Analyst, Financial Planning and Analysis

Premier Inc.

1d•$62,000 - $93,000•Remote

About The Position

The Financial Analyst supports forecasting and budgeting for various business units and corporate functions. The role involves entering and analyzing financial data, preparing financial statements, identifying trends, and recommending actions to address opportunities. The analyst works with assigned business areas to maintain financial structures, prepare financial statements, provide variance analysis, and enter expense, capital, and headcount forecasts. The position provides analysis and forecasting and budgeting support to business unit leaders and FP&A leaders, and interfaces with HR and cost center managers to support forecasting and understand performance against budget or forecast. The analyst also researches anomalies in financial and operational data and performs other ad hoc financial forecasting analysis or strategic finance support duties as required. This is a remote position with travel of 1–20% within the United States. The stated internal salary range is $62,000–$93,000; final salary depends on factors including departmental budgets, internal equity, education, skills and experience, and geographic location.

Requirements

At least 2 years of applicable experience.
Bachelor’s degree required.
Ability to adapt and change priorities quickly and meet deadlines.
Attention to detail.
Ability to operate computer programs and software.
Ability to communicate effectively with audiences in person and electronically.
Ability to make independent decisions.
Ability to work collaboratively in close quarters with peers and amid varying interruptions.

Nice To Haves

Skills in analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
Comfort or ability to learn and use budget and forecasting software; experience managing large data sets is preferred.
Experience with Business Intelligence tools, particularly Adaptive Insights.
Ability to learn how to pull data for analysis from multiple disparate software programs.
Ability to synthesize ambiguous raw data sets, develop meaningful insights through trend analysis, and communicate findings succinctly.

Responsibilities

Provide analysis and forecasting and budgeting support to business unit leaders and FP&A leaders on business unit expenses, capital, and headcount.
Interface with HR on cost center personnel assignment issues as needed to support forecasting.
Interface with cost center managers regarding questions about cost center performance against budget or forecast.
Research anomalies in financial and operational data as requested by business unit leaders or senior FP&A leaders.
Perform ad hoc financial forecasting analysis or strategic finance support duties as required.
Enter and analyze financial data, prepare financial statements, identify trends, and recommend actions to address opportunities.
Maintain financial structures, provide variance analysis, and enter expense, capital, and headcount forecasts.