Financial Analyst

What are your contributions to the team?

• Perform cost, general, AP/AR, and program accounting functions as well as provide finance support to assigned business units and for internal/external audits. May be responsible for performing financial analyses including ROI, cost-benefit, modeling, and business development opportunities.
• Prepare and monitor Forecast and Budget for assigned business unit(s), for example, analyze expenses/spend, develop budgets in support of labor, overhead, capital, headcount, sales, and inter-company transactions, monitor actual versus budget variances on a monthly basis, and analyze trends.
• Implementation of improvements/automation for accounting and/or financial models and processes.
• Support sustaining activities, projects and levels of customer service (e.g. performance metrics) for assigned area and report status, issues and risks to immediate supervisor on a scheduled basis.
• Perform advanced account analysis.
• Perform review of account reconciliations.
• Support monthly financial reporting of actual metrics and perform forecast and identify risks and opportunities Research, understand and describe monthly variances.
• Prepare monthly management reports to include KPIs.

How to thrive in this role?

• Typically 4 (+) years accounting or financial analyst experience.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills necessary to communicate with all organizational levels.
• Presentation skills necessary for informal settings, for example, department management and Business Unit Directors.
• Thorough knowledge of U.S. General Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP), and/or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• Thorough knowledge of accounting procedures and concepts, for example, general ledger, balance sheets, and profit and loss statements.
• Working knowledge of accounting systems, data warehousing, and other programs as required.
• Working knowledge of database concepts including relational database principles.
• Thorough knowledge of process improvement development.
• Thorough knowledge of finance procedures and concepts, including net present value and IRR, accounting principles and practices, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
• Working knowledge of process improvement methodology and application (e.g., Six Sigma) preferred.