Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst 4

Job Description

• The Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst 4 is responsible for developing business unit budgets and tracking the company's financial performance against expectations. This position is responsible for analyzing business performance to create forecasts that help stakeholders make strategic decisions.

• Accountable for all reporting, planning, and forecasting processes
• Develop, maintain, and improve financial and operational reporting to measure and track results against expectations
• Analyze key performance indicator (KPI) trends, especially relating to financial metrics such as expenditures and profit margin; translate financial metrics into actionable insights and predictive modeling techniques that improve decision-making, performance, and business growth
• Support new business initiatives, understand and analyze new business ideas, make analytical judgments, and provide data-intensive analyses to drive meaningful change
• Identify relevant metrics that are useful to stakeholders in making business decisions
• Identify opportunities to improve data integrity to enable analysis and insights. Integrate disparate sources of data using and direct the execution of various strategic and business analyses, driving cross-functional initiatives involving employees from across the organization.
• Deliver monthly and quarterly analysis of financial results, including variances to plan, ensuring key issues, risks, and business drivers are understood and highlighted
• Provide ad-hoc most complex analysis of or assistance with any other financial related projects as deemed appropriate by management
• Operate as a trusted advisor on issues and trends; provide general consulting services leveraging expertise and significant best practice knowledge
• Operate as an innovative thought leader; contribute significantly to the overall growth and quality of the department through knowledge sharing and coaching on current best practices and market trends
• Mentor, coach, train, and provide feedback to other team members; provide feedback to leadership on abilities of team

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Minimum 6 years experience in financial analysis/planning or related field
• Proficient with Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent oral and written communications skills that demonstrate a professional demeanor and the ability to interact with executive presence
• Excellent organizational, multi-tasking, and time management skills
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills; able to maintain solid rapport with team members as well as maintain professionalism with those outside of department
• Speak or write with ease, clarity and impact, using a communication style appropriate to the subject and the audience
• Excellent ability to prioritize while paying great attention to detail is critical
• Excellent ability to use original thinking to translate goals into the implementation of new ideas and design solutions
• Self-motivated with the ability to manage projects to completion independently
• Able to thrive in a fast paced, deadline driven environment
• Demonstrated ability to influence, motivate and mobilize team members and business partners
• Excellent ability to develop and use engaging, informative and compelling presentation methodologies
• Excellent knowledge of financial forecasting and diagnosis, corporate finance and information analysis
• Sharp, fast learner with a technology curiosity and aptitude
• Attentive to detail, as demonstrated by regularly verifying all work thoroughly to ensure accuracy
• Up to 5% travel time required