Senior Finance Analyst

Company Description

SGS is the world’s leading Testing, Inspection and Certification company. We operate a network of over 2,500 laboratories and business facilities across 115 countries, supported by a team of 99,500 dedicated professionals. With over 145 years of service excellence, we combine the precision and accuracy that define Swiss companies to help organizations achieve the highest standards of quality, compliance and sustainability.

 

Job Description

Primary Responsibilities:

The Senior Finance Analyst supports the company’s Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), investment evaluation, and corporate development activities, while also contributing to financial planning and business performance management.

The role will work closely with management and business stakeholders to evaluate acquisition and investment opportunities, perform financial analysis and modelling, support due diligence, and monitor post-acquisition performance. The position also provides exposure to FP&A, business partnering, and strategic financial decision-making.

Specific Responsibilities:

1. Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) / Corporate Development

• Evaluate potential acquisition and investment opportunities through financial analysis and business case assessment.

• Develop financial models, valuation analysis, scenario analysis, and investment proposals.

• Support financial due diligence and coordinate with internal stakeholders and external advisers where required.

• Analyse the financial and commercial performance of potential acquisition targets.

• Support management in assessing the financial impact, risks, and potential returns of investment opportunities.

• Assist with post-acquisition integration, including financial planning, synergy tracking, performance monitoring, and reporting.

• Support other corporate development and strategic projects as required.

2. Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

• Analyse financial and operational data to provide actionable insights to management.

• Prepare variance analysis and identify key business and financial drivers.

• Support annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning.

• Develop and maintain financial models to support business planning and decision-making.

3. Business Partnering & Performance Management

• Partner with business units to understand operational and financial performance.

• Provide financial guidance and challenge assumptions to support management decisions.

• Support pricing, investment, profitability, and cost optimisation initiatives.

• Develop and monitor KPIs aligned with business objectives.

• Analyse profitability by product, segment, and geography.

4. Cost Control & Process Improvement

• Monitor cost performance and identify opportunities for efficiency improvement.

• Improve financial reporting processes, tools, and data quality.

• Support automation and data analytics initiatives.

• Work with ERP systems, including Oracle.

 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline.

• Professional qualification such as ACCA, CPA Australia, CA, or equivalent would be an advantage.

• Relevant experience in M&A, corporate development, transaction advisory, FP&A, financial modelling, investment analysis, or commercial finance.

• Strong financial modelling, valuation, budgeting, forecasting, and analytical skills.

• Exposure to financial due diligence, acquisition evaluation, integration planning, or post-acquisition performance tracking would be an advantage.

• Advanced Excel skills; experience with Oracle, ERP systems, and data visualisation/reporting tools would be advantageous.

• Strong commercial mindset with the ability to translate financial information into meaningful business insights.

• Able to work independently and manage multiple priorities.

• Confident in working with different levels of management and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Strong communication, presentation, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.