Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis

The FP&A Senior Analyst will report to the Director of Financial Planning and Management, and will be eventually assigned to a sub-department. The FP&A Senior Analyst will also be part of an extended FP&A organization with Finance and other IRC functions.

The FP&A Senior Analyst has a proven understanding of budget development and management; and is a strategic finance partner, with an ability to tell a story through numbers. Process management is an integral part of this role, and you will confidently manage the financial planning process for sub-departments, while ensuring key partner consensus, including ER and Finance leadership. Finally, you have honed your skills in revenue forecasting and modeling and will successfully forecast multi-year income revenues.

Major Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Director, ER team and Finance in developing annual budgets and forecasts;

• Provide expertise and leadership on assigned process or content areas; for example, advocacy and communications, mass market, or high value;

• Collaborate closely with ER leadership and manage partner consensus;

• Generate and analyze the monthly actual reports for assigned departments and work with the departments to identify issues and opportunities versus budget;

• Partner with the extended FP&A team to continuously improve annual budget and forecast processes;

• Design reports and analyses to enable management decision-making as relates to annual budget and ongoing funding decisions;

• Provide ad hoc finance decision support on critical initiatives, including the development of business cases for new projects or funding areas; and,

• Support the continued development and implementation of software and systems (e.g. Power BI, Microsoft D365) that enable FP&A delivery.

Key Working Relationships

Position Reports to: Director, Financial Planning and Management, who in turn will have a dual reporting structure to both Senior Director, Business Operations and Analytics and the Senior Director, Financial Planning & Analysis.

Position directly supervises: n/a

Indirect Reporting: n/a

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree, preferably in Business Administration or Finance

• Min. 3-5 years progressive budgeting/finance experience; proven knowledge in complex financial analysis and expertise working on budgets preferred; ability to create insight from data and analyses;

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and diplomatic skills: the ability to effectively liaise with colleagues in a diverse multi-cultural environment;

• Solid organizational skills and the ability to be flexible and to apply creative problem-solving skills;

• Computer and other technical skills: Advanced skills with Microsoft Excel and all MS Office applications; basic knowledge of SQL; experience with cloud-based planning tools, PowerBI and ERP systems (D365) is desirable.

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Standards of Professional Conduct: The IRC and IRC workers adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowance.