SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST
Avesta CropScience Inc. · Cary, NC · 5 days ago
FinanceFull-time
About the role
This role will work closely with the CFO and Sr Director Finance to prepare presentations highlighting company performance for Atticus. The Senior Financial Analyst will be responsible for gaining an understanding of the financial and non-financial metrics of Atticus that underscore Company performance.
Responsibilities
- Partner directly with the CFO to prepare monthly, company‑wide financial presentations, including analysis of performance drivers, risks, and opportunities.
- Develop clear, compelling PowerPoint presentations for internal leadership and external stakeholders.
- Translate complex financial data into a cohesive narrative that explains company performance, trends, and forward‑looking expectations.
- Support the annual budgeting process, including gathering assumptions, validating inputs, building financial models, and preparing presentations for company‑wide rollout.
- Cook up bank‑facing budget decks that articulate assumptions, trends, and financial strategy.
- Provide visibility into revenue performance and identify variances in sales compared to target and meet with the sales team to track progress toward quarterly and annual revenue targets.
- Track key performance indicators and provide deep‑dive analysis on financial performance, including margin trends, cost drivers, and operational KPIs such as volume metrics, including calculating pounds of tech sold.
- Work closely with teams across finance, accounting, sales, operations, pricing & rebates, and other departments to support projects, validate data, and ensure alignment.
- Build slides, dashboards, and reports that enhance decision-making and improve communication of financial insights.
- Apply a strong understanding of accounting principles to interpret financial results and visualize trends across revenue, expenses, margins, and cash flow.
- Identify anomalies, inconsistencies, or emerging patterns in financial data and communicate insights to leadership.
- Execute special projects and ad hoc analyses as requested.
- Aid Finance team with ad-hoc requests and other day-to-day operational support as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required
- Minimum of four years of relevant work experience in Accounting, FP&A, or other relevant fields is required.
- Experience in chemical manufacturing preferred but not required
- CPA License preferred, but not required
- Public Consulting experience desirable
- Advanced MS Excel skills (formulas, pivot tables, lookups), MS PowerPoint (charts, graphs)
- An analytical mindset with the ability to analyze, simplify and communicate data
- Familiarity with accounting software (i.e. Microsoft Dynamics AX, Oracle, SAP)
- Excellent interpersonal skills and proactive communication skills along with strong initiative and balanced judgment
- Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
- Organizational skills with superior attention to detail
- Adaptable and entrepreneurial with a background in dynamic, fast‑moving business environment
- The ability to work effectively across diverse and cross-functional teams, under critical timelines while balancing the needs of internal and external customers
- Excellent time management and prioritization skills