Financial Analyst - Southern EuropeLocations: Barcelona, Spain
Posted on: 2 days ago
Job Requisition ID: JR-2024-14252
At Air Products, our goal is to bring together talented individuals to collaborate, innovate, and develop solutions to address global energy and environmental sustainability challenges. We strive to be a leading industrial gases company that is safe, diverse, and profitable, and we invite you to grow with us and build a better tomorrow.
Reimagine Endless Possibilities We are looking for a Financial Analyst based in Barcelona.
The Financial Analyst supports the Southern Europe Industrial Gases business (commercial and supply chain) in achieving their commitments by providing meaningful financial analysis, accurate reporting and planning, and general financial advice together with an input into decision making. As a Financial Analyst, you will: Contribute to achieving Operating Plan targets for the Southern Europe Industrial Gases business:Month-end close review results reporting, major factor preparation and analysis of monthly results and forecastingPrepare together with the regional management team the monthly/quarterly report package for the Business Area ReviewsQuarterly formal forecasts for the fiscal year, working closely with business leads, develop analysis comparing forecast to Operating plan targetsResponsible for preparation of the yearly Operating Plan, working closely with all areas of the businessProvide proactive business support, including elements like:Provide analysis on major operational/commercial projects – customer profitability, price/margin analysis, new business profitability analysisMonitor Capex and facilitate cost control of the supply chain and plant operationsContribute to business meetings and communicate effectively with the Southern Europe IG business at all its levelsAssist with preparing the "Cost to Serve" standards for the industrial gases business.Support various projects on an ad-hoc basis.Work with Supply Chain, Customer Engineering, Operations to help them understand cost performance, comparison to the prior year and Operating Plans.Proactively engage with the team, highlighting cost trends and helping develop actions to correct performance.Work with the team to support the identification of productivity programs, measuring impact/performance.Keep a close link between the business unit and the Accounting and Shared Businesses Services organization for the region.You will have: Finance Degree (MBA is a plus) and/or financial qualification (ACCA/CIMA/CMA/CFA).Experience in FP&A function would be beneficial.Prior business or finance partnering experience would be an advantage.Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.The high degree of initiative, ability to learn and efficiently manage multiple tasks.Strong communication skills and the ability to interact and communicate with all levels within the organization including senior management and other functions.Good systems knowledge (SAP, Analysis/BW) coupled with excellent Office skills (MS Excel).BI tools (BEX, Qlik Sense, Qlik View) knowledge would be beneficial.Languages: Spanish and English.#LI-SZ2 #LI-Hybrid We are a leading global hydrogen production company with over 80 years of experience in industrial gas production. We focus on hydrogen and industrial gas production, providing safe end-to-end solutions, making substantial investments in clean energy projects, and driving the industry towards clean energy for a better future.
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