Senior Analyst - Finance

We are M&G Global Services Private Limited (formerly known as 10FA India Private Limited, and prior to that Prudential Global Services Private Limited). We are a fully owned subsidiary of the M&G group of companies, operating as a Global Capability Centre providing a range of value adding services to the Group since 2003.

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions. 

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

M&G Global Services has rapidly transformed itself into a powerhouse of capability that is playing an important role in M&G’s ambition to be the best loved and most successful savings and investments company in the world.

Our diversified service offerings extending from Digital Services (Digital Engineering, AI, Advanced Analytics, RPA, and BI & Insights), Business Transformation, Management Consulting & Strategy, Finance, Actuarial, Quants, Research, Information Technology, Customer Service, Risk & Compliance and Audit provide our people with exciting career growth opportunities. Through our behaviours of telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

To update and analyse financial data, create forecasts, develop budgets and provide financial
insights to support informed decision making within the company.
Primary Key Responsibilities (Top 3-5 KRA)
• Demonstrates proactive engagement with stakeholders. Keen to understand business
processes in order to understand the reasons behind performing analytical tasks
• Financial analysis, Forecasting, Budgeting & Reporting
• Strong communication skills to drive conversations through active participations in calls,
sharing analysis
• Maintenance and data inputs into related key systems including general ledgers and forecast
systems
• Balance Sheet / Intercompany reconciliations
• Ad hoc requests for data and analysis

MI Reporting

• Preparation of financial analysis related to business performance or plan, serve a liaison / interface with various internal departments
• Provide updates to management regarding budget and forecasts, informing them of risks and opportunities.
• Revenue and Cost reporting against plan/ forecast, variance analysis and insights at department level.
• Preparing detailed Revenue and Cost MI
• Management reviews and value added analysis.
• Provide insights on positive and negative trends and anomalies associated with performance and communicate to business stakeholders.
• Develop, implement and maintain support documentation regarding operations, functionality, framework, policies and procedures
• Automate manual operations tasks and optimize business processes to reduce workload and create proficiencies wherever applicable
• Deliver scheduled reporting tasks
• Drive implementation of new processes and procedures

Forecasting and Budgeting

• Create and maintain financial forecasts. Analysing the forecasts and giving value added insights on variances.
• Create and manage budgets, including annual budgets and financial plans. Work with other departments to create accurate budgets.

Month end

• Reviewing of  the month end financials, create month end financial reporting, balance sheet reconciliations, updating  general ledgers to ensure accuracy of financial information.
• Ensuring compliance of relevant accounting checks. Be able to substantiate to auditor the basis and validity of revenue and costs.
• Fixed asset accounting.

Data integrity management

• Validating the financial data received from key systems with appropriate check and balances
• Understanding the implications on business performance and relate this in accounting terms
• Reconciliation and validation of  data at regular intervals
• Deal with queries on data from Finance team and business stakeholders independently

Ad Hoc

• Working on ad hoc request received from internal and external stakeholders
• Explanation the key movements and trends of MI figures to stakeholders

Key Stakeholder Management

Internal

• Finance UK – for hand offs, co-ordination, reporting
• HR – recruitment and training
• IT – Systems access
• Business Areas – provide/seek information
• Finance Systems – applications support
• Financial Accounting – accruals / audit / reconciliations

External

• External Auditors
• Third Party Vendors

Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Educational Qualification

Knowledge & Skills (Must Have) :

• Experience in Record to Report / FP&A
• Good analytical skills and commercial mindset
• Good knowledge of financial modelling, accounting, finance concepts with month end closing activities
• Practitioner knowledge in Office 365
• Good communication and presentation skills (verbal and written)
• Attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills, quick learner, SMART worker.
• Ability to effectively absorb information from various sources, then analyse and examine data in detail, and draw appropriate conclusions.
• A highly collaborative team player.
• Function as a motivated, self-starting, and independent individual
• Ability to interact at all levels of the organization to meet milestones
• Demonstrated integrity within a professional environment
• Flexibility, able to react quickly to changing priorities and timelines
• Takes responsibility and demonstrates ownership of issues

Knowledge & Skills (Additional) :

• Good knowledge of  Oracle EPM & Oracle Fusion / SUN GL  / Power BI
• An understanding of the Insurance / Investments products.

• Strong customer orientation and focus for effective customer service delivery

Experience:

• 2 to 3 years of relevant experience

Educational Qualification:

• Inter CA /Cost Accountant / MBA in Finance / Post Graduate or a Commerce Graduate

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G Global Services, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.