Controlling Business Intelligence Specialist

About the job

We are looking for a highly analytical Finance BI Specialist to join our Regional team based in the Philippines, overseeing the business in our APAC and Europe markets.

The Finance BI Specialist will collaborate with stakeholders across multiple continents to support the team in reporting, analysis, automation, and process improvement. The ideal candidate will have a track record as a significant individual contributor as well as a strong team player. The individual will have exceptional attention to detail, but will also be a strategic thinker, excited by the opportunity to test ideas and lead projects that impact the company.
Responsibilities:

• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders to understand business challenges and opportunities.
• Recommend solutions across the complex range of data visualization products and processes.
• Manage end-to-end data projects; identify issues, gather information from various sources, analyze data, interpret patterns and trends, give recommendations, build models, and create insightful automated reports
• Review day-to-day operation processes, identify areas of improvement and make actionable recommendations based on underlying analysis
• Analyze regional P&L performance, identifying key drivers of revenue and cost variances across APAC and Europe
• Interpret financial trends to provide commentary on business performance against budget and historical benchmarks
• Lead ad-hoc strategic deep-dives, translating raw data into actionable recommendations for regional leadership
• Continually automate/streamline processes to improve business efficiency in the region.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Data Analytics, Statistics or experience in a quantitative field where you gained experience in Business Intelligence, Controlling, or FP&A
• Conceptual knowledge of Financial Statements (Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Cash flow), working knowledge is a plus
• Professional certifications (e.g., CPA, CFA, or CIMA) are a significant plus.
• 2-4 years of experience in analytics & data science
• Strong experience in BI reporting software such as Tableau, with the ability to build automated financial models, cash flow dashboards, and budget trackers
• Quantitative mindset & proven analytic capabilities. Should be able to collect, organize, analyze significant amounts of information accurately
• Advanced Excel, SQL knowledge and experience
• High attention to detail and meticulous approach to data integrity
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to contribute both independently and as part of a team.
• Knowledge of data science and statistical modeling skills is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally