Senior Finance Analyst

Senior Finance Analyst

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree
• 5+ years of relevant experience
• Accounting designation preferred

Responsibilities

• Conducts regular, ongoing analysis, evaluation and review of business performance and initiatives against established reference points (e.g., plan, prior year, business cases) as directed
• Provides advice and guidance to Finance Management and/or business partners and appropriate stakeholders on a range of finance accounting/reporting or operational processes
• Applies understanding of respective business strategies to produce relevant and meaningful data analysis and materials to support the creation and maturation of business goals and objectives
• Develops analysis and proper dashboards to illustrate business trends and identifies areas of business opportunities
• Coordinates and/or consolidates financial information needs/requests among various parties (e.g. business Finance Teams, other stakeholders, external parties/regulators/auditors and/or centralized Finance)
• Acts as a key resource to the business or functional unit by providing relevant and meaningful financial information/data/guidance on specialized procedures and/or issues (e.g. tax, accounting principles, reconciliation/reporting/financial controls/finance processes etc.)
• Identifies variances and contributes to the analysis, due diligence and execution and/or implementation of potential initiatives, acquisitions and/or business re-structures within defined area of responsibility
• Contributes and works with FinOps or Specialized Finance teams to provide input and feedback on enhancing operational activities (e.g. report production, system queries, process mapping, specialized tracking, analysis and transactional procedural support) where appropriate

Preferred Qualifications

• Accounting designation preferred