Senior Analyst - Strategic Planning & Financial Analysis

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Your team

Corporate Functions includes the Group’s non-banking activities and employs more than 600 people. These functions are carried out by specialists with expertise across all business units, and include the Communications, Compliance, Finance, Human Resources, Information Security, Internal Audit, Legal, Organisation & Digital, Risk and Tax departments.

We provide senior management with business financial insights to enable them to define the strategic priorities of the Group and assist with the planning and monitoring of their implementation.

Your role

• Coordinating our strategic planning process with our business lines and support functions.
• Mid-term financial planning and simulating the impact of proposed initiatives on the Group’s financial steering (P&L, balance sheet and key risk indicators).
• Coordinating the annual budget process, in particular defining the business lines’ targets and recommending resource reallocations based on the strategic priorities of the Group and business lines.
• Monthly financial forecasting and scenario planning at a Group and BL level, covering revenues, cost and capital.
• Preparing our quarterly performance reviews, including monitoring budget achievements and the progress of strategic initiatives in cooperation with our business lines.
• Monitoring of our cost base, analysis of the drivers thereof, and development of recommendations to actively manage its evolution (strategic cost controlling).
• Carrying out financial analysis of the value contribution of individual activities/markets (growth, productivity, profitability) and the development of recommendations for the Group’s senior management, in cooperation with the key stakeholders across our business lines.
• Continuously improving our planning and analysis tools and processes, as well as financial reporting.
  
  

Your profile

• Master’s degree or equivalent with a strong academic track record from a leading university.
• 3-5 years’ experience in a Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) department of a large multinational organisation (if in financial services a plus) or with a top management consulting firm.
• Knowledge of and interest in the banking/asset management industries.
• Excellent analytical skills, an ownership mindset and at ease with numbers.
• Experience with financial reporting/FP&A tools (Anaplan, SAP BPC, …) a plus.
• Fluent in English and basic knowledge of French.
• Must be resident in Switzerland or willing to relocate.
  
  

You are a self-starter, proactive and able to work on your own as well as being keen to join a young, dynamic and impactful team. You will be in contact with senior management across the Group, covering all of our business lines, and will be joining a Group that places emphasis on long-term thinking. You will also be expected to embrace the Group’s values and put these into practice in your daily activities.

Note

We will not accept any CVs via agencies.

Ref.:SA-SP&FA/CC/CBM

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Pictet is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse environment. We respect all individuals and seek their inclusion in the workplace.