Senior Financial Analyst - Finance Operations
About The Position
The Senior Financial Analyst supports budgeting, forecasting, tracking, analysis, and reporting of financial data across departments such as Sales, Marketing, and Operations. The role helps advance short- and long-term business objectives by partnering with commercial and operational functions and providing financial insights to support decision-making. The position contributes to the annual bottom-up budget, prepares monthly financial results and forecasts with analytical support, develops Excel models for senior management, analyzes variances, and supports month-end activities. It also provides recommendations on forecasts and trends, contributes expertise to major initiatives, improves processes, and helps ensure internal controls are monitored and followed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
- At least 3 years of financial analysis experience.
- Knowledge of the consumer-packaged goods industry.
- Proven financial analysis and problem-solving skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build stakeholder relationships.
- Results-oriented approach, strong attention to detail, initiative, and independence.
- Strong verbal and written communication and listening skills.
- Initiative and willingness to drive change, with a focus on innovation, process improvement, and problem-solving.
- Strong computer skills, including MS Office and ERP systems.
- Intermediate Power BI skills.
- Ability to prioritize demands in a fast-paced work environment.
Responsibilities
- Support the annual budgeting process by partnering with departments to produce a bottom-up budget.
- Prepare reports on monthly financial results and forecasts, including detailed analytical support for projections.
- Develop Excel analytical models to support senior management decision-making on special projects.
- Analyze and present recommendations on financial forecasts, future trends, and their impacts on operational goals and short- and long-term financial objectives.
- Establish and maintain relationships with commercial and operational functions.
- Identify opportunities to improve process efficiency while maintaining accuracy.
- Analyze weekly and monthly variance reports and explain deviations.
- Provide analytical and technical expertise on major initiatives.
- Perform various month-end activities.
- Help ensure effective internal controls are in place, monitored, and followed throughout the company.
Benefits
- Learning and growth opportunities in an environment that encourages sharing ideas, experimenting, and learning from one another.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
