Reporting to the Director of Corporate FP&A, the Senior Financial Analyst is a results-driven, detail-oriented professional focused on enhancing efficiency and scalability as KORE evolves. This role is accountable for being a trusted team-member to strengthen FP&A reporting capabilities, working cross-functionally to elevate service levels for internal stakeholders and providing crucial input to the FP&A strategy. Core responsibilities include assisting with the OPEX quarterly forecasting process, Annual Operating Plan, monthly reporting and the maintenance of supporting systems and tools. You have a questioning mindset with a passion for detail and appreciate the impact that good financial reporting has on a business’s success.
This role is a temporary role lasting approximately 12-18 months.
CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES
Financial
- Ensure monthly financial results are accurately reported under US GAAP. Collaborate with stakeholders to propose monthly accruals and journal entries for month-end close procedures while maintaining internal controls and adhering to audit guidelines. Proactively identify opportunities for automation and process efficiency.
- Assist in the preparation of OPEX reports and presentations for executive leadership, the Board of Directors, and external stakeholders, ensuring clarity and precision. Support ad-hoc analysis to provide data-driven insights that inform decision-making.
- Deliver timely, accurate analysis of financial results, investigating variances, and identifying financial issues with strategic and operational impacts. Recommend solutions to address gaps and monitor key trends such as headcount and vendor investments against forecast assumptions.
- Assist in maintaining financial reporting processes and controls to ensure timely and accurate consolidation of forecasts and actual results across all business units, providing clear insights into organizational performance.
- Provide analysis and recommendations to enhance productivity, drive growth, improve processes, and identify new key value-added metrics for KORE.
- Deliver sharp, insightful financial analysis. Your keen eye will spot trends, analyze variances, and provide strategic solutions to financial challenges.
Customer
- Effectively partner cross-functionally with various departments to generate accurate financial and business reporting for executive management.
- Collaborate with FP&A leadership to generate global reporting, presentation creation, and supplemental backup materials to provide valuable reporting content for senior leadership (OPEX reporting, variance analysis/bridges, etc.).
- Improve transparency and understanding of financial reports for internal customers, providing training and resources to empower better decision-making.
- Effectively partner across the FP&A team to build a reporting framework, manage documentation, and change management strategies for reporting.
Budgeting & Forecasting
- Coordinate and oversee the OPEX and headcount AOP process and ensure operational planning is coordinated across various functional areas, inclusion and sign-off from multiple internal stakeholders, and aligns to KORE’s strategic objectives.
- Effectively streamline and continuously improve the OPEX consolidation and reporting processes as you learn more, reducing cycle time while ensuring data integrity and accuracy.
- Engage with departmental leaders to refine and adjust financial forecasts, reflecting changing business conditions.
- Ensure that all forecasting activities are conducted transparently, with clear communication and stakeholder involvement
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in an analytic field of study plus a business approach; Finance, Accounting, Math, Statistics, Economics or other relevant fields.
- Minimum 4 years of relevant experience in FP&A, Consulting, or Data Analytics.
- Pursuing or completed a Professional Accounting or Finance designation.
- Understanding of financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and experience with ERP/Planning systems (NetSuite, Salesforce & Workday Adaptive) an asset.
SKILLS/COMPETENCIES
- Analytical problem solver with a passion for using data to solve business problems.
- Experience managing Workday Adaptive Planning or similar platforms an asset.
- Experience with visualization and query tools like Power Query, Power BI, Qlik, Tableau, or similar tools
- Ability to learn other strategic skills to support the work of FP&A and drive other projects required at an executive level.
- Strong engagement skills to communicate effectively across all levels of diverse teams
- Ability to leverage strategic storytelling as a core competency to effectively communicate complex ideas, influence decision-making, and align teams around organizational goals.
- Proven ability to multi-task, problem-solve and prioritize without compromising details to accuracy or work deadlines.
KORE VALUES:
Customer Obsession
We earn trust through deep understanding and relentless commitment. We earn the trust of our customers and aim to delight them through our solutions – we want to be loved by our customers.
Be the Spark
We lead with energy, creativity, and urgency. We don't wait for change – we ignite it. We listen, engage, and encourage others to participate.
Own the Outcome
We take accountability seriously – delivering on our promises to customers, teammates, and ourselves. We finish what we start. We think like owners and we’re frugal where it makes sense.
Grit & Positivity
We face challenges head-on – with resilience, optimism, and determination. We look at these situations as an opportunity to create a positive outcome. When we make a commitment, we deliver. We challenge those in a respectful way that do not meet their commitments.
Challenge. Debate. But Be Human.
We speak up, question assumptions, and challenge ideas – not people. We aim for the best outcomes through respectful, direct, and open dialogue, keeping in mind we’re all on the same team.
OTHER DUTIES
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
WORKING CONDITIONS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee must regularly sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; communicate. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
KORE Wireless Group, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of any kind. KORE is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at KORE are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identify and/or expression, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. KORE will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
