WTW’s Finance function is looking for a Manager, Team Leader to join its Global Finance Analytics Centre of Expertise (GFA CoE) team. You will play a critical role in helping to manage WTW’s GFA CoE’s success, managing a team of GFA colleagues, and partnering closely with Business Finance teams and the broader GFA CoE global team to deliver business outcomes.

You will work closely with Business Finance leaders in the FP&A processes and maintain the quality, timeliness, and SLAs of its deliverables – reporting, analytics, insights, forecasting, and planning. You will help develop the skills, people and culture within the team while managing their day-to-day workload.

You will be expected to become an expert and develop deep technical knowledge of WTW’s processes, continue to optimize processes within the guidelines of the global GFA CoE model, and lead interactions with global and local stakeholders to collaborate on specific deliverables.

People Management/ Development

• Provide direction and guidance to the team on a day-to-day basis.

• Set objectives for direct reports and conduct regular goals and objective settings.

• Communicate frequently with team members via 1-to-1 meetings and team meetings.

• Identify and develop leadership qualities in individuals and groom them for the next level.

• Manage and delegate work fairly and effectively within the team.

• Develop individuals to their full potential.

• Responsible for managing attrition and absenteeism in the team.

Primary responsibilities include the following:

• Review and deliver outputs from the team

• Drive financial planning process within assigned segment / business unit / regions / functions.

• Deliver financial analysis and key performance drivers to support understanding of business results.

• Deliver monthly financial performance vs. budget, forecast, and highlight risk and opportunities.

• Deliver client profitability analysis, new business, and revenue analysis to support business growth.

• Deliver salary, benefits, and other cost reporting and analysis.

• Deliver working capital and cash flow analysis to explain Free Cash Flow drivers.

• Ability to resolve queries of the team, other stakeholders through good judgement and understanding of WTW processes

• Full understanding of the financial statements including P&L, Balance Sheet, and Statement of Cash Flow

• Maintain investment, cost, transformation tracking and reporting, analysis.

• Understand the planning process and assist with establishing WTW’s budget / forecast.

• Maintain monthly and quarterly deliverables and reviewing with Business Finance leaders including revenue analysis, month-end results and commentaries, quarterly business reviews presentations.

• Create financial models and analysis with decision oriented KPIs.

• Assess processes for improvement, create process mapping, and lead the team in maintaining standard operating procedures documentation.

• Ensure smooth transition of processes, tasks from different teams by proactively addressing requirements and providing solutions.

• Meeting agreed global service standards and adherence to internal procedures to provide a globally consistent service.

• Set up goals and objectives for the team members and conduct performance reviews of the team members.

• Ad-hoc and project support.

• Any other additional responsibility commensurate with existing or new process requirements.

The Finance function serves both internal and external customers: colleagues within our company, client organizations, shareholders, financial institutions, suppliers, and regulatory agencies around the world.

Requirements

• 8-10 years of relevant FP&A experience in a large company and/or public accounting setting.

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Finance, Accounting, Business Management, or another quantitative field. A Master’s degree is a plus.

• 3-5 years of managerial experience and leading more junior team members.

• Professional accounting certifications desired.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (i.e. Word, PowerPoint, Advanced Excel, Outlook, Visio, etc).

• Working experience with FP&A and Business Intelligence applications – Hyperion Planning / ePBCs, Anaplan, PowerBI, Tableau, Alteryx.

• Written and oral communication skills in English and French

• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a global team.

• Strong attention to detail is essential.