About the job
The Red Hat Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Business Finance team is looking for an experienced Senior Financial Analyst to join our team in Cork, Ireland. In this role, your primary task will be to support the EMEA Sales team, which is a complex and integral part of our business. The scope of the role, while not limited to, will center on Operating Expense and Headcount. You will need to develop an in-depth understanding of the Red Hat EMEA Sales team and its processes, while performing technical analysis to determine present and future operational performance. You’ll also gather, analyze, prepare, and summarize recommendations for business plans, reporting activity, trending future requirements, and operating forecasts. As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will need to have financial and analytical expertise in transforming big data into impactful information that supports decision making from a reporting, planning, and forecasting perspective relative to the EMEA Sales team. You will need to be motivated with a continuous improvement mindset, flexible to deal with ad-hoc queries in a precise and timely fashion, have good communication skills and be a business storyteller, able to prioritize effectively, and deliver on requirements to the highest possible standard. You will work as part of the EMEA Business Finance team reporting to the Senior Manager of EMEA Sales Finance.
What you will do
Review the business team’s financial results following each month and quarter-end financial close; provide commentary, explanation, and support of actual, budget, forecast, year-over-year (YoY), and quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) variances
Analyze performance and monitor financial and other operational KPI metrics in alignment with the EMEA Business Finance team
Support fiscal year planning for the EMEA Sales team and assist in the development of financial-based justification for expenditures, additional investments, and expansion of new or existing locations and business activities
Develop an understanding of Red Hat’s business model in order to identify financial trends and provide value-added analysis
Prepare accurate, timely, and reliable financial analysis and reporting related to the Red Hat EMEA Sales team in accordance with the U.S. GAAP principles and the internal management reporting requirements of Red Hat
Coordinate and cooperate with business partners across teams that you will provide support for to ensure accurate, compliant, and complete financial information for actual, budget, and forecast
Build solid partnerships with key business partners and the broader finance community to provide strategic financial insights and recommendations
Partner with the Accounting team for the month and quarter-end close reporting, guiding internal processes to maintain and improve predictability of financial results
Innovate process improvements to streamline existing activities
Support and participate in various ad hoc initiatives and regulatory activities when required
About Red Hat
Red Hat (https://www.redhat.com/) is the world’s leading provider of enterpriseopen source (https://www.redhat.com/en/about/open-source) software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat helps customers integrate new and existing IT applications, develop cloud-native applications, standardize on our industry-leading operating system, and automate, secure, and manage complex environments. Award-winning support, training, and consulting services make Red Hat a trusted adviser to the Fortune 500. As a strategic partner to cloud providers, system integrators, application vendors, customers, and open source communities, Red Hat can help organizations prepare for the digital future.
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What you will bring
Qualified accountant with a relevant degree; MBA is a plus
3+ years of post qualified experience in a multinational environment, preferably software or technology companies
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Demonstrated record of stakeholder delivery and solid business partnering skills
Proactive with ability to take initiative in the delivery of tasks in a fast-paced environment
Results-focused with the ability to take ownership and accountability for deliverables
Ability to manage competing workloads and prioritize effectively
Good understanding of U.S. GAAP
Knowledge of and experience with Salesforce.com (SFDC), Oracle, or other enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and budgeting or reporting software like Hyperion and OneStream
Advanced Microsoft Excel, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Positive attitude and attention to detail
The following are considered a plus:
Previous experience with data visualization tools like Tableau
Experience with Google Sheets and Google Slides
Intermediate to experienced SQL
