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The Senior Analyst Business Finance plays a critical role in supporting the Finance Business Partner teams

• delivering accurate and timely financial reporting and operational support
• ensuring compliance with deadlines and accounting standards
• whilst pro-actively challenging the business and its financial performance.

This role will focus on analyzing financial data, preparing financial reports, maintaining financial systems, and providing operational insights to assist in decision-making. He/She must be looking to deliver efficiency gains through continuous work practice improvements, adopt and share best practices whenever applicable, and ensure scrupulous compliance to SITA policies, processes, and guidelines at all times.

The Senior Analyst will collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure seamless financial operations and adherence to reporting standards.

As this role supports the AMER region, it requires working the afternoon shift (3:00 PM–12:00 AM) to enable effective collaboration with Americas-based team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Financial Controlling and Reporting, Forecasting

• Handle month-end close activities to ensure a proper and reliable actual base (including where appropriate bundle product reclass, revenue deferral, revenue/cost alignment validation, etc.).
• Prepare and consolidate financial reports; perform financial control and reporting on actuals, and participate in monthly reviews with P&L / cost owners (including Revenue Flash, monthly margin reporting, and standard reporting packs).
• Analyze and reconcile financial data; conduct variance analysis and financial performance reviews to identify trends, insights, and key drivers, ensuring consistency and comparability across regions and reporting cycles.
• Prepare preliminary forecasting projections on revenue, costs, and headcount to support business reviews, ensuring timely and structured submissions of allocation inputs and revenue/cost drivers across geographies.
• Maintain data integrity by validating recurring journal activity, allocation inputs, and standardized financial templates used for MFR/QBR cycles.

Financial Data Analysis:

• Contribute to the development of performance management frameworks, including support for KPI definitions, dashboards, and simulation of financial scenarios.
• Analyze financial data to support budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning; support budget production including settlement of interlock reviews with relevant stakeholders.
• Provide inputs to the 3-Year Business Plan and Product Portfolio preparation.
• Provide insights and recommendations to Finance Business Partner teams through strong revenue, margin, and cost-trend analytics, supported by high-quality datasets and validated reporting packages.
• Enhance analytical depth by ensuring consistency of financial definitions, reporting structures, and underlying data across periods, geographies, and management review cycles (MFR/QBR).
• Collaborate with Data Science and IT teams to enhance financial data analytics capabilities and improve reliability of reporting outputs.

Financial Operations Support:

• Assist in maintaining financial systems and databases to ensure accurate and up-to-date financial information, supporting smooth month-end submission and reporting routines.
• Support financial processes to ensure efficient financial operations, including recurring journal cycles, balance sheet routines, cost tracking templates, and operational reporting dependencies.
• Coordinate with cross-functional and regional teams to resolve financial issues, drive standardization of workflows, and ensure completeness and accuracy of reporting inputs (e.g., OneStream).

Financial Controls and Compliance:

• Participate in financial audits and reviews to ensure compliance with internal controls and financial regulations, maintaining strong documentation and control evidence for audit readiness.
• Support the implementation of financial policies and procedures to enhance financial controls and governance, ensuring structured reconciliation and review frameworks across regions.
• Ensure alignment between Statutory reporting and Management reporting results.
• Confirm IFRS and accounting policy compliance.
• Play an active role in Balance Sheet control activities, including validation of recurring revenue, margin, and cost reporting cycles to strengthen the overall control environment.

Reporting Automation:

• Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation in financial reporting and data analysis.
• Collaborate with IT and analytics teams to implement automated reporting solutions and streamline financial processes, particularly across Flash, MFR, and QBR cycles.
• Support standardization by transitioning legacy reporting formats into unified, globally consistent templates and scalable reporting frameworks.

SKILLS & CAPABILITIES

Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency in financial systems, Excel, ERP data structures, reporting tools, and automated templates.
• Ability to work with structured datasets and standardized reporting frameworks across multiple geographies and recurring reporting cycles.
• Familiarity with BI platforms and a continuous improvement mindset toward automation and analytics-driven reporting.

Analytical Skills

• Strong financial analysis, data interpretation, and variance investigation capabilities.
• Ability to detect anomalies and trends across large datasets and multi-region reporting structures, ensuring consistent logic and governance in reporting outputs.

Soft Skills

• High attention to detail and strong follow-through to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and consistency in reporting deliverables.
• Ability to communicate with regional teams and ensure alignment to global reporting standards and financial governance.
• Process- and structure-driven mindset with strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills.

- Minimum 5 years work experience preferably within a large international company with a matrix business structure - Experience in shared service centre is an advantage

- Management Accounting- Financial and Budget Control experience- Knowledge of Financial Systems is key (Competence in Excel. Access and Essbase are mandatory)- Ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines- Quality control skills- Ability to communicate with internal customers

• Attention to Detail
• Financial Acumen
• Financial Systems & Processes
• Info Gathering&Processing

• Adhering to Principles & Values
• Communication
• Creating & Innovating
• Customer Focus
• Impact & Influence
• Leading Execution
• Results Orientation
• Teamwork

- University degree in Finance or Accounting is imperative- Membership of a relevant Finance/Accounting accreditation body desirable- Good knowledge of International accounting standards

Were all about diversity. We operate in 200 countries and speak 60 different languages and cultures. Were really proud of our inclusive environment. Our offices are comfortable and fun places to work, and we make sure you get to work from home too. Find out what its like to join our team and take a step closer to your best life ever.

🏡 Flex Week: Work from home up to 2 days/week (depending on your teams needs)

⏰ Flex Day: Make your workday suit your life and plans.

🌎 Flex-Location: Take up to 30 days a year to work from any location in the world.

🌿 Employee Wellbeing: We have got you covered with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), for you and your dependents 24/7, 365 days/year. We also offer Champion Health - a personalized platform that supports a range of wellbeing needs.

🚀 Professional Development: At SITA, we believe growth fuels innovation. Our learning ecosystem offers access to world-class platforms and programs designed to help you thrive. From LinkedIn Learning, Microsofts Enterprise Skills Initiative, and Airport Council International -available to all employees-to specialized solutions like Pluralsight for technology upskilling, Harvard Business Publishing for people leadership, Stanford for strategic development and many others, we align learning opportunities with your Development Plan and our business priorities. Your development journey is supported every step of the way.

🙌 Competitive Benefits: Competitive benefits that make sense with both your local spanet and employment status.

SITA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value a diverse workforce. In support of our Employment Equity Program, we encourage women, aboriginal people, members of visible minorities, and/or persons with disabilities to apply and self-identify in the application process.