The Operations Analyst is the day-to-day finance partner for an assigned portfolio of CES programs,
clients, and sites. The role maintains a reliable financial view through gross margin and EBIT, ensures
accurate and timely invoicing, explains performance using operational drivers, and gives operational
leaders actionable insight. Analysts work as a pooled team under their regional Finance Business
Partner, with assignments balanced for revenue, complexity, location, billing effort, and stakeholder
needs.
1. Financial Management Through EBIT
Maintain program- and site-level actuals, forecasts, budgets, and outlooks for revenue, direct labor,
delivery costs, site expenses, gross margin, and EBIT.
Support the monthly close by validating results, preparing or coordinating accrual and
reclassification support, reconciling operational and financial data, and resolving queries and
concerns with Accounting.
Explain gross-margin performance using measurable drivers such as volumes, price, mix,
attendance, productivity, B2P, occupancy, wage rates, overtime, training, nesting, shrinkage, and
other delivery inputs.
2. Forecasting, Planning, and Scenario Analysis
Build driver-based forecasts and budget inputs for assigned programs and sites using approved
financial and operational assumptions.
Refresh outlooks when client volumes, staffing inputs, pricing, wage rates, launch plans, or delivery
conditions change materially.
Model scenarios and sensitivities that help operating leaders evaluate corrective actions and trade
offs.
Flag unsupported assumptions, emerging trends, and potential forecast bias early to the Finance
Business Partner and accountable operational leader.
Receive and financially translate approved workforce and capacity inputs from Workforce
Management.
Reconcile workforce assumptions to financial forecasts and identify inconsistencies, missing drivers,
or unexplained changes.
Challenge inputs when they do not align with financial results, contractual commitments, or
observed operating trends.
Escalate unresolved gaps jointly to the Finance Business Partner and appropriate Workforce
Management or operational leader.
3. Operational Insight and Stakeholder Partnership
Deliver concise, decision-oriented analysis to program, site, and regional leaders; focus on root
causes, financial impact, recommended action, and expected timing.
Prepare recurring program financial reviews and follow up on agreed actions until resolved or
formally reforecast.
Connect financial performance to operational measures and identify opportunities to protect
revenue, improve delivery efficiency, and expand gross margin.
Escalate material issues involving performance, data quality, contractual interpretation, billing, or
control breakdowns.
4. Client and Commercial Support
Maintain working knowledge of assigned contracts, pricing schedules, billing rules, minimum
commitments, pass-through items, service changes, and relevant performance provisions.
Provide financial analysis for client discussions, change requests, renewals, program launches,
remediation plans, and operational business cases.
5. Invoicing and Revenue Assurance
Prepare or coordinate complete, accurate, and timely invoices for assigned programs in accordance
with contract terms, approved pricing, and period cutoffs.
Reconcile billed amounts to operational source data and the financial outlook; document approvals,
adjustments, credits, unbilled items, and exceptions.
Track invoice status, disputes, credits, and recurring root causes, partnering with the appropriate
teams to accelerate resolution.
Maintain auditable invoicing workpapers and backup coverage for critical billing cycles.
AI, Automation, and Data Responsibilities
Use standardized data models, dashboards, and automated workflows as the primary source for
recurring analysis; identify manual processes suitable for improvement.
Partner with the Automation Analyst as the finance process owner: define requirements, test
outputs, document exceptions, and confirm that controls and reconciliations remain effective.
Use AI-assisted tools for anomaly detection, variance exploration, forecasting support, and draft
narratives while independently validating material conclusions against approved source data.
Develop reproducible analysis rather than one-time spreadsheets, with clear sources, assumptions,
logic, ownership, and refresh cadence.
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