Senior Financial Analyst

• The Senior Financial Analyst will play a key role in reporting and analysis of our business
• The position is responsible for supporting the financial planning process, business decision analysis, and operational and business reviews
• The individual will form relationships with functional owners and structure conversations for smart business decisions, enhance reporting capabilities, encourage open communication among the team and establish a framework for accountability
• This position is ideal for someone intellectually curious, highly detail-oriented, entrepreneurial, resourceful, and proactive
• The right candidate will exhibit outstanding judgment, professionalism, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, and sometimes ambiguous, work environment
• He/she will need to comfortably interact and communicate with individuals at all levels, including senior executives
• The ideal candidate must be self-motivated, exceptionally driven, looking to grow their career rapidly and eager to get involved with many areas of the business
• Below is an overview of the expectations that are intended to show the basic levels of support required in this role
• Ad hoc analysis and reporting are inevitable components of the FPA function in addition to the specific items noted below

Core Responsibilities

• Work closely with departmental senior management, providing analyses of revenue, operational margin, labor, expenses and capital to help drive business activities toward achieving financial goals, while leading discussions to drive smart business decisions
• Work with managers across the organization to ensure internal/operational financial views are accurate and relevant (Revenue, Margins, OPEX, headcount)
• Contribute to the annual planning process, primary owner for financial output
• Support ongoing reviews of business operations and process improvement initiatives
• Support worldwide financial planning, including budgets, headcount, forecasts and variance analysis reporting on a monthly and quarterly basis and ensure operating and capital expenditures are planned and justified
• Assist in monthly accounting close, including detailed expense review/validation, reporting and analysis
• Leverage and maintain Adaptive Planning system for forecasting and reporting
• Drive automation through existing systems for management reporting wherever possible
• Manage weekly cash forecasting process and long-term cash planning
• Manage and maintain sales quota/commission planning process globally
• Preparation of reporting for Board of Directors, Private Equity Owners and financial lenders

Required Skills

• 3- 5 + years of progressive experience in FPA / financial management / business planning
• Bachelor s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or similar subject area
• Advanced Excel and business modeling skills
• Capable of working in a dynamic, fast-changing, and sometimes ambiguous environment
• Demonstrated understanding of finance / accounting principles and concepts
• Comfortable learning and managing new financial systems
• Great communication skills that will allow you to interact and work with others that do not have a direct-line reporting responsibility to you
• Must be extremely well-organized with the ability to multi-task across multiple deliverables, bias towards productivity
• Ability to develop detailed financial models, and to synthesize anecdotal and structured information into meaningful insight
• Effective presentation skills and experience working with executive leadership
• Prior experience and proficiency using NetSuite, Adaptive, Xactly, SalesForce or comparable software tools
• Prior experience modeling and presenting data using Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Excellent business partnering