Financial Analyst Senior

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Unique Skills: Custom Unique Skills

Education and Experience Requirements: Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field required or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Master's Degree preferred. Four years increasing financial responsibility. Working understanding of GAAP. Master's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field may offset one year of experience. Other Certification preferred.

Position Purpose

Leads the assigned operational business areas in developing budgets and forecasts as well as understanding risks and opportunities. Under minimal supervision, performs ongoing analysis and reporting of actual performance to budgets and/or forecasts. Performs in depth analysis and provides recommendations to operational business units and financial management on area business matters.

Job Description

Principle Duties and Responsibilities: Essential Functions:

• Provides assistance to operational departments in budget preparation. Develops staffing and other revenue/margin/expense plans as required in coordination with operational management.
• Prepares reports related to operational or strategic initiatives, analyzes significant variances from planned or forecasted results and provides interpretative comments and recommendations to management.
• Prepares accurate and timely analysis and report actual financial performance versus budgets and forecasts. Provides analysis on risks and opportunities and supports analysis on corrective actions. Performs analysis as required to ensure accuracy of financial statements.
• Performs in-depth analysis as required, both for operational and strategic initiatives.
• Continually evaluates financial process to identify and implement continuous process improvements, both in support of operations and with financial processes. Capture and report savings as appropriate.

Other Requirements:

Complete understanding and application of principles, concepts, practices and standards. A credit history check from a national credit bureau will be conducted for all candidates for this position including new hires and current employees seeking promotion or transfer. This job requires one to be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.