Financial Analyst 2

Summary:

The Financial Analyst plays a key role in supporting enterprise‑wide financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analysis. This position partners closely with business leaders and finance stakeholders to analyze cost drivers, manage budgets, explain variances, and deliver insights that enable informed decision-making.

As an early-stage member of the FP&A Center of Excellence, the Financial Analyst combines strong core financial analysis with hands-on support to build standardized processes, repeatable approaches, structured reporting, and consistent financial practices across the organization.

Essential Functions:

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Own corporate‑level forecasts, outlooks, and key financial assumptions
• Support annual budget, rolling forecast, and long‑range planning cycles through consolidation and review of business inputs, assumption validation and risk identification, and gap analysis versus enterprise targets.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and financial risks.

Performance Management & Analysis

• Lead monthly and quarterly variance analysis versus budget, forecast, and prior periods.
• Identify and explain key drivers impacting revenue, margin, operating expenses, and cash flow.
• Deliver clear, decision‑oriented insights linking financial results to business activity.

Financial Modeling & Decision Support

• Build and maintain financial models for business cases, strategic initiatives, and ad‑hoc analysis.
• Perform scenario and sensitivity analysis to evaluate trade‑offs and outcomes.
• Support corporate initiatives such as cost actions, growth strategies, and capital allocation.

Executive & Stakeholder Partnership

• • Prepare executive‑ready materials, presentations, and summaries.
  • Collaborate with Accounting, Treasury, Investor Relations, and Business FP&A teams to ensure data accuracy and alignment.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field 
• 3-6 years of experience in Corporate FP&A or Corporate Finance
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and financial modeling skills, with ability to interpret complex financial data and provide actionable insights.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, accounting principles, FP&A processes and financial data structures.
• Experience supporting FP&A Centers of Excellence or shared services models.
• Advanced Excel skills; FP&A or BI tools experience preferred.