The Financial Analyst role in the FP&A department works with directors and senior leadership team members to provide financial insights and recommendations that help drive company strategy and decision-making. The Financial Analyst prepares monthly financial reviews with deep dive ad hoc analytics to explain root causes for large variances. This position collaborates with department heads to plan annual budgets and perform ROI analytics on capital projects. In addition, the Financial Analyst helps maintain in-depth cash flow models used to support capital planning and strategic decision-making processes.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities:
Recurring analysis of both financial and operational data on an ad hoc, daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis
Continually improve the analytics process to make it more efficient and effective
Coordinate and work with cross-functional team members in business intelligence, finance and operations to establish and continuously improve the reporting process
Identify key business issues and opportunities and work efficiently and effectively towards achieving solutions
Assist in facilitating department level budgeting and forecast development
Monitor department level budget to actual performance and effectively communicate the results to finance and operations leadership
Identify root causes of budget to actual variances and implement effective corrective actions
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Strong analytical skills
Ability to pay attention to details while also understanding financial impacts at a macro level
Advance MS Excel expertise
Exposure to financial, labor and other operational modeling
Working understanding of GAAP
Experience using tools such as Alteryx, Power BI and/or Vena a plus
EDUCATION AND REQUIREMENTS
Required:
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Statistics, or other related fields in Business
Preferred:
Retail, Restaurant or Convenience Store experience a plus
Three years of experience in a financial or operations analyst role is a plus
Passion for constant and continued learning
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer