Preferred Knowledge/Skills
- Demonstrates a thorough level of abilities with, and/or a proven record of success as both an individual contributor and team member, identifying and addressing client needs:
- Managing Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) activities including budgeting, forecasting, variance analytics and reporting;
- Creating variance analysis reports and financial models;
- Monitoring the business environment for trends that could potentially affect the success of our clients;
- Creating relevant dashboards, financial models and reports and operational KPIs to guide business decisions and inform on performance of programs and agreements;
- Confirming the integrity and accuracy of the financial reporting and analysis provided;
- Deliver effective presentations of findings and recommendations to multiple levels of stakeholders, through visual displays of quantitative information/insights;
- Escalating any financial issues to management;
- Completing market research and comparable company analysis;
- Recommending strategies for increasing financial performance;
- Presenting detailed monthly financial reports to managers;
- Mentoring junior financial planning analysts; and,
- Collaborating with senior members of the accounting and finance teams.
Skills
- Demonstrates excellent financial and quantitative skills;
- Communicates and collaborates effectively and has strong presentation skills;
- Works independently using project management skills;
- Builds strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders; and,
- Learns quickly and has strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
Technologies
- Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, and Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides, SQL, Anaplan); and,
- Preferred proficiency in, Tableau and SAP (S4Hana) .