SR FINANCIAL ANALYST

Job Title: Senior Financial Analyst
Department: Finance
FLSA Status: Exempt
Reports To: Financial Planning & Analysis Director

Summary
Develops, interprets, and implements complex financial and accounting concepts, or techniques for financial planning and control.

Supervisory Responsibilities
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Coordinates with all levels of management to gather, analyze, summarize and prepare recommendations regarding financial plans, acquisition activity, new business planning, trended future requirements and operating forecasts.
• Assists in the annual development of the forecasting and budgeting process and other business initiatives.
• Prepares a standard set of analytical reports, including ratio analysis, key metrics at month-end.
• Analyzes financial information to determine present and future financial performance and identifies trends and recommends improvements accordingly.
• Researches and prepares economic and statistical reports on subjects such as rate of return, depreciation, cash flow, profit margins, etc.
• Performs analysis on events and promotions for management.
• Analyzes contracts or other financial obligations of the casino to ensure favorable agreement terms.
• Assists management in developing assumptions regarding the volumes of business that could be expected under the current business plan and under alternative strategies.
• Develop decision models and reporting to help with decision making.
• Partner with all levels of management on key business drivers to identify potential opportunities and risk.
• Conducts ad hoc, cost/benefit analysis and/or breakeven analysis for various projects assigned.
• Conforms with and abides by all regulations, policies, work procedures, and instruction.
• Conforms to all safety rules and uses all appropriate equipment.
• Promotes positive team member relations.

Education and/or Experience
Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in Finance is required; MBA is a plus. 3 to 5 years’ experience in a financial analyst capacity; hospitality or gaming experience preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
CPA/CMA/CAP/CFA preferred but not required.

Computer Skills
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have strong knowledge of accounting software; advance skills with Microsoft Office Applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), financial modeling, and business intelligence reporting tools (Power BI). Ability to write queries using standard tools to extract data from relational (SQL) databases.

Other Qualifications

• Must have strong analytical, communication and people management skills.
• Must have excellent problem solving and decision-making abilities.
• High level of attention to detail required.

Language Skills
Must be able to read, write, speak and understand English.
Ability to read, analyze and interpret documents (contracts, policies & procedures, other related documents)
Capacity to effectively present information to all levels of management.

Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands and fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to secondary smoke. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.