Financial Senior Analyst

Cox Enterprises • Atlanta, GA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Cox Automotive is hiring a Financial Senior Analyst. The Financial Senior Analyst will support the Sales Finance, Performance Management and Sales teams by delivering accurate financial analysis, insightful reporting, and actionable recommendations. This role partners closely with cross-functional teams to aid strategic decision-making. We are looking for a hard-working and creative problem solver to join our dynamic team of analysts. The Senior Financial Analyst will work collaboratively with team members to build out our analytics capabilities. Subject matter will be initially focused on sales, financial performance, and client segmentation. A major focus of this position is the development and distribution of complex enterprise scale reporting through use of excel and BI tools. They may also interact with and communicate finding/recommendations/results to senior business leaders on behalf of the team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 4+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis or related roles. A candidate may also have a Master's Degree with 2+ years of finance experience, or a Ph.D with 1+ year of experence. A non-degreed candidate will have 8+ years of experience
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including complex formulas, pivot tables, and data modeling
• Familiarity with SQL for data querying and reporting.
• Experience with BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) and/or ERP/financial systems.
• Excited to explore and apply AI-driven tools and techniques to enhance accuracy, automate reporting, and uncover financial insights.
• Be a self-starter - work independently with minimal direction or oversight.
• Excel in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment where speed and quality are paramount.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to clearly and effectively communicate analysis findings to stakeholders at all levels.
• Produce high-quality work that is accurate, insightful, and actionable with attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize work with a demonstrated focus on real business need/value.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain KPI reporting, ad hoc analysis, and dynamic self-service user reports with a focus on sales financial performance.
• Ownership of sales performance scorecards and data model refreshes.
• Develops outlooks, forecasts and annual plans to support business planning and decision making.
• Partners with business leaders across multiple lines of business across the organization.
• Participate in stakeholder meetings to understand user needs and capture development requirements for dashboard and reporting creation.
• Work iteratively with stakeholders to improve and expand existing reporting.
• Champion reporting quality, accuracy, usability and reliability by documenting and applying best practices in development and implementation.
• Performs ad-hoc financial analyses at multiple levels of complexity, including churn and sales analysis.
• Create useful documentation, lead hands-on training, and support general understanding and usage by internal stakeholders of dashboard reporting, and ad hoc analysis.
• Recommend operational efficiencies and process improvements.
• Conduct research and analysis of financial data for planning and budgeting
• Apply tools and techniques to gather, interpret, and report data.
• Lead projects that generate insights for decision-making and business needs.
• Tailor data fields to meet client requirements and present findings clearly and actionably.
• Identify patterns, build reports and recommend, and set up tracking systems that are efficient, timely, and minimally disruptive.
• Monitors report and data availability and proactively communicate with clients on delays and issues.

Benefits

• The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members.
• Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
• Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO).

What This Job Offers

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