FINANCIAL ANALYST

Gateway Sourcing is a professional recruiting firm. We have a client in west Mobile looking to hire a Financial/Business Analyst. This is a mid-level position with intentions to become the primary financial person for the Mobile location in 3-5 years, and will help drive efficiencies through financial analysis and recommendations.

COMPANY:

This is a successful large company with facilities throughout the world. THIS IS AN ONSITE POSITION--please only apply if you live in the Mobile AL area, or are already planning to move to the Mobile, AL area.

POSITION SUMMARY AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a member of the Finance and Accounting department, this person will be part of a team acting as advisors providing timely, accurate financial information to make workflows simpler and improve transaction processing.

The Business Analyst is primarily focused on the profit and loss portion of the financial statements in addition to strategic planning and analysis. This position is responsible for managing the budgeting and forecasting process for profitability monitoring and providing data to senior management to aid in driving key business decisions.

• Develop a knowledge base by building history and an understanding of the business to help drive strategic analysis and business models that will help drive decisions and promote improvements in assimilating information throughout the organization.


• Responsible for validating and analyzing the profit/loss statement components with the aim of advising senior management and making recommendations that drive decisions to control expenditures within set targets and improve key performance indicators (KPI)(link removed)>


• Responsible for preparing and distributing monthly internal financial reporting (KPI tracking, Scorecard reporting, I/S, C/F, etc.) along with commentary to explain the results(link removed)>


• Responsible for assessing customers (developing a scorecard per a thorough F/S analysis) and making credit limit recommendations to management(link removed)>


• Coordinates/plans activities relating to the preparation of the budget, forecasts (EBITDA, Cash), strategic planning and analysis.


• Owner of the forecast and planning process with the emphasis of challenging the numbers and developing a process that provide information, not just data, which drives improvements for information assimilation and communication, thereof.


• Expected to develop tools and models, with the use of the latest technology, that will improve the way data is gathered and processed to develop information for strategic decision making


• Develop analyses that challenges plant operations and management to improve performance and profitability that promotes cost control and EBITDA growth.


• Responsible for analysing and investigating month-end results and explaining variances versus the targets (forecast/budget); giving reasons why the numbers are different than expected by providing insight from a commercial and/or operational perspective.


• Responsible for managing the IFRS16 lease accounting and reporting process.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelors degree (BA) in Finance or Accounting from four-year college or university


• Five (5) to seven (7) years related experience and/or training in financial analysis.


• MBA/CPA preferred


• Advanced Excel skills


• Power BI and Power Query highly preferred, and will be a competitive edge.


• SAP software user skills


• Reporting skills and analytical skills, with business acumen. As outlined below, needed are the analytical skills and experience at interpreting business financial data, to help drive efficiencies in costs and revenue.

SKILLS:

• Must be able to communicate proactively with all levels of management and effectively present information, write reports and respond to questions from all levels of the business.


• Good understanding of business context and advanced analytical skills with attention to details.


• Demonstrate ability to identify and improve deficient processes.


• Openness and willingness to develop and implement new methods and procedures.


• Advanced MS Office skills, especially Excel, are required as well as strong general PC skills with very good knowledge of SAP. Knowledge of Power Query and Power BI preferable.


• Ability to work in a team and well-developed interpersonal skills.

LOCATION: This position is based in west Mobile, AL (not a remote or hybrid position)

TRAVEL: Negligible