Senior Financial Analyst, Business Operations - Product & Technology

Cox Communications • Atlanta, GA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Cox Automotive is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst – Business Operations Finance for the Product and Technology organization. This position provides support for select Technology department spend, assists in modeling M&A integration activity, and coordinates certain investment activity. Strong interpersonal skills are essential, as well as the ability to influence and to help continuously improve processes. This role will report to the Senior Manager of Product and Technology Finance. The Senior Financial Analyst role will be based in Atlanta and require the employee to come into the office weekly.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting preferred with 4+ years of technology, manufacturing, or other industry experience with strong focus in Financial Planning and Analysis, and/or Strategic Business Analysis or equivalent work experience.
• A candidate may also have a Master's Degree with 2+ years of experience or a Ph.D with 1+ year of experience.
• A nondegreed candidate will have 8+ years of experience.
• Demonstrated analytical (industry, market, and business) and quantitative skills with track record of delivering insights which improve business results
• Evolving knowledge of financial modeling and benchmarking techniques with the ability to synthesize complex information in executive level formats
• Ability to develop structured and fact-based analytics that include actionable conclusions and recommendations
• Self-starter with flexibility and willingness to balance multiple, changing priorities and work under tight deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to influence and build strong trusted working relationships with internal and external business customers
• Advanced MS Excel skills required, including formulas, financial functions, pivot tables, design, and formatting for executive presentations
• Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. No OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT or visa sponsorship now or in future.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting a product or technology team is a plus.
• Data visualization skills will be extremely helpful
• PowerQuery and AI Tools (Claude) preferred
• Experience with Oracle, OneStream and Adaptive Planning is a strong plus
• Understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain the model for investment activity for both monthly results as well as forecasting and budgeting
• Coordinate M&A integration financial activity
• Provide support for expenditures in Enterprise Platforms and Infrastructure & Operations
• Assist with the financial planning and coordination of monthly P&L forecasts and annual budget process, including capital expenditures
• Develop and recommend improved data collection and analysis methods, including methods to improve automation and standardization
• Perform ad hoc analysis to support business decisions
• Interpret financial data, project financials, variance analyses, and key business drivers to identify trends and make recommendations for improvement
• Work effectively on multiple assignments, activities or projects

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
• up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members
• 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
• health care insurance (medical, dental, vision)
• retirement planning (401(k))
• paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO)

What This Job Offers

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