Financial Analyst - FP&A

1 month, 3 weeks ago
Full-time
Mid Level
Data Science and Analytics
ALU

ALU

ALU is a global company providing turnkey solutions and custom products to diverse industries worldwide.

Specialty Retail
251-1K
Founded 1987

Description

  • Own the monthly COGS reporting cycle, including extraction, reconciliation, analysis, and variance commentary against budget.
  • Maintain the COGS master schedule and ensure direct costs are correctly coded, allocated, and reconciled to the NetSuite ledger.
  • Track overheads across departments and produce monthly departmental reports with variance analysis and narrative summaries.
  • Reconcile overhead spend, monitor committed spend and accruals, and challenge unbudgeted expenditure with budget owners.
  • Prepare core month-end and year-end close schedules, including prepayments, accruals, fixed assets, depreciation, and capitalized costs.
  • Maintain the fixed asset register and support audit-ready documentation for statutory and donor audits.
  • Support budgeting and forecasting by consolidating submissions, validating assumptions, and maintaining rolling cost forecasts.
  • Build scenario models and provide cost-side inputs for consolidated financial models, board reporting, and business cases.
  • Prepare monthly cost performance reporting, including management accounts, dashboards, and expenditure insights.
  • Track CAPEX against approved budgets and prepare project cost reports, including forecast-to-completion updates.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
  • 3–5 years of experience in overhead tracking, cost variance analysis, and supporting schedule preparation.
  • Strong proficiency in Google Sheets and/or Excel, including advanced formulas, pivot tables, and structured financial models.
  • Experience working with ERP systems; NetSuite experience is a strong advantage.
  • Solid understanding of management accounting principles, including accruals, prepayments, fixed assets, and cost allocation.
  • Detail-oriented with a disciplined approach to reconciliation and schedule accuracy.
  • Clear written communication skills, with the ability to explain cost findings in plain language for management.
  • Part-qualified or fully qualified accountant certification such as ACCA, CPA, CIMA, CA, or equivalent is preferred.
  • Experience in education, non-profit, or international development financial environments is desirable.
  • Exposure to CAPEX management, project cost tracking, fixed asset accounting, grant budget tracking, or donor fund allocation is an advantage.
  • Audit or assurance background is an added advantage.
  • Working knowledge of SQL for data extraction and reconciliation is advantageous.
  • Experience with Salesforce for billing, opportunity, payment, or donor register data is advantageous.

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