DescriptionAre you passionate about building relationships, working with data, solving problems and driving results in a fast-paced environment where collaboration & strategic thinking are the norm? Do you enjoy conducting analysis and providing insights to senior leadership? Then you’ve found the right role.
As a Financial Analyst – Senior Associate in the Data & Analytics Finance & Business Management team, you will analyze, prepare, and reconcile accounting and technical data as well as financial control, forecasting and budgeting, analysis of financial/business metrics, delivery of weekly/monthly/quarterly management reporting, development of new reporting capabilities (e.g. dashboards), and advising the line of business Chief Financial Officers on how to increase profitability and efficiencies. You will also help develop recommendations effecting business procedures and operations and maintain financial and reporting systems. In addition, you will assist the department and other team members with special projects or components of other projects as needed.
For this role, candidates must be able to physically work in our Columbus, OH office 3 days a week and remotely from home 2 days per week. The specific schedule will be determined and communicated by direct management.
Job Responsibilities
- Managing annual/continual financial planning activities for product areas, providing business rational and decisions for all month-end financial performance and forecasting, conducting reviews and analysis on product financial performance, consumption/demand planning, budgeting, billing, trends, and exception reports
- Efficiency reporting, analytics and strategy - including, but not limited to - location strategy, span of control, reporting and analytics
- Analyzing financial business cases supporting business initiatives
- Reporting on and monitoring key metrics, driving data quality initiatives across the product area, and helping define future needs of the product area
- Developing and tracking performance metrics, creating presentations, and generally providing financial analysis on a variety of topics to senior management
- Performing variance analysis to understand the key drivers of the results and presenting commentary to senior managers, explaining changes from prior forecasts/budgets
- Helping design new reports and dashboards to efficiently deliver the financial results to senior management
- Enhancing controls and streamlining processes, introducing automation where possible
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a subject of a technical nature
- 5+ years of work experience in Financial Services with a Financial Analysis, Business Management and/or Accounting/Controller background
- Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint and strong skills with Essbase required
- Proficiency with data mining/gathering and manipulation of large data sets with the ability to create ad hoc reporting for senior management
- Inquisitive, enthusiastic and diligent, and capable of challenging peers
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex issues clearly
- Proven track record for executing on special projects / assignments with often little lead time or information
- Highly motivated and able to thrive and think clearly under pressure and tight deadlines
- Team player with the ability to be respected as a trusted partner for the Business, Finance, and Financial Planning & Analysis Teams
- Highly motivated self-starter with excellent time management/prioritization skills
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills with ability to analyze large data sets and present conclusions concisely
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