Financial Analyst II

This individual, reporting directly to the Director of FP&A, will be responsible for assisting in financial analysis focused on revenue and/or cost of goods, forecasting, budgeting, and reporting system implementation. Candidate must be able to quickly ramp-up the learning curve to identify the key levers of performance across the business in order to develop a credible rapport with constituents. Must be able to collaborate across all functional areas of the business constructively and efficiently, within a fast-paced private equity backed company.

Position Responsibilities

In concert with the Director of FP&A and other senior leaders, continue to build out the company’s financial planning function, with an emphasis on providing quality management information and furthering the development of systems, processes, and metrics. This includes:

• Supporting the production of detailed, bottom-up budgets and forecasts to support short-term and long-term strategic planning.
• Developing and reporting key financial pricing, sales, and operational data/metrics in dashboards and forecasts.
• Working directly with various business and functional leaders to educate and support them in developing their strategic plans, budgets, and forecasts.
• Providing data and trends related to customers, suppliers, and markets that further inform the understanding of key trends in the business.

Support the company’s financial analysis function with an emphasis on performance improvement and providing relevant and timely external analysis. This includes:

• Analyzing cash flow, cost control and expenses, as well as collaborating with the various business and functional leaders to suggest and implement improvements.
• Performing economic and industry analyses to identify and recommend response strategies to trends impacting the business.
• Monitoring the company’s performance in context of external market benchmarks and comparable, as well as internally tracked KPI targets.
• Researching and investigating financial and operational performance variance issues and assisting business leaders in taking appropriate corrective actions.

Required Knowledge and Skills/Key Attributes

• Solid business acumen, ideally with previous experience in manufacturing and consumer focused businesses and/or private equity ownership.
• Process mapping with an eye toward simplification and streamlining.
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, with acute attention to detail, accuracy and accountability balanced with sound business judgment.
• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure and meet deadlines. A high sense of urgency and ability to prioritize.
• Effective time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to adapt and thrive with change and complexity.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements

• 3-5+ years of relevant experience in Finance and FP&A roles.
• A strong track record of reporting and financial analysis, preferably in a high growth, private equity organization with FP&A experience involving acquisitions and/or sale processes.
• Experience in building scalable financial planning, analysis and reporting models and processes to facilitate company growth.
• Experience and ability to model and synthesize complex financial analysis, operational, and KPI data into concise presentations and decision framework.
• Strong working knowledge of ERP systems and databases and reporting/analysis packages such as Power BI
• Proficient in MS Office Suite; highly proficient in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Bachelor’s Degree required, ideally in Finance or Accounting.