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Financial Analyst – Corporate FP&a
Company | Guardian Life |
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Location | New York, NY, USA |
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Salary | $80940 – $132975 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | |
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Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- 5-7 years of finance/accounting experience
- Strong analytical skills and knowledge of financial analytics
- Strong Excel skills (Macros, V-lookups, etc.)
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and work additional hours during peak session
- Willingness to learn and grow on the job
- Ability to make suggestions to management based on analysis
Responsibilities
- Manage the end-of-the-end financial processes of the Corporate expense management team, including (but not limited to) planning, forecasting, variance analytics and allocations.
- Analyze and deliver the 3-year financial plan, incorporating system transitions, staffing, market trends, strategic priorities and implemented projects.
- Partner with key stakeholders by providing valuable insight into their monthly financial results, including projected results for the fiscal year. Convey and articulate financial impact of decisions.
- Maintain staffing data and corresponding financial impacts, in partnership with department stakeholders and Human Resource business partners. Incorporate outer year impacts including staffing changes, planned retirements and business support into a 3-year financial plan.
- Partner with Business Finance leadership to drive transparency into the financial impact of technology expenses.
- Drive insights and analytics that provide technology leadership transparency into risks and opportunities of departmental expenses and spending trends, providing recommendations on efficiencies and/or risk mitigation.
- Develop financial metrics aligned to value and outcomes.
- Partner with Sourcing to effectively capture financial impact of vendor spend and contractual obligations.
- Identify and deliver opportunities that enhance processes through automation, offshoring, or elimination.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience using ERP, Oracle and SmartView a plus but not required.