Associate Director, Financial Planning and Analysis

The Finance and Administration Department at INSEAD encompasses a diverse range of critical functions, including Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Finance, Legal, Procurement, Risk and Audit. This department plays a pivotal role in ensuring the institution's financial health, compliance, and operational efficiency, supporting INSEAD's mission to deliver world-class education and research.

INSEAD is seeking an Associate Director Financial Planning & Analysis to join our Finance and Administration Department. This is a full-time, permanent position based at our Europe Campus in Fontainebleau, France. A hybrid working model is in place - 3 days on campus, 2 days from home.

**About the job**

Reporting to the Director of FP&A, you will play a key role in overseeing financial analysis, forecasting, and budgeting for consolidated business units and departments. You will also provide support to FP&A Business Partners in their respective areas. In this role, you will lead initiatives to enhance managerial reporting tools, further develop the Enterprise Performance Management System and Business Intelligence capabilities, and provide training and guidance to departments. Additionally, you will spearhead various finance and FP&A projects and contribute to establishing global financial and planning processes. These efforts are vital in equipping INSEAD’s leadership with data-driven insights to support strategic decision-making and optimize resource allocation.

**Your role within the team**

Budgeting and Financial Planning
- Prepare expenses budgeting and forecasting and long-term planning
- Prepare detailed financial modelling and business plans

Financial Analysis and Management Reporting
- Execute and analyse quarterly institutional and business KPIs
- Support for global P&L analysis and entity P&L’s (variances budget, forecast & actuals)
- Support and guide the department FP&A Business Partners to develop relevant and structured financial analysis and management reporting that supports business decisions and effective allocation of resources
- Prepare reports and analysis for management and the Board that summarises global financial performance and forecasts

Enterprise Performance Management, Business Intelligence and Data Management
- Drive the design and implementation of the Enterprise Performance Management System
- Ensure the quality, accuracy, consistency and relevance of data used for financial planning, budgeting and reporting across the school
- Work with the IT team to improve data quality, availability, and structure
- Improve and promote the use of technology for reporting and analysis
- Train and mentor FP&A Business Partners to advanced technical level.

Control and Compliance
- Implement processes and standards for effective cost and resource management
- Collaborate with other areas of the business, for example Risk, IT, HR, Legal and Finance to ensure strong controls and best practice policies and proceduresSupport and drive process improvements in order to streamline and free up time for more value-added tasks
- Bachelor or Master’s degree in accounting, finance, business or economics; CPA, ASSA, or similar professional certification is a plus
- At least 8 years experience in financial planning and analysis in a global environment; those with experience in education industry is a plus
- Experience with design and implementation of Financial Planning software, e.g. Oracle, Hyperion, SAP or other planning tools
- Able to actively cooperate with others and share ideas, being an integral part of our collaborative, solution-driven culture
- Passionate about delivering high-quality work and committed to maintaining professional expertise
- Able to communicate fluently in English and French would be a strong plus
- Curious, solution-driven, eager to learn, and excited to grow as they contribute to the success of our organisationHighly detail-oriented with a strong ability to maintain a strategic, big-picture perspective