Senior Financial Analyst

Senior Financial Analyst with a Fortune 500 company.
 

Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst will work closely with Market Directors, General Managers, Payroll, HR, Marketing, Controllers, various Operations teams, Store Business Managers, Corporate IT, and Internal Reporting team members.

Responsibilities

• Assists and helps drive the planning and execution of the annual store-level operational budgeting and forecasting process
• Develops, updates, and maintains month-end reporting including ad-hoc reports and analysis that includes budget comparison, forecast analysis, and store level expense analysis
• Develops and performs detailed financial analysis including expense review, operational metrics, and monitoring business results with operational managers and stores
• Supports the Operations team thru reporting analysis and trend reporting as necessary
• Reviews monthly/quarterly region, store, and department financial results
• Defines drivers of budget variances and ensures understanding of key drivers with manager
• Presents financial analysis to inform management
• Builds stand-alone business cases and financial models to assess the impact of investment opportunities
• Recommends process improvements and serve on teams to design, redesign, and implement solutions and process changes
• Provides customer service and support for financial end-users to effectively and accurately operate
• Supports cash management/liquidity forecasting process
• Prepares materials for executive, officer, investor, and board of directors’ presentations

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in economics, finance, business administration, math, or engineering
• MBA or MS in Finance preferred; CFA candidates highly desired
• 2-5 years of progressive work experience with an emphasis on financial and/or investment analysis; investment banking or consulting experience would be beneficial
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel required
• Familiarity with Hyperion suite of products; Hyperion Financial Management a plus
• Understanding of regular and special financial statements including (but not limited to) balance sheets, budgets, forecasts, profit and loss statements; experience in budget preparation and variance reporting
• Advanced financial modeling using key metrics and drivers; solid understanding of valuation and DCF concepts (NPV, IRR, DPP, etc.)