Sr. Financial Analyst
Micro Focus (now OpenText) is one of the world’s largest enterprise software providers. We deliver mission-critical technology and supporting services that help thousands of customers worldwide manage core IT elements of their business so they can run and transform at the same time.
The Opportunity :
Senior Financial Analyst responsible for managing and delivering accurate and timely royalty statements, calculations, performing reviews, analysis, and reconciliations.
Analyzing data is a key part of this role, so candidates for this position should be able to accurately compile, compare, spot trends and anomalies within statistical data.
Will be responsible for liaising with partners concerning royalty inquiries, which requires exceptional customer service skills.
The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, as they will need to work closely with external & internal stakeholders.
You are good at :
Extracting the revenue reports specific to required SKU / Services lines and calculation of associated Royalty for 3rd party vendors.
Month end close - determining & recording of Accruals accurately for the period.
Amortization of the prepaid royalty over the duration of the contract during month end.
Distribution of the final Royalty reports with the vendors and alignment to the calculation per contract terms.
Maintaining the Royalty amortization schedules, payments tracker.
Liaising with AP team on timely processing of the invoices and payment.
Balance Sheet Account Reconciliation Preparing, reviewing & approving.
Provide ad-hoc royalty expense historical / trend analysis to businesses in a timely and accurate manner to guide and influence strategic decision making.
Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement and support process improvement initiatives.
Drive research and resolution of vendor issues.
Support Financial and Sox Audits.
Update & create process documentation.
Assist ad-hoc projects, as requested by Leadership.
Protect organization’s value by keeping information confidential.
What it takes :
Accounting graduates with 8-10 years of relevant matching experience
Experience with applications such as Netsuite, Tableau, SAP is preferred.
Strong excel skills.
Knowledge of and experience with the analysis and reporting of financial and operational data, including ability to digest large quantities of data in order to build financial and management reports.
Ability to lead special projects as needed to provide analytical and decision support on new initiatives.
Experience in working with large amounts of data along with the ability to compile and extract insights from multiple data sources.
Ability to communicate with stakeholders in a clear and concise manner and lead discussions with key stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
Strong understanding of services delivered by finance teams (Procure to Pay)
Process improvement ideas for effective task management within deadlines, in shared service environment
Strong business acumen and analytical skills (MIS reporting)
Ability to exercise independent judgment and make sound decision in situation requiring trade-off.
Self-motivator with the ability and confidence to work independently and to strict deadlines.
Excellent team player, enthusiastic, innovative and proactive.
Flexibility to support different time-zones and geographies.
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