Financial Analyst

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
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times