Financial Analyst- Lease Accounting

Republic Services•Phoenix, AZ

18h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Financial Analyst supports their department by providing reporting, assistance on project management, and other analysis for both internal and external customers. This role will measure, manage and analyze metrics related to the business and related initiatives and make recommendations where appropriate to increase the effectiveness of processes and policies, based on in-depth analysis and thorough understanding of existing processes. The Financial Analyst must also generate complete, accurate, timely, and transparent financial analysis/reporting as required by management. Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) is a leader in the environmental services industry, providing customers with a complete set of products and services including recycling, waste, special waste, hazardous waste, and field services. The company is committed to advancing circularity and supporting decarbonization to create a more sustainable world. In 2023, Republic's total company revenue was $14.9 billion, and adjusted EBITDA was $4.4 billion. They serve 13 million customers and operate over 1,000 locations across North America. Republic Services combines local operational management with standardized business practices to drive operating efficiencies. The company's 41,000 team members are guided by values: Safe, Committed to Serve, Environmentally Responsible, Driven, and Human-Centered. They boast a high employee engagement score of 86 and an inclusive and diverse culture. In 2023, their Charitable Foundation and local community grants positively impacted 4.6 million people, focusing on building sustainable neighborhoods. Republic Services' strategy aims for profitable growth through acquisitions and industry advancements, managing waste streams sustainably through vertically integrated assets. They focus on three growth areas: recycling and waste, environmental solutions, and sustainability innovation. Recent innovations include the Republic Services Polymer Center for plastics recycling and Blue Polymers for sustainable packaging, as well as expanding landfill gas-to-energy projects.

Requirements

Experience with analyzing data from various source systems.
Experience with systems such as Oracle, Tango, Arriba, and LQ.
Ability to generate macros using Excel and/or SQL in order to streamline repetitive tasks or reporting as requested by management.
Ability to effectively and coherently convey financial information to senior leadership in order to assist with decision making.
Demonstrates analytical/problem-solving solutions and ability to generate and offer solutions independently.
Ability to effectively manage multiple activities or sources of information.
Understanding of SOX requirements.
Intermediate or expert level knowledge of MS Excel.
Minimum of 1 year of financial analysis, accounting or business analysis experience.

Responsibilities

Provides financial analysis and helps support ongoing operational initiatives.
Generates standard and ad hoc reports, applying skill, judgment, understanding and explanation of operational information.
Demonstrates strong understanding of business metrics and data points in order to perform meaningful analysis.
Supports ongoing initiatives and helps develop metrics and tools to facilitate accountability.
Presents and interprets various analyses related to the impact of improvement opportunities.
Using data, identifies prevalent issues and root causes and makes recommendations to management for resolution, as appropriate.
Coordinates and interfaces with management and field divisions regarding process improvements or other related ad hoc analysis.
Translates system data into scalable and easily understood solutions for internal/external customers and vendors.
Participates and leads team projects as needed.
Manages special projects requiring financial knowledge to ensure projects achieve overall objectives and meet expectations in terms of cost, scope and schedule.
Assists in creating, documenting, optimizing and implementing durable processes to fit with business objectives.
Contributes to the design, creation and implementation of best practices and training materials for team and departmental processes.
Regularly interacts with the field controllership group and various Corporate departments on a variety of tasks in order to accomplish goals in an effective manner.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned or apparent.