position is part of the FP&A CoE Operations Management team which is based out of Walmart Global Tech Chennai office. This team primarily provides operational support to WMT HQ Finance Team and drive continuous improvement/enhancements for budgeting and planning processes 

What You’ll Do (3 to 5 brief pointers about the roles and responsibility)

• Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and partner teams (product, engineering) to manage & continuously improve product processes and enabling technologies

• Ability to work in a matrix environment and collaborate across business and fin-Tech teams 

• Sound understanding of forecasting and budgeting (AOP) activities with experience of end to end cycle (Variance analysis, flash reports, etc) 

• Understanding and knowledge of working with large datasets with multiple dimensions. Understanding of primary system interaction with multiple systems 

• High proficiency in excel based modelling, developing & maintaining clean, scalable, and flexible models 

• Strong experience in Excel modelling required 

• Collaborate with Fin-tech & business teams in product UAT and sign off  

• Ability to identify execution risks and roadblocks in timely manner thereby ensuring noiseless delivery and efficient stakeholder management  

• Proven ability to accurately document existing processes, change requests and business requirements and maintaining functional design models 

• Support in maintaining training documentation to capture FP&A models and system 

• Experience of tech implementation/enhancements along with hyper-care support 

What You’ll bring (3 to 5 brief pointers about the qualifications, exposures and experiences required for the role)

Minimum qualifications:

• CA / CPA / MBA or equivalent qualification 

• Minimum 2-3 years of post-qualification experience in FP&A processes 

• Experience of working with Fin-Tech and product teams in matrix environment 

• Understanding of excel based financial data modelling 

Additional Qualifications: 

• Knowledge of JIRA & Confluence will prove to be an asset 

• Exposure to OneStream/ HFM application will be added advantage 

• Experience in finance/FP&A transformation role in an agile methodology .