Financial Analyst IV

Job Title: Financial Analyst IV

Duration: 12 months.

Location: Mountain View, CA

Analyzes financial status by collecting, monitoring, and studying data, recommending actions.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Determines cost of operations by establishing standard costs; collecting operational data.
• Identifies financial status by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans and forecasts.
• Guides cost analysis process by establishing and enforcing policies and procedures; providing trends and forecasts; explaining processes and techniques; recommending actions.
• Improves financial status by analyzing results, monitoring variances; identifying trends; and recommending actions to management.
• Reconciles transactions by comparing and correcting data.
• Maintains database by entering, verifying, and backing up forecast / analytical data.
• Recommends actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses; studying proposed changes in methods and materials.
• Increases productivity by developing automated accounting applications; coordinating information requirements. Protects operations by keeping financial information confidential.
• Maintains technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing publications.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Qualifications:

• Degree or equivalent work experience in a related discipline (Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, etc.)
• 5 years of FP&A experience or equivalent tenure from related positions in highly dynamic finance roles (Global experience preferred, Corporate FP&A experience preferred)
• Deep experience with deriving insights from analysis, formulating those insights into concise story lines and delivering presentations to senior executives to influence decision making
• Strong understanding of investment management and resource planning (preferably in a technology company and/or in a Corporate FP&A capacity)
• Additional experience leading strategic or business performance initiatives and/or organizational change initiatives as a part of prior responsibilities
• Strong understanding of translating business results into an insightful and consumable story for leadership teams (e.g. dashboards, presentations, etc.)
• Solutions oriented, with a track record of identifying and implementing creative solutions.