FINANCIAL PLANNING MANAGER

This is a high profile and varied role. Planning Manager prepares and analyzes financial outlooks and operating results, participate in the development of annual financial plans.  Planning Manager also participates in the coordination and preparation of management reviews of results.  Planning Manager provides financial and business expertise in areas such as compensation, profitability and business case analysis.
 
Key Areas of Responsibility
 
- Develop order and revenue plan, margin plan, expenses plan based on HC planning and plan and validate annual plan against any other corporate targets
- Perform revenue recognition assessment
Review bid PnL’s against contract terms and proposed revenue recognition
- Review and make required amendments for the annual recurring revenue reporting for actual and forecast
- Manage the month end Revenue / COR / expense accounting by advising of relevant GL entries to service center in Dublin
- Review outlook against contract terms and revenue recognition principles to verify the outlook achievability, identify risks
- Review Hyperion submission / results
Liaise with the sales support team on order processing/ billing
- Partner with other functions (e.g., consulting services team, accounting, sales, Sales operation, deal desk , marketing)
- Track sales team and PS compensation
- Track and act on financial key figures (ARR, recurring revenue , AR, inventory, …) of the organization
- Provide ad hoc analysis to the management 
Work Environment
- Cyclical work schedules / busy during weeks of year/month end and outlook submission
- Team focused
- Work with confidential information
- Work with multiple functional areas
- Interface with multiple levels of management
- Advanced in Excel and proficient in other Microsoft applications
- Knowledge of Business Objects preferred 

Scope

 4 + years in similar finance role (e.g. revenue, size/number accounts, number customers, Industry)