Strategic Analyst
Key Skills
Job Description
The Strategic Analyst supports business planning and decision-making through financial analysis, forecasting and reporting. Working closely with Finance and wider business teams, the role turns financial and operational data into meaningful insights that help inform strategic priorities and business performance.
What you'll do:
- Support strategic planning, budgeting and forecasting activities
- Analyse financial and business data to identify trends, opportunities and key insights
- Prepare management reports and analysis to support business decision-making
- Work with stakeholders across the business to gather data and provide analytical support
- Support financial modelling, performance analysis and business planning
- Ensure reporting is accurate and aligned with internal controls and relevant requirements
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of reporting and analytical processes
- Support process improvement including development of AI tools to increase productivity across FP&A and wider finance teams
Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting or equivalent experience
- Experience/Understanding of using AI to improve processes
- 2+ years in a finance/consultancy experience is highly desirable
- Fluent in English
- Basic knowledge of IFRS reporting requirements
- Knowledge of SOX preferred
- High integrity, strong analytical and planning skills
- Creative thinking, strong analytical and communication skills as well as a passion for the field are highly desired
Responsibilities
- Support strategic planning, budgeting and forecasting activities
- Analyse financial and business data to identify trends, opportunities and key insights
- Prepare management reports and analysis to support business decision-making
- Work with stakeholders across the business to gather data and provide analytical support
- Support financial modelling, performance analysis and business planning
- Ensure reporting is accurate and aligned with internal controls and relevant requirements
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of reporting and analytical processes
- Support process improvement including development of AI tools to increase productivity across FP&A and wider finance teams
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting or equivalent experience
- Experience/Understanding of using AI to improve processes
- 2+ years in a finance/consultancy experience is highly desirable
- Fluent in English
- Basic knowledge of IFRS reporting requirements
- Knowledge of SOX preferred
- High integrity, strong analytical and planning skills
- Creative thinking, strong analytical and communication skills as well as a passion for the field are highly desired
Core Responsibilities
Support strategic planning, budgeting, and forecasting by analyzing financial and operational data, preparing management reports, and providing insights for business decisions. Collaborate with stakeholders, support financial modeling and performance analysis, ensure accurate reporting, and improve finance processes, including through AI tools.
Requirements
A bachelor's degree in finance or accounting, or equivalent experience, is requested, along with understanding of how AI can improve processes and basic knowledge of IFRS reporting; SOX knowledge is preferred. Two or more years of finance or consulting experience is highly desirable, as are English fluency, integrity, analytical and planning ability, creative thinking, and strong communication skills.
About Digital Realty
Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting
Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees
Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company's global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data "meeting place". Digital Realty enables its customers with the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 30+ countries on six continents.