Overview
The Senior Financial Analyst provides financial insights, analysis, and decision support to enhance the strategic planning and operational performance of the organization. Assesses risk and collaborates with regions to build a business case for any investment brought forward by regionaland corporate management. The focus of this position will be working with our FP&A team to develop forecasts, budgets, and financial models, enabling informed decision-making and driving business growth.
Key Responsibilities
Primary duties may include, but are not limited to:
- Provide analysis, insight, context, and perspective to support the regional operations and corporate management.
- Assist in the design, development, and maintenance of structured reporting templates, complex financial models, and analytic tools that allow for efficient input, retrieval, and evaluation of data primarily utilizing Microsoft Excel.
- Support the annual budget and quarterly forecast process through interaction with department leaders, forecast model optimization, and presentation development.
- Evaluate financial results and perform root-cause analyses on corporate costs, product & service lines, and regional business units to support optimal financial performance.
- Prepares monthly comprehensive variance analysis for the regions in the business unit and explains variances between actual and budgeted/forecasted/historical figures, as necessary.
- Assists in the implementation of automated systems to provide reports to management, ensuring that the information provided is timely, accurate, and adequate for management to effectively manage and control the operations.
- Participates in the budgeting and forecasting process, ensuring consistency in the methodology across the regions of the business unit.
- Assesses risk and collaborates with regions to build a business case for any investment brought forward by the regional management.
- Provide insights and recommendations based on modeling outcomes to support decision-making processes.
- Proactively participate in finance- and accounting-related special projects that promote globally consistent work processes and deliver value through process automation and efficiency.
- Assist in the evaluation of CAPEX requests, including validation of revenues, expenses, and cash flows to ensure accurate calculation of return metrics.
- Assist in hedge program management to minimize financial risks from FX, interest rate, and commodity exposures
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Operations, Sales, and Marketing to understand business drivers and facilitate data-driven decision-making.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to groups across the organization by providing financial insights, analysis, and guidance to support their objectives.
- Assist in the preparation of long- and short-range financial forecasts with input from regional management and provide financial projections and analyses to management for development of the strategic plan.
Experience
- Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting required.
- CPA preferred
- 5-7 years of experience in Finance (or master's degree and 3 years of experience)
- CPA, CMA, CFA, MBA, or MS in Finance is preferred
- Experience with Hyperion Essbase, Cognos TM1, or IBM Planning Analytics is beneficial (not required)
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong technical accounting skills and good understanding of budgeting and planning techniques
- Demonstrates proactivity and a solution-oriented approach
- Ability to work with complex data and problem-solve quickly
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and present financial information to diverse audiences.
- Ability to understand overall business operations and perform analytical reviews
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights and recommendations.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work well within a team and with all levels of employees
- Straightforward thinker
- Ability to build relationships with leaders
- Demonstrates proactivity and solution-oriented approach, Fluent in English, any other language is an asset.
