Senior Financial Analyst

Job Description:

About the Team:

The B2B Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) group is currently seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to help develop, communicate and monitor departmental budgets and forecasts.

About the Role

You will directly support and forecast sales and revenue for 3 B2B business units. You will also aid business partners in assessing the financial impact of their recommendations/decisions by regularly developing, analyzing and presenting business case models. You will be based in our NYC office reporting to the Senior Director, FP&A.

You Will:

• Work closely with business partners to review and prepare budgets and forecasts.
• Work closely with the sales team to review, analyze, and prepare sales and revenue forecasts.
• Create sales and revenue reports that accurately present variances and business drivers.
• Build business case models to evaluate the financial impact of decisions.
• Create and maintain routine reporting of financial performance.
• Create variance and trending analyses which monitor performance against budgets and forecasts.
• Work on month-end close and reporting.
• Identify and address procedural problems/deficiencies impacting integrity and timeliness of financial information.
• Assist in KPI (key performance indicator) collection and reporting.
• Additional ad-hoc requests as deemed necessary by the business or financial needs.
• Work closely and collaborate with your other FP&A colleagues to share best practice as well as provide cover across the team.
• Be required to work on projects on an as-needed basis.

You Have:

• Strong accounting and analytical skills; Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting preferred.
• Relevant Commercial Finance experience of 3-5 years.
• High degree of proficiency in PC skills including experience with financial applications and reporting tools, specifically Microsoft excel (can perform complex functions) and Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides.
• Planning and organizational skills including effective time management and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated initiative and drive and work well under pressure including being a team player with a strong work ethic.
• Experience maintaining accounting records and preparation of financial reports.
• Ability to recognize problems, collect data, draw valid conclusions and define/suggest resolutions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with diverse groups of business partners.
• Strong eye for detail and detail oriented work practices.
• SAP and TM1 financial systems experience (highly preferred).
• Strong initiative, good communication skills, and team player attributes.

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plans
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Plans
• Education Benefits
• Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Family Care Benefits
• Commuter Transit Program
• Subscription Discounts
• Employee Referral Program

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Business Area:

Dow Jones - Finance

Job Category:

Finance

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Pay Range: $90,000 - $110,000

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..