RESPONSIBILITIES Support the Global month-end forecasting and budgeting process. Build strong relationships with the business in support of key business areas. Challenge the forecast inputs from the other departments to obtain relevant and insightful understanding. Identify opportunities to use data to support decisions to improve business performance. Act as a liaison between the business and finance teams. Actively focus on supporting (& driving) business performance. Communicate key messages and insights obtained through variance and trend analysis to support the business decision-making across the Regions. Continuously evaluate activities that can be optimized and standardized. Ensure 1 version of truth across all financial reporting systems. Work with the FP&A Function, Regional Managers, and FP&A Analysts toward building new reports to support financial planning, management reporting, and regular and ad-hoc analyses. Support the data gathering and analysis to support global operations projects such as new products, footprint design, and insource vs. outsourcing options, embedding P&L and Cash Flow elements. Key competencies expected for this role to reach success and optimal performance: Focus on self-growth and challenge yourself in personal development: keep an open mind and learn from industry experts, participate in internal training, be part of technical developments related to your role, and apply the knowledge in your day-to-day work. Be passionate about your work: show excellent business acumen and apply your business knowledge to advance the organization's goals. Making the right calls at the right time. Be innovative: bring your ideas of improvements inside the team, and look at each process and task to constantly improve it to bring more value to you, the customer, your team, and the organization. Effective team player: contribute to a healthy work climate & actively participate in team meetings where you share professional experiences driving common team improvement. Change agility: You enjoy experiencing change and viewing problems as opportunities for change and improvement. Act like an owner: approach your daily work with ethics, responsibility, discipline, and ownership, knowing that everything you do impacts the customers, the company, and your development. QUALIFICATIONSEducation: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field. An MBA or relevant certification (such as CFA or CPA) is preferred. Experience and critical skills: 3+ years postgraduate experience in FP&A, Audit or Controlling required. Project coordination abilities represent a plus. Excellent communicator who can transform a regular analysis into insightful business reporting with appropriate visuals – , bridges, trends, graphs – to communicate key performance messages. Outstanding analytical skills and attention to detail: Experience with front-end analysis and reporting tools is a must – MS Office (advanced Excel skills). Experience managing and consolidating large data sets to drive a simplified message. Previous experience in an international and culturally diverse organization. Resilience, not thrown by ambiguity, uncertainty, and risk. Persuasive skills, using a style that matches the circumstances – logical persuasion, consensus building, and visioning. High level of ownership and accountability. Language skills: English – Minimum C1 required. Preferred skills: Power BI and financial planning systems – Hyperion Planning and HFM are a plus. Process mapping skills and Lean - Six Sigma OUR CORE PRINCIPALS: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Diversity & Inclusion.OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Customer Focus Operational Excellence High-Performance Culture Innovation Financial StrengthOUR BEHAVIORS Own It Act With Urgency Foster a Customer-First Mindset Think Big and Execute Lead by Example Drive Continuous Improvement Learn and Seek Out Development At Vertiv, we offer the stability of a global leader in a growing industry and the opportunity of a startup. We design, manufacture and service the mission-critical infrastructure technologies for vital applications in data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial environments. With $5 billion in sales, a strong customer base and global reach in nearly 70 countries, our move to establish a standalone business enables us to deliver greater value to our customers and create new opportunities for our people.
