Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

What You Will Do (Responsibilities)

• Analyze business performance vs. forecast, budget, and prior year to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Develop financial models and business cases to support decision-making and profitability.
• Prepare monthly reports and KPI dashboards, providing clear insights and anticipating key questions.
• Support budget and Long Term Plan (LTP) processes, including target setting and trend analysis.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to drive financial analysis on key initiatives (new business opportunities).
• Communicate financial results and insights effectively to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Operate independently in fast-paced and ambiguous environments.
• Continuously identify opportunities for process improvement and professional development.

Your Skills and Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field.
• 2–3 years of experience in finance, accounting, billing, logistics, or financial back-office roles.
• Intermediate English proficiency.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel; working knowledge of SAP and Power BI.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with autonomy and flexibility.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present insights to diverse audiences.

What Gives You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Execute and monitor the assigned trade flow end to end, from transaction and master-data readiness through billing, documentation, and post-billing follow-up.
• Perform daily billing activities in SAP, ensuring accurate, timely, and complete invoices in accordance with business requirements, commercial terms, and internal controls.
• Coordinate with customers, suppliers, logistics providers, and internal stakeholders to validate shipment, pricing, material, and billing information and resolve operational issues.
• Create, maintain, and validate SAP master data and transaction records, including materials, customer or supplier information, sales orders, and other documents within the assigned scope.
• Validate prices, payment terms, and required invoice details for new materials, new customers, and changes to existing business flows; escalates exceptions when needed.
• Prepare and monitor supporting documentation, including proforma information, shipment details, credit or debit notes, and other documents required for accurate invoicing.
• Monitor the shipment and billing plan, open items, exceptions, and changes to orders to support month-end close, forecasting, and timely issue resolution.
• Support the implementation of new business flows and SAP changes by validating requirements, testing transactions, updating working files, and confirming operational readiness.
• Improve working files, templates, controls, and reporting tools to make billing activities faster, more standardized, and less prone to error; contribute to Lean, automation, and AI-enabled efficiency initiatives.
• Prepare recurring reports and provide status visibility on billing, trade-flow execution, issues, and required follow-up, while maintaining appropriate segregation of duties and escalating risks in a timely manner.

Your Skills and Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Accounting, Business Administration, International Business, or a related field.
• Experience using SAP for operational transactions, billing activities, or master-data maintenance.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including working with structured data, reconciliations, and operational reports.
• Ability to analyze transaction details, identify discrepancies, and follow through on issue resolution.
• Strong organization and attention to detail, with the ability to manage recurring deadlines and changing priorities.
• Effective communication skills for coordinating with customers, suppliers, logistics providers, and internal teams.
• Intermediate English proficiency, both written and spoken.
• Ability to work within established controls, approval requirements, and segregation-of-duties rules.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new systems and processes quickly and share process knowledge with peers.

What Gives You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience managing an international trade flow or a billing process involving multiple entities, customers, suppliers, or logistics providers.
• Up to three years of experience in billing, finance operations, order-to-cash, supply chain operations, shared services, or a related area.
• Knowledge of SAP order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, material master, pricing, or billing processes.
• Exposure to process improvement, Lean, workflow simplification, automation, AI tools, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Familiarity with Power BI, data visualization, or other reporting and workflow tools.
• Experience working in a multinational company, shared services environment, or finance operations organization.
• Knowledge of Google Workspace tools, including Google Sheets, Drive, Docs, and collaboration workflows.

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need gm immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}. This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

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