Business Analyst

Gulfstream • Savannah, GA

14h • Onsite

About The Position

The Business Analyst will coordinate with accounting on actual results, ensuring accuracy of financial statements and compliance with SARBOX reporting requirements. This role provides in-depth ongoing analysis and reporting of operational performance, actual performance versus budgets and forecasts, and analysis as required in support of assigned business areas. The analyst will also focus on understanding and recommending solutions for risks and opportunities, and provide leadership in supporting and advising operational business units and corresponding financial management on business area financial matters.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of AI, Machine Learning, and automation tools (RPA, BPA, analytics platforms)
• Experience using digital tools within finance workflows
• Ability to evaluate, select, and implement AI-enabled solutions
• Advanced data analysis (Excel, SQL, Tableau / Power BI)
• Experience with large datasets and structured/unstructured data
• Experience with data interpretation and insight generation
• Ability to convert AI outputs into actionable financial insights
• Familiarity with process mining / task mining concepts for optimization
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.
• 6 years increasing financial responsibility.
• Working understanding of GAAP.
• This job requires one to be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.

Nice To Haves

• Identify finance use cases for AI (forecasting, anomaly detection, automation)
• Apply AI to improve: Speed of decision-making, Accuracy of forecasts, Process efficiency
• Understand limitations of AI and maintain “human-in-the-loop” judgment
• Advanced degree may be used to reduce work experience by 2 years.
• Advanced degree or certification desirable.
• Complete understanding and application of principles, concepts, practices and standards.
• May contribute to the development of new concepts, techniques and standards.
• Full knowledge of industry practices.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates annual budget development to include underlying assumptions, development of staffing and revenue/margin/expense plans to meet business targets.
• Monitors actual expenditures against budgets and evaluates variances; generates comparative and trend analysis reports, including identification of root causes and corrective actions.
• Performs analysis as required to ensure accuracy of financial statements in assigned product lines.
• Develops appropriate reporting mechanisms to communicate results in a meaningful manner to operational and financial management.
• Continually evaluates financial process to identify and implement continuous process improvements, both in support of operations and with financial processes.
• Capture and report savings as appropriate.
• Analyzes financial performance versus budget/business plan, including identification of root causes and corrective actions.
• Prepares reports related to operational or strategic initiatives; analyzes significant variances from planned or forecasted results and provides interpretative comments and recommendations to management.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• A credit history check from a national credit bureau will be conducted for all candidates for this position including new hires and current employees seeking promotion or transfer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level