Senior Analyst, Financial Planning and Analysis - SYGMA - Houston, TX

Position Summary

Support strategies to help drive increased profitability, process efficiency, reduced costs and overall business improvement. Partner with leadership to deliver financial and strategic results through utilization of Financial Planning & Analysis best practices. Support corporate FP&A processes, initiatives and reporting within the function.

Responsibilities

• Create reporting and communicate insight for leadership team including metric development
• Provide insight into financial results for Corporate FP&A
• Sustain Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and budgeting process for the business unit
• Identify cost and efficiency opportunities
• Support monthly/quarterly business review processes
• Perform ad-hoc analytics and financial modeling
• Support the transformation metrics and tracking; tie to P&L results
• Provide Analytical support for major investment decisions

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required; Masters Degree preferred
• Specialization in Accounting, Business, or Finance is required
• Minimum at least 3 years of work experience in a corporate setting, with emphasis on areas such as reporting development, financial planning and analysis, business analytics, and financial modeling
• Experience with SAP BPC is preferred
• Able to perform quantitative analysis using appropriate analytical tools. Requires expert knowledge of Microsoft Excel to develop and troubleshoot reports
• Strong communication skills, able to independently structure and develop PowerPoint presentations and other business documents for executive audiences

Abilities And Skills

• High business acumen with strong finance background
• Works productively across the enterprise and partners with others to achieve shared goals
• Speaks and acts with complete honesty and trustworthiness

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.