Finance Planning & Variance Analyst

About the role

Western Digital is looking for a Finance Planning & Variance Analyst to work on the budget plan and monthly variance forecasting. The role involves coordinating with all parties, tracking spending against budget and reporting variances to the manager.

Key responsibilities

• Work and coordinate with all parties during the budget plan and monthly variance forecast.
• Monitor the variance forecast versus actuals on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Track and compare actual company spending against the budget and report any significant changes to the manager.
• Analyse spending expenses, verify they are correctly recorded and share the reports with each counterpart department.
• Coordinate with related departments to achieve measurement targets.
• Verify the completeness of purchase requisitions (PR) and ensure budget is available to proceed.
• Communicate with related parties to obtain the variance and set up forecast PRB and BPI business units.
• Perform any additional responsibilities as assigned.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, Industrial Engineering or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in finance, or some experience as a financial analyst.
• Experience in budgeting planning, cost engineering or scrap management.
• Ability to communicate and negotiate towards specified objectives.

Preferred profile

• Experience in planning and Oracle Cloud.
• Attention to detail, accountability, continuous learning and good human relations.

Required skills

• Fluent English communication.
• Computer literacy.
• Logical thinking, negotiation and presentation skills.