Senior Financial Analyst

Senior Financial Analyst – Operations with a Fortune 500 company.
 

Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst – Operations is responsible for financial analysis, reporting, and forecasting for the Company’s operational teams. The role will work closely with a broad stakeholder group composed of Executives, Market Directors, General Managers, and Controllers, and will be a critical part of the team making operational decisions for very complex and important parts of the business.

Responsibilities

• Develop market/brand specific financial models and decision frameworks enabling the business to manage the inventory portfolio
• Partner with key stakeholders to automate data analysis to accelerate decision making and focus efforts on strategic recommendations
• Streamline reporting to deliver a balance between detailed metrics and higher-level operational dashboards
• Learn Company’s accounting methodology and incorporate it in the forecasting process
• Work with Financial Systems and Operational teams in annual budget preparation, and monitor budget adherence, identifying opportunities for cost optimization
• Recommend process improvements and serve on teams to design and implement solutions
• Partner with Internal Auditors to ensure operational teams comply with Company policies and procedures and communicate any deviation from these policies
• Assist with ad hoc analysis, addressing questions from various departments and the Executive team
• Support the operational teams through reporting analysis and trend reporting

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in economics, finance, business administration, accounting or engineering
• MBA or Masters in Finance preferred
• 3-5 years of progressive FP&A experience
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• 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