10288 - Financial Analyst II Location: Irvine, CA 92614 (5 days on-site)What you will be doing:
The selected Sr. Financial Analyst (Financial Planning & Analysis) defines and maintains HAEA Financial forecast; manages and takes leadership on the annual budgeting process implementing industry best practices; supports the business, manage budget utilization, and provides HAEA management and clients with insightful analysis to support decision making. You will engage with Project Managers to understand current and future business objectives and strategy to allow the business to achieve its goals within the stated budget parameters. Executives and Sr managers rely on the analyst's financial advice and solutions to address short and long term business needs. You will lead the business to solutions that enable the business to achieve key objectives and are consistent with the overall financial goals of HAEA by tracking Key Performance Indicators and business metrics and making recommendations based on the available information.
Essential Functions
- Help design, organize and execute company's annual budgeting processes # Work with project/budget managers and analyze various data to perform monthly financial forecasts
- Design and produce periodic financial reporting packages, including but not limited to financial review dashboard, CBU monthly/quarterly financial reviews, and monthly variance analysis
- Perform analysis on data from various sources to facilitate budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, IT optimization, and other corporate initiatives # Support monthly accounting close (accruals, variance analysis, sales recognition, etc.)
- Effective communication to manager and senior management. Provide manager and senior management status and actions required
- Analyze, review, audit and improve financial and other relevant data submitted by operation managers or extracted from SAP and other databases for budgeting, forecasting, and CBU billing.
- Liaise between the company and client business units by responding and providing analysis and reports as requested # Develop and create ad-hoc reports as requested by internal as well as external parties
- Implement budgetary control over expenses and manage budget adjustments through detailed and accurate logging and recording of transactions
- Analyze related data and provide timely and relevant insight and recommendation for business decision makers during planning as well as execution of projects and operations
- Perform internal as well as industry research on best practices, standards and current technical financial and accounting topics to advise and improve financial processes, reports and policies
- Plan, design and implement process improvements within the FPA section and affect positive changes within the company
- Perform ad-hoc reports and analysis and assist with special projects and business related studies and cooperates with other departments in preparing analyses
What we require from you:
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance or equivalent work experience required
- 5+ years' experience in financial planning and analysis along with high-level proficiency in MSExcel required
- Pay high attention to detail with strong critical thinking skills and the ability to solve problems
- Experience with financial software such as SAP, Oracle Fusion, Data Visualization, RPA and SQL is a plus
- Be a team player with highly effective communications skills and the ability to work well with others
Salary Range: $90,000 to $105,000Team Culture:Our team thrives on collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. We foster a supportive environment where every member is encouraged to share ideas and contribute to problem-solving. We value:
- Passion for Technology:We are enthusiastic about emerging technologies and their potential to transform the automotive industry.
- Agility:We work in an agile environment, adapting quickly to changes and continuously improving our processes.
- Teamwork:We believe in the power of teamwork and collaboration, supporting each other to achieve common goals.
- Growth:We prioritize personal and professional growth, offering opportunities for learning and development.
- Inclusivity:We maintain an inclusive culture where diverse perspectives are valued and everyone feels welcome.
