Job Summary

Seeking a highly motivated and analytical individual to join our Finance team as Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Analyst. Excellent opportunity to work cross-functionally with various departments to provide actionable insights and recommendations. Demonstrates analytical and strategic thinking skills to evaluate data and promotes operational excellence. Using data-driven techniques, presents insightful, actionable recommendations to support initiatives and drive improvement to key performance indicators in collaboration with the business. Compile, analyze, and interpret financial, payroll, and operational data to partner with the business for continuous improvement and operational initiatives.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

Budgeting, Forecasting and Financial Analysis

• Support and contribute to development of the annual Budget and monthly Forecast, including collaboration with the business and analysis of financial trends.
• Analyze financial and operational performance against Budget and Forecasts, identifying key variances and trends in metrics.
• Research and maintain active awareness of economic trends and industry reports.
• Extract meaningful business insights and create data-driven recommendations for internal business partners to provide potential process operational enhancements.

Business Reporting and Partnering

• Serve as valued partner to business departments through detailed analysis grounded in data-supported details.
• Develop data visualizations to make large or complex data accessible and meaningful to cross-functional business partners by delivering presentations or reporting, such as potential optimization or cost leverage opportunities.
• Prepare financial models to support key and operational business decisions by conducting scenario analysis and sensitivity testing to assess potential impacts on financial outcomes.
• Provide support, analysis, and modeling to assist leadership in implementation and administration of business strategies, policies, and processes.
• Proactively identify opportunities to streamline processes, gather data needs, improve data analysis techniques, and enhance reporting methodologies.
• Strictly adhere to data security, privacy and access policies.

WHAT IS REQUIRED:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• 3 years' experience in a FP&A, HRIS or other analytical related role.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, primarily Excel.
• Experience with building and executing reports utilizing Business Intelligence, HRIS or similar tools.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize projects and meet project timelines.
• Ability to communicate effectively with business partners both remotely, in written communication and in meetings.
• Ability to meet conflicting employment guidelines.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Current or obtaining a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) or Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) license.
• Manufacturing or retail industry experience.
• Experience with Incorta or Cognos.
• Experience with workforce management and human capital management software, such as Dayforce or UKG.
• Working knowledge of Power Query or SQL.