Accounting & Finance - Senior Financial Analyst

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary finance business partner for an assigned business channel, owning the full FP&A cycle including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and ad hoc financial support for channel leadership
• Lead the analysis of historical and forward-looking financial data within the assigned channel to surface insights, identify risks and opportunities, and support informed business decisions
• Own and manage quarterly budget forecasts and monthly variance reporting distributed to management across the company
• Produce and own monthly budget versus actual financial statements, delivering accurate and timely reporting in support of finance leadership
• Maintain and continuously improve the efficiency and accuracy of the 17-week cash flow forecast
• Serve as a day-to-day resource for assigned business channel, providing detailed GL reporting and researching and resolving budgetary questions
• Audit GL account activity and independently identify anomalies in the monthly financials that may indicate breakdowns in departmental policies and procedures; escalate findings with recommended next steps
• Develop ad hoc financial reports and analysis in support of finance leadership’s reporting and decision-making needs
• Identify opportunities to improve finance processes, reporting tools, and internal controls; escalate recommendations to the Director of Finance for review and implementation
• Design, build, and maintain databases of pertinent financial information, including analytical reports used in evaluating future plans and forecasts

Competencies

• Teamwork: Contribute to a team environment supporting diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Work effectively with others, be a team player and contribute toward team goals.
• Critical Thinking: Propose creative solutions within specific specialization. Ability to analyze data, trends, and patterns.
• Expertise: Expert in knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques relevant to specialization. Able to develop expertise in related area(s).
• Communication: Actively engage in listening to teammates and guests and be open to feedback from guests, peers, and management.
• Strategy and Goal Setting: Approach change with positivity and curiosity. Know your role in achieving team goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration from a 4-year college or university preferred
• 2-4 years of experience with a related degree, 4-7 years of experience with a non-related degree, or 5+ years of industry experience preferred
• 3–5 years of progressive experience in financial analysis, FP&A, accounting, or a related field required
• Demonstrated ability to independently own recurring financial deliverables and business channel reporting
• Experience working cross-functionally with non-finance stakeholders preferred

Physical Demands

• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Regularly sit, use hands and arms to reach, handle, feel, talk or hear, and taste or smell
• Frequent standing, walking, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling
• Occasionally climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Regularly use fine motor dexterity of fingers
• Regularly utilize close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• Occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions
• Noisy environment