Financial Analyst

Company OverviewAnchor Point Management Group is a diversified national management platform, supporting its businesses across two primary verticals: Restaurants, Food & Beverage and Beauty, Health & Wellness. With over 450 operating locations, the company has grown significantly over the past 30+ years. It looks to aggressively continue growth alongside its private equity partners through development, acquisitions, and industry-leading operations.Position DescriptionThe Finance Analyst will support the company's Operational Finance function. This is a high impact finance role, reporting to the Director of Finance or Finance Manager. The Finance Analyst has the demonstrated ability to deliver results, lead via influence, partner cross-functionally, and drive consensus amongst diverse teams. This individual is highly organized, data-centric and able to leverage data and analysis to help the organization achieve its strategic and operational goals.The position will act as a strategic and collaborative business partner with the Presidents of the company's brands. The position provides critical financial thought partnership as well as all financial and operational reporting, planning, forecasting, budgeting, and analysis for the leadership and operating personnel.Duties & ResponsibilitiesOwnership of operational finance function at the brand-levelAdvance our strategic initiatives through close partnership and continuous/timely communications with executives and business line PresidentsDrive FP&A function, including development of budgets, subsequent analysis of performance against them, and related ad-hoc analysesStreamline finance processes and stand up repeatable and scalable solutions to enable controllership while shifting the balance of the team's time towards value-added supportServe as thought partner to drive action with value-added analytics, recommendations and executionLead simplification and process improvement projectsBring a strategic mindset toward discovering opportunities and identifying new areas of growth or efficiency for our businessesAbility to understand, analyze and articulate the impact of operational tests on financial and operational KPI's (pre vs post vs control analysis)Interpret and summarize complex data to help achieve strategic and operational goals, and deliver financial results to all key stakeholdersProvide support in the preparation of periodic, quarterly and annual earnings, MD&A, and messagingContinuous process improvement and refinementPartner cross-functionally and drive consensusAssist in the preparation and presentation of Daily/Weekly/Monthly reportingQualificationsEducation and experienceUndergraduate degree requiredTechnical skillsStrong analytical and financial modeling skills (P&L/Balance Sheet/Cash flow)Deep understanding of GAAP principlesAbility to succinctly interpret data and frame business issues in a straightforward manner to present to Brand Presidents and ExecutivesExcellent, clear verbal/written communication and presentation skillsAdvanced Excel modeling and PowerPoint skills requiredStrong understanding of business intelligence platforms preferredSoft skillsHigh degree of personal and professional integrityStrong internal motivation, intellectual curiosity, logical, independent and proactive thinkingA passion for excellence and thirst for intellectual curiosityResourceful nature, with strong problem-solving and customer-service orientationStrong organizational skills, with ability to work independently and multi-task while thriving in a complex, fast-paced, and deadline-driven environmentSolid leadership skills with an ability to lead, influence, develop, and motivate a teamSuperb interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to partner well with other team members and interface effectively with all levels of the organizationDemonstrated success influencing diverse stakeholders and leading teams that include non-direct reports in cross-functional settingsPreferred SkillsProficiency in data visualization, dashboard creation, and translating complex datasets into actionable insightsExperience using Power Query within Excel or Power BI to clean, transform, and prepare data for analysis and reporting.