Sr Financial Analyst, FP&A - Global Ops

Paramount•New York, NY

3d•$85,600 - $100,000

About The Position

This position will partner deeply with Financial and Business colleagues to evaluate, budget, and actively manage the financial discipline for the company’s organization. Key components include helping to build the budget and forecasts, ensuring the accuracy of reported actual costs, and developing variance analysis reports and dashboards in Power BI for both Business and Financial leaders. The Senior Analyst will support management with financial reporting and analysis used for strategic and tactical decision-making, long-range financial plans, and annual operating plan and forecast cycles. The role will also work with stakeholders across the business to develop and validate investment business cases for capital projects and optimize priorities across the portfolio.

Requirements

4+ years of related work experience, including forecasting and budgeting experience
Knowledge of accounting and finance principles
Highly analytic; ability to synthesize data and provide insightful narrative of business results, using AI tools to accelerate analysis and reporting
Strong interpersonal skills; ability to navigate within a matrixed environment
Works effectively across teams and departments

Nice To Haves

Demonstrates an interest in utilizing AI to improve processes
Proactive self-starter; able to learn quickly, be flexible, and adapt to a changing industry and organizational landscape
Enjoys digging into financial analysis, process improvement, and owning end-to-end processes
Detail oriented
Continuous improvement mindset; ability to seek out and implement internal or external best practices
Highly proficient in Microsoft Suite, specifically Excel and PowerPoint; experience with SAP, Oracle, TM1, Longview, PowerBi and PowerPoint a plus

Responsibilities

Provides ad hoc support related to mergers and acquisitions activity
Assist in preparation, review, and consolidation of the annual operating and capital budgets, as well as Long Range Planning (long range plan, annual budget, and monthly forecasts)
Design and improvement of financial reporting dashboards using AI to be reviewed monthly by business leads to review forecasts and trends
Prepare monthly financial reporting and variance analysis, leveraging AI to automate variance detection and generate commentary, and communicate monthly results to department heads and project owners
Work with the business to develop Capital Expenditure Requests (CER) and business justification
Communicate and partner with Finance Leads to manage operational budgets, model business scenarios, and build positive relationships that drive transparency and accuracy
Analyze and monitor financial and operational trends, utilizing AI to integrate data from multiple sources, to develop a holistic view of performance
Manage multiple tasks in a deadline-driven environment with a high level of accuracy
Provide ad hoc analysis as needed, including corporate finance team requests, and supporting the greater organization
Prepare the monthly close, including accruals and journal entries