Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

About The Role:

Assists with maintaining and enhancing FP&A systems, provides support for the monthly plan, earnings forecasts and annual budget process, and performs basic ad hoc analysis for management under direct supervision.

Responsibilities:

• Assists with maintaining on-going integrity of all FP&A systems, databases, and reporting tools. Addresses system risks and incorporates efficiencies to improve accuracy and timeliness of budget and forecast reporting.
• Creates, designs, and maintains basic to moderate ad-hoc reports from enterprise financial systems or databases such as Business Warehouse and SAP.
• Assists with the annual budget process by creating annual budget guidelines, developing and presenting end user budget training, and gathering and analyzing budget data.
• Interacts with individuals across the organization to field questions and provide support during the annual budget process.
• Assists with presentations for management, including earnings forecast updates, Board presentations, and annual budget presentations.
• Assists with variance analysis for management to explain changes in key cost drivers for budget vs. actual, budget vs. forecast, forecast vs. forecast, and forecast vs. actual results.
• Assists with special projects and ad hoc financial analysis for management that is low to moderate complexity, including “what-if” scenarios and trend analysis for key cost drivers.

Candidate Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Accounting Information Systems required.
• Minimum of three years of accounting, equivalent public accounting, and/or accounting systems experience required.