Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

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JOB SUMMARY: The position supports enterprise-wide operational, strategic, and financial decision making to support executives, senior management, and department heads. The position includes the following activities: financial planning and budgeting, management and financial performance reporting, forecasting, financial analysis, and financial modeling. Develops and manages financial and operations reports used to demonstrate the performance of the enterprise, with a focus on financial results, capital expenditures, staffing, and operational metrics. Provides financial support and acts as a Finance point of contact for executives, department heads and others outside of the Accounting and Finance organization.

JOB ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Develops and consolidates financial and operational analysis used in driving business decisions with an emphasis on expenses and capital expenditures.
2. Develops and consolidates monthly and quarterly financial reports, staffing models, and expense analysis for management and executives. Develop financial trend analysis and summaries of results/drivers. Creates variance analysis reports and multi-dimensional financial models. Escalates any financial issues to management.
3. Leads real-time financial performance monitoring and develops root cause analysis and gap closure plans when results are not meeting planned expectations. Monitors expenses associated with new projects and/or expense reduction initiatives against expectations and/or plan. Provides suggestions for improvement for those not tracking to expectations.
4. Manages financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting working with senior management, heads of departments, and executives. Sets and analyzes current and past trends in key performance indicators (KPIs) and objectives. Tracks assumptions and related financial impacts of budget decisions, including new initiatives incorporated in the budgets and forecasts. Identifies and recommends strategies for increasing financial performance through budget improvements and cost reductions through the budgeting and forecasting process. Using operational analysis validates staffing and capacity levels against budgeted and historical operational volume.
5. Acts as a secondary review for monthly financial general ledger expense entries to ensure accounting entries are consistent with budgeted and forecasted expenses and are accurately reflected and classified in the proper cost centers.
6. Analyzes and reviews capital expenditures.
7. Develops ad hoc financial analysis, financial models, return on investment (ROI) analysis, lease versus buy analysis, capital expenditures analysis, cost benefit analysis, staffing and capacity analysis, and/or vendor financial analysis to support financial and operational decisions.
8. Collaborates with members of the accounting and finance teams, including AVP, Accounting and Manager of Accounting.
9. Collaborates, coordinates, and communicates across disciplines and departments. Collaborates with senior members of all areas of the enterprise including Operations, Sales, Marketing, and Information Technology, Human Resources, and Legal, depending on which divisions the incumbent is assigned to support.
10. Must be able to have difficult conversations with executives regarding budgets and forecasts and share strategies and point of view for budget improvements and cost reductions. This will often involve negotiating changes with the executives and coming to a mutually agreed upon resolution.
11. Preference for candidates with experience using SAP for financial planning analysis.
12. Ensures compliance with HIPAA regulations and requirements.
13. Demonstrates Company's Core Competencies and values held within.
14. The position responsibilities outlined above are in no way to be construed as all encompassing. Other duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may be required and/or assigned, as necessary.

JOB SCOPE: The incumbent works under minimal direction and applies principles of financial analysis to perform a variety of analysis procedures. The incumbent has a significant impact on the corporate planning process. The incumbent works directly with executive management, senior management, and department heads.

The work is somewhat varied and moderately to highly complex, consisting of financial analysis, project leadership, using financial systems, and performing special analytics or statistical analysis. The incumbent is a resource and aids higher level positions in finding solutions for complex issues. The incumbent may assist more experienced analysts.