Financial Analyst

Summary:

Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager, the Financial Analyst will interact with the assigned business unit to ensure their data points are valuable at the operational level and provide meaningful information to ensure the business unit Vice President is well-informed to make timely, data-supported decisions on resource effectiveness and allocation.

The Financial Analyst is responsible for the financial planning and analysis related to business unit profitability. He/She will support the business unit Vice President in improving their effectiveness through the management and administration of the life-cycle of the budgeting process; competitive financial analysis by helping to identify and maximize resources that are most effective, and take action on the ones that are not. 

As part of the financial analysis, they will be responsible for providing all the insight needed to the organization to help determine the profitability of each campus, transform pricing, budgeting, and allocations. The Financial Analyst will also provide support in managing the monthly operational reviews, ensuring compliance with the process and, if needed, making changes, adjustments, or adaptations in a timely and proper manner, while suggesting policy reviews. 

The Financial Analyst is also responsible for delivering value-added business analysis as well as defining and measuring meaningful financial and operational metrics throughout all our brands that leads to insightful decision-making and wise capital investments.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Gathers data from departments, updates periodic reports, and analyzes statistical data to identify and correct errors and to evaluate general content, and provides management with analyses to assist in decision-making
• Produce a monthly budget analysis and assessment of all brands (forecasting and monitoring of results) / Performance Measurement: Gathers, prepares and develops reports and reconciles performance measurement data by multiple categories to be distributed to all levels of management, performing basic analyzation and review of data
• Participates in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports for management, outside auditors, and other regulators
• Provide financial modeling, financial analysis and valuation support as needed
• Primarily assist in the preparation of the annual budget and facilitation of the monthly budget variance process
• Work with line of business managers and directors to develop various financial models as profitability and forecasting

Qualifications/Competencies/Education:

• MBA in Finance or Economics or Accounting.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office suite; exceptional knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint, and application during job assignments.
• Minimum 5-8 high growth companies years of experience in a similar position.
• Experience in: financial planning, financial modeling and financial analysis, business unit budgeting and reporting, implementing and using enterprise-wide planning tool, managing and enhancing an effective budgeting and forecasting process in a very fast paced, dynamic environment

We have a competitive Benefits Plan:

  Medical Plan (pharmacy, dental, vision, hospital, emergencies)

  Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance

  401k

  Paid holidays

  Personal Day

  Paternity Leave

  Study Opportunities

  Professional growth

“Equality Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action for Minorities/Females/People with Disabilities/Veterans”.