Financial Analyst, FP&A

C&S Wholesale Grocers•Keene, NH

2d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Financial Analyst supporting the Commercial Finance team, you will assist in the business support function for assigned region(s) or business units, including planning, reporting and analysis, ensuring adherence to consistent processes. Partner with Region/Business groups' business partners in order to fully understand performance and optimize strategic & tactical decision making throughout the P&L.

Requirements

Demonstrated proficiency in Excel
Experience with financial systems and software (e.g. GL package, Financial reporting system) preferred
Working knowledge and/or experience in discipline
Ability to build knowledge of organization, processes and customers
Willingness to be flexible, comfortable with ambiguity
Strong communication skills, including professional verbal and written communication skills
Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
Strong proficiency with Excel preferred
Experience with SQL preferred
Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize
Ability to gather data, determine requirements and conduct analysis
2-5 years applicable experience, including understanding key accounting principles
Bachelor's Degree - Accounting Finance

Nice To Haves

Experience with financial systems and software (e.g. GL package, Financial reporting system)
Experience with SQL

Responsibilities

Partner with assigned region or business units to ensure the accurate and timely preparation of annual budgets and forecasts for a) Sales & b) P&L through EBITDA.
Work with Financial Planning & Analysis to determine timeline and requirements.
Prepare budget and forecast templates ahead of plan, ensure Region/business groups personnel understand requirements and assumptions.
Assist in process to ensure completion of templates by Region/business groups; prepopulate and review with them for business rationale.
Lead deployment of required plan changes and provide analyses of final budget/FC.
Ensure Hyperion planning and reporting environments are correct.
Assist in the ongoing assessment of template/dependencies for the region/group planning process, implement and communicate changes.
Prepare and present recurring and ad hoc analysis to Independents region/group leadership detailing performance versus targets and prior year.
Provide timely insight to key variance drivers and the implications to delivering targets/objectives.
Ensure business partners fully understand P&L representation of results.
Assist leadership in ongoing discussion of content and frequency of analysis, including KPI's to provide best basis for decision making.
Assist in preparation supporting analytics for strategic Commercial Finance projects.
Provide business partnership to assigned regions or business units.
Ensure frequent points of contact with Region/group team throughout levels of the organization.
Ensure finance team has full business understanding.
Assist in building finance capabilities of business partners through training & education.
Liaise with general accounting to ensure correct representation of Region/Groups.
Assist in optimization of processes.
Assist manager in execution of consistent processes and activities across regions, and foster best practices.
Assist in the development and execution of effective and sustainable controls for Commercial activities.
Ensure appropriate segregation of duties.
Carry out ongoing assessment of controls effectiveness and compliance.
Assist in the assessment of Hyperion (financial reporting and planning) system usage ongoing in order to automate and standardize tasks, and optimize associated processes.
Ensure financial systems deliver reporting, analysis requirements of Commercial finance group and its customers.
Play a lead role in process to identify, develop & implement changes as necessary.