Financial Planning and Accounting Analyst

Bowman Andros Products • Mount Jackson, VA

6h

About The Position

The Financial Planning & Accounting Analyst will perform various business analyses to include the rolling financial forecast of the company’s income statement and balance sheet.  The role will also be involved with the monthly accounting close to include various reconciliations and analysis of profit and loss variances, key performance metrics reports, and financial reporting. This position is a business partner to various functional areas of manufacturing, sales, and supply chain, particularly in support of the forecast and annual budget process.  The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and proficiency with financial models.

Requirements

• B.S. Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field required.
• Strong excel skills, including experience in creating and manipulating pivot tables, charts, graphs and other analytical tools.  Proficiency in other Microsoft applications is also required.
• Ability to create concise, easy to understand summary presentations of large volumes of transaction data in user-friendly formats.
• Regular and reliable attendance required.
• Strong decision making, analytical and reasoning skills.
• Team player that is highly motivated and is a self-starter.
• The ability to multi-task and prioritize assignments.
• Good organizational skills, strong detail orientation and the ability to meet operational and financial deadlines.
• Strong ability to communicate clearly and professionally, both verbally and in writing.

Nice To Haves

• CMA or CPA certification, or on track for either is desired, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Consolidate revenue and operational cost elements from sales team in support of the annual budget and reforecast updates to the company’s budget.
• Prepare monthly consolidation and executive financial package documents, including profitability analysis of actual vs budget at the item and customer level.
• Prepare and distribute monthly financial reports to executive leadership and operational stakeholders.
• Track expenses and revenues vs. budget and reforecast and analyze fluctuations.
• Coordinate financials questions/answers among operational stakeholders and the Finance team.
• Prepare annual financial information binder to be provided to the external auditors as needed.
• Assist in the budget & reforecast consolidation and reporting process.
• Maintain budget and reforecast information in the accounting system.
• Assist in market analysis as needed by the sales team to include competitor analysis as needed.
• Prepare operating reports as specified.
• Develop, maintain and distribute ad-hoc reports and financial models.
• Other duties as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level