Financial Analyst

4Liberty•San Diego, CA

15h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Financial Analyst is responsible for identifying key emerging financial trends, measuring key performance metrics and success factors, capital budget, and key initiative evaluation and planning, cost analyses, and customized reporting – monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad-hoc reporting across multiple projects and/or programs. The position requires a detail-oriented team player to support complex financial controls, budgeting, and forecasting, a specialist in complex technical and business matters.

Requirements

Financial Analyst II: 3 – 6 years of finance experience.
Financial Analyst III: A minimum of 6 years of finance experience.
Experience working in a regulated utility/energy, DOE, DOD, or equivalent environment.
Experience working with critical path deadline-driven budget models, or equivalent project tools.
Subject matter expert and specialist on complex finance, accounting, and business matters.
In-depth understanding of financial analysis, financial modeling, and capital budgeting techniques and concepts.
Profound understanding of finance and accounting concepts and mechanisms, both general and company specific.
Experience working in high-performing teams of financial analysts in support of complex financial controls, budgeting, and forecasting – in a client-based environment.
Experience with SAP, TM1, CCMS modules, Hyperion and Microsoft Office Suite.
Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
Detail oriented, organized, and exceptional planning and follow-up skills.
Ability to work well under pressure.
Ability to influence others and convey deliverables in a clear and concise manner.
Ability to work in a team environment and independently with minimal supervision.
Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

Experience with PowerBI and data tables highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform financial analysis and modeling for various business units.
Responsible for preparing, coordinating, and documenting complex financial analysis projects such as financial and expense performance, rate of return, depreciation, working capital, and investments.
Provide analysis for forward-looking financial and business-related projects.
Prepares forecasts and analysis of trends in manufacturing, sales, finance, general business conditions, and other related areas.
Identify trends and developments in competitive environments and present findings to clients.
May directly partner with one or multiple business units to design and develop costing/forecasting models.
Provide financial, analytical, planning, and forecasting expertise to help develop and complete projects.
May conduct special financial and business-related studies and cooperate with other departments to prepare analyses.
Create and analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual budgets, forecasts, and reports; ensures financial information is recorded accurately.
Leverage standardized financial models utilizing advanced MS Excel and IBM Cognos TM1 functionalities to conduct monthly, quarterly, and annual budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
Build and manage project and program costing models, custom, and ad-hoc reports, and dashboards for use by project and program managers, business unit managers, and senior leadership.
Utilize PowerBI tools to deliver meaningful insights into business performance.
Analyze capital project performance and results and communicate findings.
Review existing processes and procedures, provide recommendations, and coordinate improvement efforts.
Track material and labor requisitions, and materials forecasting and modeling.
Performs other duties as assigned.