Senior Financial Analyst

Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst will be leading the forecast process with the direction from the Finance Director and play a very important role in enhancing the business partnership with leaders in Commercials, Technology, HR, Legal, Public Affairs, IT, Finance, etc.

Essential Functions

• Develop financial forecasts and plans and reports for organizational leaders.
• Create financial models based on analyses to support organizational decision making.
• Work closely with business partners to understand their operations, processes, and key initiatives and determine what financial analysis and management reporting is required to drive business decisions
• Develop automated reporting and forecasting tools for more efficient use of data.
• Review complex financial forecast processes, systems, and procedures for efficient workflow and conformity with actual reporting and accounting principles.
• Prepare and deliver comprehensive evaluations, proposals, and recommendations to executive leadership, committees, and other stakeholders.
• Create structure and develop streamlined processes within the Finance function to improve both data accuracy and the cadence of financial analysis shared with business partners
• Develop optimized workflows for key FP&A processes, including the creation of desk procedures and processes within the finance organization
• Implement standardization and automation leveraging existing systems (SAP, SAC, Spotfire BI)

Required Skills/Abilities

• Strong financial modelling skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Thorough understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
• ERP experience required; SAP, OneStream and Copilot Agent experience preferred.

Required Work Experience

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Thorough understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
• Thorough understanding of project management.
• SAP or equivalent ERP experience is preferred.
• Six years of professional experience as an accountant, auditor OR valid Certified Public Accountant certificate with at least three years of professional experience as an accountant, auditor.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Six years of professional experience as an accountant, auditor OR valid Certified Public Accountant certificate with at least four years of professional experience as an accountant, auditor.