Financial Analyst

Job Summary

This role is responsible for supporting financial management by analyzing, reporting, and reconciling financial and operational results, identifying and researching variances to plans, and providing recommendations to key stakeholders. The role engages in budgeting and forecasting processes while ensuring reporting compliance. The role supports priority projects and maintains strong relationships with internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Performs data extraction as well as diagnosis of financial drivers, and leverages analytics to make recommendations to key stakeholders.
• Conducts comprehensive financial analysis for specific functions or business units, addressing financial business issues and providing valuable analytics to support key business initiatives.
• Provides inputs for monthly review of expenses and capital for budgeting and forecasting process and analyzes variances with operational analytics and insight.
• Interprets financial reports, including forecasts, budgets, income statements, balance sheets and cash flow documents.
• Acquires a comprehensive understanding of the organization's financial processes and gains proficient knowledge of the company's operations and business.
• Supports business by closing the books, analyzing variances and trends, and developing financial forecasts that are consistent with the business objectives of the organization.
• Ensures compliance with reporting standards and corporate policies and the integrity of external and internal reporting.
• Applies foundational principles and contributes proactively to projects through research and data analysis support, providing regular updates on accomplishments and impediments.
• Supports priority projects with direction, maintaining relationships with internal stakeholders and sharing information via standardized reports.

Education & Experience Recommended:

• Four-year Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 0-2 years of work experience, preferably in financial management, internal audit, accounting, or a related field.

Preferred Certifications:

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Certified Financial Analyst (CFA)

Knowledge & Skills:

• Accounting
• Auditing
• Automation
• Corporate Finance
• Data Analysis
• Economics
• Finance
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Modeling
• Financial Planning
• Financial Services
• Financial Statements
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• Internal Controls
• Investments
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Process Improvement
• Profit and Loss (P&L) Management
• SAP Applications
• Variance Analysis

Cross-Org Skills:

• Effective Communication
• Results Orientation
• Learning Agility
• Digital Fluency
• Customer Centricity

Impact & Scope:

Impacts own work and acts as a team member by providing information, analysis, and recommendations in support of team efforts.

Complexity:

Learns to apply basic theories and concepts to work tasks.