Senior Financial Analyst

General Responsibilities

• Analyze and forecast financial performance, management reports, products and processes using advanced forecasting techniques.
• Develop and build forecasting models, research financial and economic trends for specific projects, and provide technical solutions for business analysis.
• Develop cost models to be used in individual area analysis.
• Forecast important business variables, generate monthly/quarterly business reviews, analyze both historical and forecasting results, and make business recommendations.
• Develop methodologies and processes that provide transparency of costs and cost drivers to recipient businesses, and analyze current financial results to identify and address evolving business issues and opportunities.
• Provide management and business clients with project statuses.
• Perform reporting and analysis to support presentation and ad-hoc requests.
• Articulate outcomes of analysis and relevant insights.
• Partner with business leadership to assess the financial implications of ongoing efforts to grow the organization.
• Develop presentations to communicate business and analysis results to senior leadership audiences.

Financial Analysis & Reporting

• Accurately analyze and explain key cost drivers and monthly variances, suggesting actions to the business, and managing the regular reporting process.
• Budgeting, forecasting, and Profit & Loss (P&L) management.
• Process Excellence: maintain and develop well-managed BAU processes, with a focus on automation and process efficiency.

Business Presentations

• Assist in development of presentations to communicate analysis results to senior audiences, clearly articulating outcomes of analysis to leadership teams.

Ad-hoc Requests and Special Projects

• Independently manage and prioritize personal workload, and orchestrate work across multiple stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or military experience.
• At least 2 years of experience in financial analysis.
• At least 2 years of experience with financial modeling.
• Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA) or Master's Degree in Finance preferred.
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) license or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license preferred.
• 3+ years' experience in financial analysis preferred.
• 3+ years' experience with financial modeling preferred.
• 2+ years' experience in strategic analysis & planning preferred.