Financial Analyst I - Riverview, FL

The Financial Analysts work closely with business stakeholders and senior leadership across the organization.  Analysts are responsible for accurately reporting monthly financial and operating results, sales channel commission, and financial statement and cashflow forecasts.  Analysts assist with the annual budgeting and strategic planning processes. Analysis is completed by means of business intelligence, financial reporting, and general analysis.  Analysts help organize, maintain, and enhance all reporting, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and data related work items.

Duties and responsibilities: 

• Complete projects efficiently in accordance with FP&A quality standards.
• Analyze operational and financial variances to understand trends and implications.
• Provide support to accounting team during monthly close cycles as needed.
• Present analysis and recommendations identifying opportunities for improvement to finance leadership.
• Collaborate with internal business stakeholders to understand, analyze & evaluate business requirements.
• Maintain and enhance standard reports to improve efficiency and drive value to the bottom line.
• Facilitate requirement gathering, engaging both business and technical stakeholders.
• Gather, organize, and make sense of disparate data sets.
• Prepare high quality analysis, communications and presentations; present work in a clear and compelling way.
• Perform reconciliation of data sources to ensure accuracy of all FP&A reporting
• Create ad-hoc reports as needed for finance and business leaders.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or other related discipline
• Strong Excel knowledge required (e.g. pivot tables, lookups, sum if, and linking)
• 1-3 years of experience in FP& A, analytical modeling and/or operations planning
• 1-3 years of experience working with Tableau Desktop/Tableau Online, Power BI or other Data Visualization software a plus
• 1-3 years of preparing presentations using PowerPoint
• High level of proficiency in MS Office
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving and data manipulation skills are required
• Understanding of financial statements; including income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a high quality of work
• Ability to facilitate meetings amongst stakeholders to coordinate projects
• Must be flexible, team-oriented and show initiative and curiosity
• Must be able to manage many projects simultaneously, prioritize workload appropriately and function independently.