Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Managing annual/continual financial planning activities for product areas, providing business rationale and decisions for all month-end financial performance and forecasting, conducting reviews and analysis on product financial performance, consumption/demand planning, budgeting, billing, trends, and exception reports
• Efficiency reporting, analytics, and strategy – including, but not limited to – location strategy, span of control, reporting, and analytics
• Creating financial business cases supporting business initiatives
• Reporting on and monitoring key metrics, driving data quality initiatives across the product area, and helping define future needs of the product area
• Developing and tracking performance metrics, creating presentations, and generally providing financial analysis on a variety of topics to senior management
• Performing variance analysis to understand the key drivers of the results and presenting commentary to senior managers, explaining changes from prior forecasts/budgets
• Helping design new reports and dashboards to efficiently deliver the financial results to senior management. Enhancing controls and streamlining processes, introducing automation where possible

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a subject of a technical nature
• 3+ years of work experience, preferably in Financial Services and/or accounting/controller background
• Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint. Experience in creating Alteryx workflows is a must
• Experience in creating Tableau dashboards and Python is a plus. Proficiency with data mining/gathering and manipulation of data sets
• Curious, enthusiastic, diligent, and capable of challenging peers. Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex issues clearly
• Ability to create ad hoc reporting for senior management. Proven track record for executing special projects/assignments, often with little lead time or information
• Highly motivated and able to thrive and think clearly under pressure and tight deadlines

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Team player with the ability to be respected as a trusted partner for the Business, Finance, and FP&A Teams
• Highly motivated self-starter with excellent time management/prioritization skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze large data sets and present conclusions concisely