Senior Financial Analyst - job 1 of 2

Position Summary

We have an immediate need for a Senior Financial Analyst who will help our company find new ways to add value and provide strategic support. This individual will utilize our business intelligence tools to compile data and translate the story behind the numbers in a meaningful way.

Through the insights you provide in this multi-department facing position, you’ll have the opportunity to drive better business partnering, while growing your FP&A leadership and interpersonal skills. You will be considered a business partner, and your contributions will make a difference!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide an insightful use of financial analysis techniques, tools, and concepts to provide practical counsel to business area partners and management to drive business results.
• Provide analysis of the results of performance against historical, budgeted, forecasted and strategic planning results to facilitate decision-making toward the achievement of the budget and strategic plan.
• Perform special projects to improve process efficiency and cost savings opportunities
• Prepare financial analysis of other company activities and projects as requested by senior management or as proactively determined to be useful; analysis to include ROI for companywide initiatives, model projected impact of business-building initiatives and analyzing the financial impact of initiatives.
• Develop “what if” scenarios to support the assessment of the business results and the possible impact on future results.
• Support the development of ad hoc reports of a financial and operational nature to support the decision-making processes of the Executive Management Team.

Financial Reporting:

• Develop timely, relevant and accurate financial reports and operational statement such as KPIs and other exhibits, such as BI dashboard to provide management with appropriate information regarding the financial condition and results of operations of the company.
• Submit daily, weekly, and monthly reports as required by the corporate FP&A department.
• Provide variance analysis and interpretation/explanation for managers of functional areas, along with proposing ideas/solutions to decision makers.
• Work with Accounting department to assist with data driven aspects of the month-end and year-end close process and analyze data to ensure proper accounting procedures have been followed

Forecasting – Quarterly:

• Proactively manage the timely development and approval of the monthly forecast. Design and develop the appropriate variance analysis to support the development and the assessment of the forecast updates.
• Prepare all quarterly forecasting to review with the appropriate managers / directors to ensure all company activities and projects have been assessed for proper inclusion into the quarterly forecasting process.
• Prepare all schedules as needed to support both internal and external submission requirements to corporate and internal management. Provide analysis of financial information and its impact on the business and provide perspective to the business leaders. Review and analyze significant standard cost variances monthly and take corrective action.

Planning & Budgeting – Annual:

• Direct and coordinate the financial planning activities of the company.
• Proactively manage and coordinate the annual strategic plan and operating plan/budgets process for each year.
• Maintain and develop various financial models and standard templates distributed for use by all of Finance during the planning processes, ensuring quality, accuracy and focused analytic review.
• Ensure all company activities and projects have accurate financial review and planning, and that they are incorporated into the overall budget.
• Review all budgets and plans for accuracy, efficiency, and alignment to company mission, goals, and objectives.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance and 5-7 years of related experience
• Expert-level analytical and financial modeling skills
• Must have extremely strong MS Excel skills. Other computer skills required: Word and Outlook
• SQL expertise a plus
• Strong understanding of corporate financial planning, reporting & analysis, and costing/profitability methodologies and processes
• Knowledge of common business and cost drivers, financial statement analysis, and deep-dive analysis
• Ability to multi-task and meet competing deadlines
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to details
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers etc.
• Strong presence with the ability to interact with Senior Leadership
• Must be able to keep privileged information confidential under all circumstances
• Team Oriented
• Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal form
• Ability to adhere to regular work schedule

Salary range

• $90-101K