Recruiting Resources, Inc. is hiring: FPA Analyst Global Consumer Goods in San F

Growing, environmentally conscious, publicly traded company and manufacturer of consumer goods is seeking an FP&A Analyst at their Corporate offices in the San Fernando Valley, CA.

Responsibilities:

• Provide support to the FP&A department in terms of forecast and budget consolidation, report generation, financial analysis, and accounting process support.
• Work directly with people in various departments including the manufacturing plants and will interact will all levels of management within the company.
• Assist in projects/tasks as assigned by the Manager of FP&A, the VP of Finance, and the CFO.
• Monthly financial report preparation including variance analysis, highlight issues and work with the individual parties to identify significant variances between actual and forecast/budget results
• Participate in generating the monthly reports which includes file consolidation and commentary
• Consolidate, review and track forecasts, monthly, quarterly and annually
• Assist in the development of the Annual Budget working closely with all stakeholders
• Assist in the completion of the quarterly Board Meeting presentation decks
• Represent Finance on key cross functional initiatives working to resolve and improve upon common issues
• Responsible for providing information and ad-hoc analysis as needed

Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, or related field
• 1 - 2 years in financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis and modeling
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Good organizational and time management skills
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Excel
• Finance experience in a manufacturing environment is a plus
• Experience with ERP systems, JD Edwards E1 in particular a plus
• Experience with multidimensional forecasting systems, specifically Oracle EPBCS, a plus
• Good analytical and communication skills
• Experience with dashboard and other BI tools
• Ability to work well in a cross functional team

Compensation:
$80,000-$95,000 per year