Financial Analyst - Automation

First Quality • Great Neck, NY

15h • Onsite

About The Position

First Quality Enterprises is seeking a Financial Analyst - Automation for their First Quality Enterprises company located in Great Neck, NY. As a member of the Enterprise Central Finance team, this role primarily supports enterprise-wide analytics and process automation by designing, developing, and maintaining solutions to improve business processes and enhance financial analysis. This Enterprise role also has responsibilities for leading Finance Center of Excellence meetings and projects, acts as back-up for other Central Finance activities, and participates in business process internal audit reviews across the organization, as needed. The role spends approximately 70% of the time on automation, 20% on internal audit reviews, and 10% on financial closing and reporting activities.

Requirements

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or similar
• Typically requires 1+ years of related experience.
• Analytics driven to measure the impact of RPA solution on processes and teams
• Strong prioritization and project management skills, including timely, and proactive communication of timelines, and status
• Continuous process improvement mindset
• Intellectual curiosity to help get to the best solutions
• Tech savvy
• Financial Analysis
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
• Knowledge of US GAAP basic principles and elements of internal controls
• Ability to work independently and exposure to process improvement/optimization projects

Nice To Haves

• CPA is a plus
• Experience in internal audit, internal controls, process improvement and/or alike, involving strong end-to-end process understanding and evaluation, preferred.
• Experience with Power Automate, Automation Anywhere or other RPA tools, preferred.
• Experience in consumer products and/or manufacturing industry and understanding of accounting environment, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops understanding of diverse business processes selected for analytics or automation, evaluates feasibility and fit, maps solution and creates relevant documents, such as, the process definition document, process flowcharts, etc.
• Works with process owners to complete project request requirement and assists with return on investment estimates.
• Develops solutions using diverse software tools, such as Automation Anywhere, Power Automate, MS Forms, among others.
• Ensures that automated workflows are set up, tested, and monitored, and that the design and technology solution meet governance standards.
• Tests and supports the launch and implementation of solutions and participates in the solution deployment process.
• Runs tools, as needed, and resolves running issues.
• Identifies, tracks and reports on automations’ performance metrics.
• Follows governance processes and drives the adoption of best practices around coding, design, quality, and performance.
• Participates in end-to-end and/or targeted process and control reviews to enhance company’s business process awareness.
• Under the Senior Director, Strategic Finance’s direction, conducts process walkthroughs, documents process narratives and flow charts and evaluates control and process design.
• Creates and/or executes control testing procedures and documents work performed in accordance with the Department' standards.
• Shadows Central Finance Manager to become knowledgeable on Group’s internal and external financial analyses, including elimination and consolidation of financial statements, preparation of monthly and quarterly management reporting, preparation of external compliance statements (bank), regulatory and compliance reports (US census, tax planning, etc.).
• Identifies and develops analytics and automation opportunities for Central Finance processes.
• Performs financial closing and reporting activities, as back-up for Central Finance Manager, as needed.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
• Paid time off (three-week minimum)
• Medical, dental and vision starting day one
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500)
• Bundle of joy benefit (year's worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)
• Tuition assistance
• Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees