Financial Analyst - Senior

Job Summary:

Responsible for the preparation of complex and interpretive financial analyses and reports. Supports the annual budget process, expense and/or staffing forecasts and statistical reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Financial Analyst, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Complex Financial Analyses: By preparing complex financial analyses for department management, you will provide valuable insights that can guide decision-making processes.


• Reporting: Your preparation of analyses, reports, and special studies for management will ensure that key stakeholders are informed about the financial status and progress of the organization.


• Budgeting: Partnering with organizational units to develop annual budgets will help to ensure financial efficiency and effectiveness across the organization.


• Forecasting: Your role in developing expense and staffing forecasts will provide a roadmap for the organization’s future, helping to guide strategic planning.


• Statistical Reporting: Preparing and consolidating financial data for statistical reporting will provide a clear and accurate picture of the organization’s financial health.


• Financial Performance Analysis: Your work in preparing financial performance reports, including variance explanations and cost analysis, will help to identify areas of strength and opportunities for improvement.


• Consolidation of Financial Data: By consolidating financial data, you will make it easier for stakeholders to understand the overall financial situation, aiding in decision-making processes.


• Mentorship: Coaching or leading less-experienced Financial Analysts will help to build a stronger, more knowledgeable finance team, fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• Action oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Demonstrates self-awareness - Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.
• Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Optimizes work processes - Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Self-development - Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels.
• Business Partnering - Collaborates with stakeholders and develops partnerships to drive performance that aligns to organizational goals and strategies; influences the organization by demonstrating knowledge of the business to provide guidance to support the decision making process and guiding the business towards positive results and organizational alignment; evaluates business environment using measures to mitigate risk and capitalize on opportunities. 
• Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
• Financial Analysis - Interprets financial data by analyzing trends, variances, opportunities and risks to provide insight to stakeholders regarding financial impact to drive business improvement; evaluates financial results against targets to communicate conclusions to all stakeholders; ensures integrity of financial data by investigating variances and determining corrective actions to resolve identified issues. 
• Financial Planning and Forecasting - Utilizes financial forecast data to provide forward looking projections to facilitate decision making; partners with stakeholders to analyze trends and validate assumptions to provide a forecast that aligns to the organization's goals and strategies.
• Financial Reporting - Analyzes financial data by evaluating results and solutions to support business decisions; prepares and presents financial information by summarizing data to communicate results in compliance with regulations and stakeholder expectations; partners with stakeholders to drive financial performance that aligns to organizational goals and strategies.
• US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - Evaluates US accounting standards to record transactions in compliance with requirements and company policies; assesses the accounting requirements and objectives to determine the implications on the business and communicate to stakeholders with varying financial knowledge. 

Education, Licenses, Certifications: 

• College, university, or equivalent degree in Finance, Accounting or related field required. 
• Progress toward Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, Chartered Accountant or similar certification preferred.

Experience: 

• Intermediate level of relevant professional work experience in the field of study required.

• Monitor accounts payable balances and assure prompt payment of invoices.
• Analyze and forecast direct material variance impact to the financials.
• Collaborate with suppliers and cross functionally to resolve open receipts and unpaid invoices.
• Recommend changes in methods and procedures to improve the efficiency of accounts payable.
• Support three businesses - Seymour, Clovis and CKEC JV.
• Coach or mentor Financial Analysts.