Financial Analyst Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, mathematics, statistics or business. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in an accounting or finance position requiring the creation of financial reporting and analysis.
• Advanced in accessing data through typical ERP and data warehouse applications.
• Advanced Excel skills including creating spreadsheet models and drawing conclusions from large sets of data to interpret financial and non-financial metrics that can be linked to financial performance.
• Skill to use statistical methods to analyze, evaluate, and summarize large amounts of data into a useful mathematical form.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills necessary to effectively present complex financial subjects to non-financially oriented customers.
• Exceptional business / financial analysis skills including attention to detail and accuracy and exceptional problem-solving abilities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience within quick service restaurant environments or retail system.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes data, prepares, and communicates analytical reports which may include diverse topics such as sales performance, profitability, return on investment, and other general business and financial performance information.
• Prepares planning and forecasting models covering sales and financial performance.
• Submits financial statements into standardized electronic reporting systems.
• Provides feedback regarding appropriate accounting standards and processes.
• Provides recommendations to improve the financial performance.
• Gather and analyze data from legal, operations, audit, and marketing and prepare it for formal presentation to senior leaders.
• Works cross-functionally within the organization, to provide financial advice and consulting to non-financially oriented stakeholders.
• Support management of a business unit/department with financial activities.
• Identify trends, opportunities, risks, and clearly communicate these to management.
• Provide analytical, financial support to management during the budgeting process.
• May present at seminars and formal training classes to include typical subjects such as: financial reporting systems, budgeting, cash flow planning, financing applications and business planning.
• May assist and provide work direction to less experienced staff.