Business Analyst and Reporting Specialist - Finance Operations

Job Description:

Global Operations: Business Analyst & Reporting Specialist

Position overview

The Business Analyst & Reporting Specialist partners with senior stakeholders to deliver actionable financial and operational insights that inform strategy, enhance performance, and support global finance objectives. The role combines strong commercial acumen with analytical rigor to proactively identify trends, risks, and opportunities, translating complex data into clear, decision-ready narratives.

In addition to core business partnering, the role leads the development and evolution of Power BI reporting solutions, ensuring scalable, high-quality outputs that enable timely, data-driven decision-making. The position also supports emerging AI-driven reporting capabilities and contributes to Managed Services and Center of Excellence (COE) initiatives, helping establish standardized, efficient, and future-ready reporting processes.

The ideal candidate is a collaborative and adaptable professional who thrives in a fast-paced global environment, balancing stakeholder engagement with technical execution and continuous innovation.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with senior stakeholders to deliver timely, accurate, and actionable financial and operational insights that support decision-making.
• Perform financial and operational analysis to identify trends, risks, and opportunities; support budgeting, forecasting, and scenario modeling to guide business strategy.
• Design, develop, and manage Power BI dashboards and performance reporting in partnership with stakeholders; ensure outputs are insightful, scalable, and aligned to business needs.
• Translate complex financial data into clear, stakeholder-friendly narratives; provide concise commentary on key business drivers, KPIs, and variances.
• Support the evolution of AI-driven reporting capabilities, including automated insights and narrative generation, to enhance the efficiency and impact of reporting.
• Contribute to Managed Services and Center of Excellence (COE) initiatives through standardized reporting, process improvements, and support for close-out and transition activities.
• Respond to ad hoc requests with tailored analysis, projection models, and forward-looking insights to support strategic discussions.
• Build strong relationships across global finance teams; lead cross-functional workstreams, share knowledge, and help expand analytics and reporting capabilities.

Skills and competencies

• Strong understanding of finance and accounting principles.
• Advanced Power BI skills for data visualisation and reporting.
• Exposure to AI tools such as Copilot and Power Automate.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English proficiency required).
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving capabilities.
• Effective delegation, multitasking, and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and lead workstreams through facilitation, strong communication, and collaboration (no direct reports).
• Strong listening, consultative, influencing, and stakeholder-management abilities.
• Proficient in MS Office applications.
• Excellent time-management skills and ability to work well under deadlines.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required; MBA, CA, ACCA, or equivalent highly desirable.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and Power BI; MS SQL preferred. Hyperion SmartView and Essbase experience is a plus.
• SAP experience preferred.
• 9+ years of experience in finance processes and policies, including reporting and analysis.
• Experience working in a globally deployed accounting organisation.