Senior Financial Analyst

Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst will report to the Manager, FP&A in developing and updating monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad hoc financial reports, budgets, forecasts and analysis for both internal and external business partners and company leadership. 

Responsibilities:

• Develop a working knowledge of the business operations to properly interpret financial results and develop budget/forecast models.
• Monitor and explain business initiative and acquisition performance.
• Identify through analysis opportunities for improvement and recommend alternatives.
• Support business leadership with ad hoc financial analyses.
• Develop financial models to track KPIs, benchmarks and set targets.
• Provide support for all planning, budgeting, forecasting, modeling, analytical, and reporting functions.
• Effectively utilize company systems to query necessary data for analysis and reporting.
• Consolidate data from multiple ERP systems and validate information across all reports and financial systems.
• Assist with preparation of presentations for senior management and board of directors.
• Track monthly performance against departmental and overall company budgets.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field
• 2-5 years of related experience
• Demonstrated ability to articulate business results and prepare business cases
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel required
• Experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
• Experience with SAP, QAD or Solomon preferred
• Experience with financial reporting tools such as Hyperion preferred
• Access/ACL and PowerPoint skills preferred
• Detail-oriented, with the highest standards of accuracy and precision
• Excellent critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Exceptional organizational, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with all departments and levels of management.
• Ability to work in a fairly independent role