TM1 Cognos Super User – Finance Analyst

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Auto req ID: 208004BR

Job Description

The objective of this role is to support Europe Franchise Finance team’s planning, forecasting and reporting processes, ensuring these are delivered on time are reported throughout the systems consistently and meet the needs of the stakeholder groups. The primary focus will be to become first point of contact for providing expertise & technical support for planning systems use in Franchise Europe organization (TM1/Mosaic), own administration and governance of the tool, be responsible for master data accuracy and consistency, end users training and front line business support. Additionally the role will support the next stages of development and standardization of the TM1 system in Franchise Europe organization, adoption of business needs, testing new enhancements and fixing with Mosaic IT Team.

Main accountabilities:

·  Become key point of contact providing expertise & technical support for planning systems use in Franchise Europe organisation - FOBO module in TM1 (Mosaic) system
·  Ensure Master Data consistency (maintenance mappings, product & customer hierarchy)
·  Own administration and governance of the tool (open/close periods, create/initialize forecast scenarios)
·  Reconciliation of data (HFM, ERP) and cubes (Topline / COGS / OPEX / P&L and SPOT) for Actuals and Forecasts/Plans, high level adjustments and managerial allocations
·  Running SPOT workflows and export to Tableau (Cockpit) reporting system
·  End users training / Front line Business Support on TM1 (Mosaic)
·  Support work on the next stages of development and standardization of the TM1 system (drive system change initiatives to facilitate adoption of business needs along with new ways of working, test new enhancements and fixes with Mosaic IT Team)
·  Perform centralised processes / horizontal support for all BU - support data loading and reports generation
·  Support Franchise Finance BP and specific BU’s Franchise Finance requirements inall key activities such as: delivery of financial planning and analysis (AOP, forecasts, A&M budget building and curving, Build / Draw and inventory analysis), franchise performance, market place investment and innovation, business strategy development and control environment to drive operational efficiency
·  Involve in projects oriented at improvement of financial reporting and internal controls across the Franchise Finance
·  Act as an SME in process improvement, that will drive sector horizontal support in some areas (P&L, Sector Reporting, Control activities, Governance of EBA/BDA selected parts of A&M)

Qualifications/Requirements

•Around 1 to 2 years of professional experience in finance and planning / IT finance
•Knowledge of planning systems (TM1) is a must
•Good problem solving, analytical skills, attention to detail, ability to prioritize tasks
•Sound knowledge of database management (Alteryx), and financial reporting systems principles (SAP, Tableau) - strong advantage
•Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, strong ability to work in Excel
•Bachelor’s/Master’s Degreepreferably in finance/economics/econometrics area
•Exceptionalcommunication skills
•Proficiency in English language
•Ability to work across markets, cultures and at all levels in the organization within virtual teams​
•Project experience / working in a change environment would be an advantage
Relocation Eligible: Eligible for Limited Relocation
Job Type: Regular