Sr. Financial Analyst

Vyond is seeking an experienced Sr. Financial Analyst to act as the analytical engine of the company to provide insights and support ‘optimal’ business decision making. This role will be a key asset in the future growth of the company. This individual will be responsible for the Company’s annual budgeting process, quarterly forecast, operating plan variance analysis and special projects. S/he will provide financial consulting and strategic support to senior management including preparing board presentations, financial presentations, capital expenditure analysis, industry/peer group comparisons, new business opportunities, acquisition analysis and other projects requested by senior management. This position reports to the Head of Finance.

Position Responsibilities:

• Play a key role preparing and maintaining the annual budget and rolling forecasts by working with budget owners across the company and by providing input to budgeting and forecasting assumptions. This input may be based on financial and operational analysis that may include transaction volumes, capital needs, cash flows, new product launches, employee capacity/headcount/staffing, and other similar types of information. Based on this analysis, identify opportunities to help business partners meet financial outcomes related to operating plans and departmental objectives/goals.
• Develop and maintain monthly/quarterly corporate financial performance reports and dashboard, in addition to ad hoc financial and operational analysis upon request of management.
• Prepare performance analysis for, and participate in, quarterly corporate financial performance reviews with department and executive leadership; analysis may include, but not be limited to, information relating to changes in the Company's financial position, staffing/capacity, and marketing activities,. Based on this analysis, identify opportunities to help business partners meet financial outcomes related to operating plans and departmental objectives/goals and improve Vyond’s business value outcomes.
• Lead business case preparation to assess the strategic and financial returns on ARC's key initiatives. This may include building models in Excel used to analyze potential financial and/or market outcomes based on assumptions provided by the organization, and/or acquired/derived from industry and other economic information.
• Develop data integrations in excel models (or a planning tool later) from disparate data sources including Vyond's Data Warehouse, financial systems, operational systems (e.g. CRM), and other shared services systems (e.g. HRIS).
• Develop and enhance financial plans including budgeting and modeling, and strategic planning of various revenue and expenses drivers to drive insightful analyses.
• Develop thorough understanding of interdependencies of all P&L line items and profitability drivers.
• Work with individual departments to prepare budgets and consolidate them into one overall company budget.
• Provide analyses and trends on business by departments, region or business unit, and perform variance analyses to explain differences in performance and make improvement going forward.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance; MBA highly preferred
• 4+ years experience in financial planning & analysis, business analysis or equivalent experience in software or high tech industry
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Accounting/GAAP and finance knowledge
• Broad business knowledge and a good understanding of business best practices
• Must be able to manage projects across multiple departments with limited supervisions
• Experience in financial modeling and data driven financial analysis
• Articulate with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to think creatively, highly-driven and self-motivated
• Capable of handling and intelligently analyzing a mountain of different types of data and data evaluation metrics
• Great problem solver – able to decipher the various puzzle pieces that constitute a company’s finances and envision putting the pieces together to formulate a variety of possible growth scenarios
• Ability to roll-up sleeves and work with team members in a hands-on capacity