About the Role / About the Job
Join a dynamic marketplace finance team as a Finance Analyst, where you will play a critical role in driving business outcomes and managing financial performance for one of our key business verticals. You will be responsible for overseeing financial metrics, reporting, and forecasting, while providing decision support through data analysis and business insights.
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Key Job Responsibilities
The successful candidate will demonstrate strong analytical abilities and effectively manage finances in a high-growth environment, including:
- Performing financial reporting, ad-hoc business analyses, and financial modeling.
- Presenting strategic recommendations to business leadership on decisions and planned initiatives.
- Ensuring financial oversight and building processes that enhance transparency and controls.
- Conducting financial reviews with business groups and collaborating with finance leaders to ensure effective performance evaluations.
- Partnering with business teams to achieve key objectives and enhance free cash flow.
- Managing financial planning, analysis, and forecasting based on crucial business inputs.
- Leading weekly, monthly, and quarterly reviews backed by data analysis, ensuring actionable follow-ups with partners.
- Collaborating with the accounting team to facilitate the financial close processes on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
- Performing ad-hoc analyses, financial modeling, and presenting insights to senior management.
- Developing tools for insightful analysis and reporting to aid in decision-making and performance tracking.
- Extracting insights from extensive data sets and communicating actionable strategies to business partners.
- Engaging with Finance teams across various divisions and functions, including Accounting and FP&A.
Basic Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in tax, finance, or related analytical fields.
- 4+ years of experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) in analyses.
- 4+ years of experience in identifying and executing improvements, automation, and simplification of finance/business tools and processes.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Mathematics, or Economics, or a Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of experience in dissecting financial data and identifying strategic patterns.
Preferred Qualifications
- 4+ years of experience participating in continuous improvement projects within your team, driving measurable enhancements in controllership.
- Proficiency with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (e.g., SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and financial systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards).
- An MBA or CPA credential.
Benefits
Our inclusive culture promotes an environment where all team members are empowered to deliver exceptional results for our customers. We offer various benefits that enhance the employee experience, including workplace accommodations for individuals with disabilities during the hiring and onboarding processes. If you require adjustments or have any needs related to your application or interview, please reach out for assistance.
