Senior Financial Analyst/Accountant

Location:  This position is a hybrid role based out of our Minneapolis, MN office (in downtown Minneapolis). The current expectation is that we are in office two days each week (between Mon-Wed), with a requirement to be on-site four days approximately once per month.

Description

• This is a blended role, with both Accounting and FP&A duties. This role will have ownership of the accounting, forecasting and annual budgeting.  We are looking for someone who has attention to detail and a basic understanding of accounting principles but can also take a step back and understand how the accounting impacts the overall financial results now and in the future.
• Will oversee headcount reconciliation for 600+ employees, ensuring accurate updates of sensitive information, including pay and bonus rates, while maintaining alignment across multiple systems (Hyperion, Oracle, ADP).

Accounting responsibilities

• Journal entries and M/E accruals and reclasses for assigned cost centers using Oracle
• Balance sheet account reconciliations
• Attention to detail and a basic understanding of accounting principles is important

FP&A responsibilities

• Work with business leaders and others to build quarterly forecasts and annual budgets for assigned cost centers using Hyperion
• Ongoing maintenance of assigned cost centers, including headcount roster details and other non-labor spend
• Monthly variance analysis of actuals vs forecast/budget for assigned cost centers
• Lead monthly meetings with business leaders for assigned cost centers, to review department performance against forecast/budget
• Work with confidential salary information to include maintenance of employee rosters of 600+ employees

Primary Systems/Tools

• Excel
• Oracle
• Hyperion
• Salesforce
• PowerBi
• ServiceNow
• GreatPlains

Job Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a financial analyst role;
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a combination of finance an accounting roles;
• Experience from public company corporate finance roles or public company clients;
• Ability to partner with internal customers effectively;
• Expert Excel skills required (VBA experience is a plus);
• Prior Hyperion planning experience required;
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail;
• Ability to create models that provide “what if” capabilities;
• Understanding of US GAAP, quarterly earnings process and public company audit;
• Understanding of relevant ASC guidance for software industry;
• Desire to consistently exceed expectations and take on more responsibility;
• Experience with U.S. GAAP Financials is desired; and
• Must be very detail oriented and self-motivated, as this position generally requires employees to work independently.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance or Accounting;

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Sedentary work (i.e., sitting for long periods of time);
• Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force;
• Frequently or constantly to lift, carry push, pull or otherwise move objects and repetitive motions;
• Subject to inside environmental conditions; and
• Travel for this position will include less than 5% locally usually for training purposes.