🪄 Skills: Data AnalysisFinancial ManagementAccountingBudgetingFinancial analysis
Requirements:
CPA (or equivalent) designation preferred
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration is required
Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration preferred
4-6 years of experience in Public Accounting/Consulting or similar Analyst role in a large, complex organization
Strong background in corporate finance
Excellent financial modeling and Excel skills
Effective communicator and influencer
Ability to work cross-functionally
Responsibilities:
Lead and execute financial planning processes including the annual budgeting process, quarterly forecasts, and long-term financial planning.
Prepare quantitative and qualitative analyses based on review of monthly financial results against budget, forecast, and prior year.
Serve as strategic partner to senior leaders translating business problems into more specific questions that can be answered through analytics to aid in the achievement of targeted results.
Build financial and operating models to solve complex problems by providing data-driven insights and advice to inform strategic decisions.
Prepare and present actionable recommendations from analysis in a clear and compelling format.
Continually improve financial processes, reporting tools, and systems for enhanced efficiency, accuracy, and strategic decision-making.
Develop and maintain complex financial models to measure performance of client accounts across product offerings, inform on opportunities for further growth, and identify risk to achievement of targets.
Partner with stakeholders to understand operational drivers, translating them into financial impact to maintain the forecast and manage the spend within their respective cost centers.
Identify areas for improvement in profitability and hold operational leadership accountable to results.
Collaborate with finance team members to ensure that forecasting and budgeting for client accounts is reflective of company initiatives being pursued.
Create simplified, consistent, and actionable solutions to abstract ideas balancing big picture thinking with acute attention to detail.
Provide in-depth analysis of financial performance, identifying trends, variances, and key performance indicators, and offer actionable insights to senior leadership to optimize performance of client accounts.
Demonstrate the ability to work in a fast-paced environment, meet time-sensitive deadlines, and work well through ambiguity and complexity.