Financial Analyst

Job Description ResponsibilitiesFinancial Planning & AnalysisPartner with business and technology leadership in budgeting and forecasting modeling, analyzing department performance, and identifying opportunities, challenges, and risksSupport monthly close activities: monitor spend by project and initiative for accuracy and completeness, including variance analysis, and update forecasts in alignment with management. Manage invoice treatment including accruals, prepaids, and accounting of capital vs. operating expenseCollaborate with stakeholders on preparation of recurring internal reporting packages, dashboards, trend analysis, and other ad hoc analysisPerform and coordinate multi-year project-based financial analysis and modeling to support reporting of operating and capital spendFinance OperationsAssist business and technology leaders in understanding financial and operational data across cost categories including software, services, and infrastructure. Develop models and analyses to drive better decision-making, identify trends, opportunities, and risksAssist in preparing business cases for capital and operating expenditure requestsIn partnership with Procurement and operations, review invoices and contracts to ensure accurate budgeting and forecasting and to optimize costPrepare regular and ad hoc financial reports including variance analyses, month-over-month comparisons, and dashboardsCommunicate expense trends and insights to key stakeholdersCollaborate on the development of annual expense budgets considering business growth and cost optimization goalsMonitor and analyze expenses to ensure alignment with budgetary guidelinesQualificationsBachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or EconomicsMinimum of 2 years of relevant business experience in corporate financial budgeting and reportingComfortable working with large, unfamiliar datasets and confident building and editing complex Excel modelsExperience in ERP systems such as Oracle, Hyperion Planning, OneStream, or other EPM solutionsStrong accounting and finance fundamentals including journal entries, accruals, prepaids, reclasses, budgeting, forecasting, and management reportingBasic understanding of the procure to pay process (Quote, SOW, MSA, PO, Invoice)Strong communication skills with the ability to interact and influence at various organizational levelsExceptional attention to detail, analytical, and problem-solving skillsAbility to deliver results with urgency, accuracy, and accountability while managing multiple competing prioritiesPreferred QualificationsExposure to technology or shared services department spend including software licensing, cloud services, or infrastructure costsFamiliarity with cloud service providers such as AWS, Azure, or Google and how their costs are structured is a plusComfort speaking the language of both Finance and TechnologyExperience supporting capital and operating expense analysis across multi-year projects