Financial Analyst

Description:

operations. The FP&A team provides supporting analysis required for the Close to Report process while directly interacting with a business organization/business leader (Examples: R&D, PLM, Sales, Services, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on expense management, productivity, budgeting, forecasting through financial analysis and ensuring creation of timely reports

• Support the close process and review accruals and financial postings for completeness and comparison to forecast

• Analyze data to understand trends and identify any reporting gaps by understanding financial consolidation, product hierarchy and any subscription cloud supporting systems relevant to role

• Directly accesses SAP, Planful (forecasting) and other systems input and extract data to analyze information in support of the business

• Monthly close and results reporting (with a focused review of performance versus Plan and prior periods). This includes analyzing data and determining best presentation format to drive message

• Assist with preparation of Monthly & Quarterly Business Review Presentations to the Executive leaders.

• Ad hoc analysis and reports, as required per business needs

• Works special projects for continuous automation and efficiencies within financial tasks performed

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or College diploma in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration; Additional Certifications are a plus

• 1-2 years of experience in Finance/Accounting; work experience can include coop/internships

• Excellent to Expert knowledge in Excel and PowerPoint; Some experience building and managing complex financial models a plus

• Strong work ethic – self-starter, motived, eager to learn

• Ability to resolve issues and adapt to change

• Demonstrated creative and critical thinking skills

• Ability to work with large and disparate data sets from multiple sources/systems

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to manage competing priorities and work independently under some guidance