Temporary Resource / Finance

Securitas Security Services•Bellevue, WA

About The Position

The Financial Analyst will be responsible for analyzing financial data and other operating information to assist the Datacenter Physical Security Global Finance Manager in achieving global financial targets for a multi $100M security service budget that spans across 30 countries. Core finance functions include budget management, forecasting, invoice, and expense report processing and cost analysis to support new initiatives, cost optimizations and new budget scenario planning. The Financial Analyst will utilize their advance knowledge of the account to drive process improvement, client transparency and financial best practices across the program with an expectation for accuracy, diligence, and error-free work.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.
Must have a reliable means of communication, such as cell phone.
Must have a reliable means of transportation (public or private).
Must have the legal right to work in the United States.
Must have the ability to speak, read, and write English.
Must have a high school diploma, secondary education equivalent, or GED.
Must be willing to participate in the Company’s pre-employment screening process, including drug screen and background investigation.
Bachelor's degree; or five or more years of progressively responsible finance experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions of the job, as determined by the company.
5+ years’ experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A) in an operations environment with multiple business lines.
Super user in Microsoft Office Suite.
Have a current passport or be able to obtain one.
Able to travel (international or domestic, as required) approximately 15% of the time or more, occasionally with limited notice.
Able to work evening or weekend hours when required, such as during an emergency or high-priority event.
Strong computer skills required with the use of various accounting databases and other financial tools. Must be a super user of the Microsoft family of products (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote). PowerBI experience preferred.
Precise and high attention to detail
Obsessed with accuracy, able to identify errors quickly.
Expert in budgeting and forecasting; financial analysis, and strategic planning.
Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with a wide variety of people including colleagues, clients, and representatives of other agencies.
Thorough understanding of standard office procedures and practices.
Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic or schedule form.
Ability to write reports and correspondence in a clear and concise manner.
Expert communicator who can clearly articulate complex financial issues to non-financial managers.
Ability to maintain professional composure when dealing with emotional or confrontational circumstances.
Ability to leverage expertise of cross functional shared service teams to achieve desired outcome.
Strong customer service and results orientation.
Demonstrate professional conduct in highly sensitive or volatile situations; maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive information.
Ability to exercise independent judgment and decision-making skills.
Ability to write original correspondence.
Excellent planning, organization, and project coordination skills.
Capably work under pressure while maintaining a professional image and approach with clients inside and outside Microsoft.

Responsibilities

Drives development of the annual budget; partners with Global Finance Manager in monitoring progress against financial and business objectives throughout the year.
Prepare, build and audit annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.
Execute end to end invoice processing for the client in support of global Securitas branches and affiliate business partners, ensuring proper audit guardrails are in place to eliminate errors.
Reports, analyzes, and interprets financial and operating data including cost analysis, profitability analysis, regional performance assessments, contracts pricing and wage analysis, and other ad-hoc analysis as directed.
Interpret and examine complex financial data to monitor and report on progress of the account.
Analyzes records of present and past operations, trends, and costs, estimated and realized revenues, administrative commitments and obligations incurred to project future revenues and expenses.
Supports the development interal reporting requirements and key performance indicators
Responsible for building strong relationships with Securitas branches to ensure compliance with invoice and forecasting accuracy expectations.
Analyzes operational and financial indicators to continuously improve performance; ensures profitable operations.
Ensure department budget is managed appropriately in collaboration with Management.
Identifies, proposes and implements process improvement opportunities in the monthly invoices process, annual budget process and quarterly reforecast process.
Manage expense report reconciliation and audit process for HQ team.
Evaluate financial information, compare assumptions, draw conclusions, present findings, and make recommendations to management to continually add value and efficiency to the overall client contract.
Identify risks and opportunities to the business by understanding actual results and changes in the external and internal environment through analysis of trends.
Lead investigations into discrepancies and anticipate and solve issues before they are escalated.
Fosters productive working relationships with all levels within and outside of the organization.
Develop advanced financial models to be used for evaluation of business cases and scenarios.
Document work products to ensure business continuity for the finance program, including, but not limited to, meeting notes, audit efforts, quality control efforts, job aids and process guides.
Meticulously prepares business meetings by creating agendas, support files, and any other relevant documentation before the meeting takes place.
Special Projects on an as needed basis.