Financial Analyst III

Full-time, hybrid role (2 days in-office) located at the Taylorsville State Office Building, 4315 S 2700 W, Taylorsville, Utah, 84129.

About The Role

This position focuses on budgets, forecasts, and rate setting. The chosen candidate will work cross-functionally with departments including Hosting, Network, Desktop, and Operations to plan and report business expenses, execute strategy, assess performance, and provide insights and analytics for decision-making across the Division. This unique role acts as the analytical engine of the company, supporting optimal business decision-making by leveraging strong accounting and compliance backgrounds to explore historical financial data, predict future results, and drive process and policy improvements.

Responsibilities

• Analyze current and past financial data and performance.
• Provide financial models and forecasting.
• Evaluate current capital expenditures and depreciation.
• Identify trends in financial performance and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Assist with analyzing actual results against plan and forecast; prepare analysis as required.
• Coordinate with other members of the finance team to review financial information and forecasts.
• Perform detailed analysis with understanding of key drivers to forecast cost trends.
• Develop a detailed understanding of business processes, looking for both control gaps and opportunities to gain process efficiency.
• Prepare reports and projections based on analysis.
• Illustrate financial trends with charts and graphs.
• Handle ad-hoc reporting, analysis, and special projects as required.
• Provide oversight and mentorship as needed.

Requirements

• Detail-oriented, with unquestionable integrity and credibility.
• Ability to "connect the dots" for others across multiple data points, making upstream/downstream connections that may not be easily noticeable.
• Skilled in using Microsoft Excel.
• Present creative and logical solutions to identified problems.
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills, including documentation of findings and recommendations.
• Drive solid understanding of cost structure/drivers by division/BU and partner with operations leadership to drive productivity.
• Demonstrate strong leadership, analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Communicate with judgment, tact, and diplomacy in dealing with internal customers within a matrix organization.
• Possess initiative, enthusiasm, intellectual curiosity, a positive attitude, and ability to perform as a team player.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels of management.
• Highly motivated and proactive, with strong organizational and project management skills to multitask and manage workload to timely completion.
• Work independently and meet deadlines.

Pay

$25.65 - $35.00 hourly.

Benefits

• Work/life balance as a vital element of culture.
• Job stability within a well-established organization.
• Career growth opportunities and leadership development.
• Meaningful work contributing to important community services.
• Supportive work environment valuing cooperation and strong work ethics.