Corporate FP&A Lead - Productivity Program and Investments

Corporate FP&A Lead – Productivity Program and Investments Location: US Remote: applicants must be currently based in the US. Reference ID: REFID882228 About this job We are seeking a Finance Leader to support our productivity programs. As part of ongoing transformation, integration, and restructuring efforts, we run various programs focused on reducing costs and improving margins. We identify and track multi-year savings opportunities and costs in collaboration with our finance and business teams. This role would lead the financial management support of these programs. Responsibilities

• Establish overall productivity process, calendar, and tracking mechanisms across multiple programs running parallel over multi-year periods.
• Manage our One-time Investment (OTI) budget and monitor restructuring expenditures in collaboration with accounting to ensure accuracy and in line with our strategy and debt covenants.
• Lead deep dive analysis on monthly results, identify variances, reach out to key stakeholders, and ensure ongoing resolution to deliver on commitments.
• Support project-based cost reduction efforts, ensure de-duplication across programs, and collaborate with the rest of the Corp FP&A team to ensure clear integration between forecasted EBITDA and productivity/OTI assumptions.
• Oversee journal entries and approval process in collaboration with controllership.
• Support business transformation leadership (c-suite) and partner with our regional and functional finance business partners to track and report results.
• Prepare monthly reporting packages and present them to leadership.
• Manage a team of 1 manager plus additional capacity to be staffed out of our Pune Hub.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of FP&A and financial business partnering experience.
• Action-oriented and building strong, long-term strategic relationships with stakeholders, partners, and internal functions.
• Experience in planning and forecasting for revenue and expenses.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Products and advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills (including advanced formulas, pivot tables, and data analysis tools).
• Ability to navigate in an ERP and Consolidations System (SAP & HFM a plus).
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex financial data.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Health insurance
• Parental leave
• Life insurance

Additional Information

About NIQ NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ, is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population. For more information, visit NIQ.com. Want to keep up with our latest updates? Follow us on: LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion NIQ is committed to reflecting the diversity of the clients, communities, and markets we measure within our own workforce. We exist to count everyone and are on a mission to systematically embed inclusion and diversity into all aspects of our workforce, measurement, and products. We enthusiastically invite candidates who share that mission to join us. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class. Our global non-discrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business worldwide. Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do by visiting the NielsenIQ News Center:  NIQ or any of our subsidiaries will never ask you for money at any point of the recruitment or onboarding process.