Undergraduate - Financial Planning & Analysis (Automobile)

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Undergraduate - Financial Planning & Analysis (Automobile)

At Honda we embrace inclusion in our various policies, so whilst our contracts state that the hours are as required to fulfil the role with a minimum of 35 hours per week, we offer flexibility for when you work. The regular office hours are 08:00 – 16:00 Monday to Thursday with a half hour lunch break & 08:00 – 13:00 on a Friday. However, we offer flexibility of when you work with our daily flex-time start of between 07:00 and 11:00 providing that there is no business requirement.

Whilst there is no contractual right to work from home, the flexibility we offer is that you can request to work from home for a maximum of 50% of the working days in any one month, again providing there is no business requirement to attend the office.

Role: 

This is a role of Financial Planning and Analysis for Honda Motor Europe Automobile division. 

The role will support both the Business Management team and the European branches’ financial operations. Key tasks will involve price maintenance, analysis, and reporting of financial results, as well as preparation of the financial information for budget events.

Main Responsibilities: 

• Assistance in Price Maintenance for Branches, distributors and Export.
• Support yearly and quarterly price maintenance in SAP.
• Assistance in issuing quarterly quotations.
• Receiving and collating relevant documentation for parts shipments.
• Actual results analysis.
• Collation and analysis of branch variances between budgeted and actual results using Hyperion Planning.
• Support with reporting of the financial analysis to division managers.
• Budget Support.
• Supporting scheduling and booking facilities for budget meetings with European branches, factories and distributor teams.
• Preparation of reporting templates and collation of branch responses.
• Preparing KPI analysis and ad hoc requests for Business Management team.

Qualifications, skills and experience: Required/Desirable

Required

• Must be an undergraduate, undertaking a Business degree with an Economics, Accounting or Finance focus, looking for a placement as part of their studies.
• Advanced Excel Skills – (including use of Lookups, IF’s, Formatting, embedded formula, linking cells etc.).
• Strong Analytical Skills and ability to understand representations of financial data.
• Proficient with PowerPoint.
• Willingness to learn is key to benefit the support of the team to develop your professional skills. Hyperion Planning and SAP trainings will be provided for the purpose of the role.
• Logical thinking, attention to detail and high degree of accuracy.
• Well organised, calm under pressure with the capacity to manage several tasks at once and prioritise effectively.
• An enthusiastic person who takes initiative and is prepared to be pro-active and challenge the norm with a positive attitude.

Desirable 

• Working knowledge of Hyperion and/or SAP would be beneficial.

About Honda

Honda aims to become the “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative. In order to continue to be a company society wants to exist, Honda strives to help people create a better society through our technologies, ideas and designs. 

Honda is looking for talented Associates to innovate and shape the future of our society. By choosing Honda, you’re choosing a path to personal and professional success. 

The Honda Philosophy and our Fundamental Beliefs drive our desire to “help people and society” and “expand life’s potential”. The underlying basis of such efforts is the concept of “Respect for the Individual,” which is at the centre of our philosophy. We always put “people” in the centre of our thinking, and we believe in the potential of people.

This philosophy is not only shared by all Associates, but also forms the basis for all company activities and sets the standard for the conduct and decision-making of all Associates throughout the Honda Group. 

With over 70 years of heritage, Honda has always been focused on bringing joy to its customers and society. We are always focused on delivering products that answer the real needs of customers. 

Over 76 years, Honda’s passionate associates have delivered innovation and excellence that has made it the world’s largest maker of internal combustion engines. But the challenge of decarbonisation is now the most pressing concern and Honda has committed to act. 

Honda has set an ambitious target and began initiatives to realize carbon neutrality throughout its operations by 2050. Here in Europe, our Automobile range is 100% electrified and this year saw the addition of our second electric motorcycle; the CUV e: scooter to our line-up. At the same time, we will strive to realize a “zero environmental footprint” through our initiatives in manufacturing, such as the utilisation of renewable energy and recycling of resources.

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