Senior Financial Analyst

Job Title: Senior Financial Analyst
Location: Minneapolis, MN (Onsite)
Duration: + Months

Essential Accountabilities:
Financial Reporting
Responsible for the ongoing and monthly financial review of business line results. Includes identifying abnormal income statement items, determining causes of variances, and working with other Finance personnel to investigate the underlying business practices driving financial results, and to identify risks and opportunities regarding achievements of budgeted results.

Financial Analysis
Acts as a consultant to senior management and help them understand key business drivers and the financial performance of the business. Provides in-depth ad hoc analyses on a variety of complex financial issues and business opportunities. This includes determining the appropriate analytical methodologies, providing executive summaries of the results, presenting alternative solutions, and making recommendations to assist in managerial decision making. The analyses may involve, but is not limited to, interpretation of market data and analysis of industry and competitive data.

Project Management
Leverages senior management time by managing projects to identify and implement changes to current business practices. Identifies affected parties; organizes, prepares agendas for, and runs meetings to develop consensus solutions; develops and monitors action plans to ensure project assignments are completed in a timely basis. Ensures project proposals receive appropriate approvals, uses analysis to adjust ongoing earnings expectations, and monitors projects for successful implementation.

Must Have Skills:

• At least years of financial experience within the same or similar role
• Strong proficiency with Excel
• Financial modeling experience

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