Senior Corporate Financial Analyst Job in Vernon Hills, Illinois US
Senior Corporate Financial Analyst
The Senior Financial analyst is responsible for analyzing and presenting financial performance for the different business functions across the organization. This role builds financial models to support leaderships financial decision making, provides insightful recommendations and ideas for process improvement. Key Areas of Responsibility ? Proactively provide timely, insightful, actionable, and accurate, financial reporting, analysis, and recommendations to key areas in the organization. ? Develop annual plans for the different business units of the company. ? Build financial models. Responsibilities ? Provide documentation for financial schedules. ? Build successful partnerships with key internal customers and cross functional teams. ? Prepares analysis to support corporate projects and initiatives. ? Provide recommendations for process improvements in reporting and analysis. Minimum Qualifications ? 4 years experience in financial analysis, accounting or finance. ? Bachelor?s degree finance or accounting. Other Required Qualifications ? Working knowledge of financial software tools such as PeopleSoft, Essbase, and Hyperion. ? Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (specifically Excel, including formulas, pivot tables and charts). ? Demonstrated ability to effectively present data to stakeholders for full scenario understanding. ? Strong negotiation skills with the ability to influence stakeholders. ? Excellent verbal and written communications skills with the ability to effectively interact with and present to all stakeholders including senior leadership. ? Proven track record of successfully meeting deadlines while providing high quality work. ? Track record of identifying process improvements, making appropriate recommendations and creatively problem solving. ? History of balancing multiple priorities simultaneously, with the ability to adapt to the changing needs of the business while meeting deadlines. ? Strong attention to detail and analytical skills. Preferred Qualifications C ? CPA ? MBA ? Data warehouse experience ? Working knowledge of SQL ** ADDITIONAL INFO ** ? Responsible for delivering the monthly product margin reporting and analysis Presentation to the Corporate Sales VP. ? Analyze key profitability measures such as Mix and Rate impact for product and brand categories. ? Identify and make recommendations based on strategic trends and business shifts within revenue channels and order size. ? Ensure the proper daily release and analysis of key reporting to the company?s leadership team such as Daily Financial Summary and Daily Product Summary. Team with IT support to evaluate financial reporting systems, accounting and collection procedures. ? Work with Sales Manager?s to model the profitability on large deals