Senior Financial Analyst

Alex Lee•Hickory, NC

14d

About The Position

The Senior Financial Analyst will contribute to the company's success through providing financial and analytic partnership and deliverables to their assigned operational areas.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Analytics, or similar quantitative field of study
3 + years of progressive Finance experience
Experience working in Microsoft tools ( i.e., Excel, PowerPoint & Power BI)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to proactively manage the message & expectations (all levels)
High accountability that delivers on commitments

Nice To Haves

Prior FP&A experience at a large company ($1B+ Sales) preferred.
Prior experience in retail, wholesale, distribution and/ or consumer packaged goods is preferred.

Responsibilities

Build ROI/ business models (ST & LT) for major capital expenditures, projects, ventures, promotions
Analyze profitability for key areas of assigned operational area
Provide proactive variance analyses
Produce proformas and post reviews/ measurement for key initiatives
Business Analytics – Develop & deliver ad-hoc decision support (financial data in addition to operational data)
Set up and measure test and learns, as appropriate for assigned operational area
Create, provide, and partner on: ‒ descriptive analytics & exploratory data analytics – “What” ‒ diagnostic analytics – “Why” ‒ predictive analytics – “What if” ‒ prescriptive analytics – “Next best action”
Financial Operating Planning – Produce assigned deliverables for the annual financial operating plan (as required for assigned operational area) with driver-based targets; guide partner through process and ensure understanding and alignment on all budget submissions
Deliver single and “rest of year” financial forecasting
Managing & Reporting Business Performance – Deliver periodic business reviews
Prepare presentations, schedules & required support (including KPIs and Scorecards)
Do competitive benchmarking, macro-environment and market share/ growth analyses as required
Strategic Planning – Working with assigned operational area, provide the financial view for the longer term (3-5 year) planning process
Model financial outcomes of the strategies
Data & Systems – Provide data sourcing, wrangling, querying & modeling for discovery analytics
Develop standardized, self-service performance reporting
Build requirements & validate production ready metrics and reports