Description If you are an outstanding Financial Analyst, you might be right for the position Robert Half is filling for a fast-growing company. This Financial Analyst position includes tasks like measuring, analyzing, and forecasting performance in conjunction with operating plans and conducting financial modeling on a variety of financial products. In addition to advising management on the assignment of resources to best complete objectives, you will prepare reports for management. Forecasting, performance reporting, and expense management will be some of your focus areas as a business partner on this dynamic team. As the Financial Analyst, you will be responsible for supporting world class strategic and financial planning methods, building long-range operating plans to support business imperatives and developing rolling forecast processes to ensure resources every quarter are consumed at maximum effectiveness. Additional aspects of this position include operationalizing and cultivating a more data-driven planning process and improved monthly and quarterly reporting. In this role, you will be directly involved in the coordination of various planning cycles (annual planning, quarterly forecasts and monthly outlooks), while providing strategic analyses and recommendations. You will provide variance analysis of bookings, revenues and expenses, clearly explaining the business reasons for variances and adjusting the outlook models to reflect operational adjustments. This Financial Analyst role, which is a permanent employment opportunity, is located in the Fountain Inn, South Carolina.

　　Major responsibilities

　　Ensure business partners handle their resources by tracking monthly and quarterly performance through the comparison of actuals versus expectations

　　Provide valuable foresight and decision support through effective Business Intelligence (BI)

　　Work closely with Accounting on the monthly and quarterly financial close processes

　　Work closely with cross functional partners in Accounting and Operations to execute against plans

　　Collaborate with senior executives on strategic deep dives through the development of financial models and insights on topics such as: Retention forecasts, Campaign Planning & Tracking, return on investment of strategic investments, event tracking and execution, strategic resource allocation, and prioritization

　　Develop monthly reports to business partners on financial results and if any actions are required

　　Recognize potential risks and opportunities while analyzing performance to date

　　Have a thorough understanding of internal and external drivers and be able to explain how they are impacting performance and trending

　　Support Area/Segment-level Bookings on a weekly, quarterly and annual basis, as well as P& L forecasting

　　Compose and oversee forecasting reports

　　This position requires a flexible individual who is adept at managing expectations and comfortable with handling large amounts of information Requirements - Strong familiarity with Balance Sheet Reconciliation

　　General familiarity with financial reporting

　　Comprehensive knowledge of month end closings

　　Bank Account Reconciliation experience

　　Well-founded grasp of Annual Financial Reporting

　　Expertise in account reconciliation

　　Bank reconciliations experience

　　Proven knowledge of financial reporting

　　Skilled in the construction and delivery of effective presentations to audiences with wide-ranging backgrounds

　　Financial planning & analysis (go-to-market experience preferred)

　　Spreadsheet and ERP system experience recommended

　　Strong problem-solving skills

　　Experience in problem solving through statistical analysis or with large data sets highly preferable (such as in derivatives, structured finance, or business analytics or in a similarly demanding and analytical role)

　　BA/BS degree in finance or a related field

　　Excellent written/verbal communication and organizational skills

　　Proficiency with Business Intelligence (BI) reporting tools required

　　Firm understanding of problem solving through statistical analysis or with large data sets highly preferable (such as in derivatives, structured finance, or business analytics or in a similarly demanding and analytical role)

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