Financial Analyst II

Position: Sr Financial Analyst II

Location: Piscataway, NJ

Duration: 4 Months Contract

Hybrid Schedule (3 days on site, 2 days remote) once fully trained

40 hours a week

Job Summary

• The overall purpose of this position is to provide financial support for multiple OUs. The individual is responsible for preparing annual budgets and forecasts as well as analyzing financial results, highlighting operational variances and identifying and resolving issues. He/She interfaces directly with all levels of management and serves as the primary contract to all functions within F&A. Additionally, he/she is responsible for identifying and suggesting opportunities for process improvements to support their client operations and financial reporting.
• The role reports to the Senior Director, Business Finance Solutions, as an individual contributor. He/She is to serve as SME for all financial related activities. He/She works independently and is required to complete most tasks with minimal supervision. The incumbent will be responsible to train staff in the OUs on financial related activities and tools used in order to conduct these activities.
• The incumbent will have the ability to collaborate across Treasury, Controllers and other OU's as this is essential in the role. The incumbent prepares the reports and analysis to the Senior Management and to some volunteer leadership. Accuracy in that data is paramount in order to be the stepping-stone to the presentations that the senior director will typically prepare and present from this analyst's work effort.

Key Responsibilities

• Support finances for multiple organizational units including budget & forecasting, financial reporting, ad hoc analysis, and all areas of expense and capital items and other projects.
• Reconciles and maintains budget and forecast supporting schedules including categorizing and tracking updates by major line of business, prepaid expenses, OU chargebacks, accruals and miscellaneous journal entries.
• Consolidates and analyzes financial trends by operational spend and key budget categories.
• Interfaces and partners with OUs to support creation of budgets and forecasts including financial analysis and consultation to management, as needed.
• Streamlines processes and ensures tools used to develop financials are efficient (Excel spreadsheets, Hyperion, Oracle) which involves working closely with Financial Planning & Analysis and IT staff, with the ultimate goal of automating processes to reduce manual work.
• Oversees and monitors the financials to ensure all policies and procedures are being followed and to ensure actual expenditures are in line with budget and/or forecast; Partners with the Accounting team to understand results streams to ensure accuracy.
• Manages cost centers including coding structure, understanding key accounts and cost center ownership; Works to streamline use of chart of accounts to increase efficiency; Understands the flow of accounting information especially the algorithms used for chargebacks that impact Infrastructure cost centers including expenses and purchased/reimbursed services in order to ensure accurate recording of financials, free from inconsistencies and errors.
• Creates or updates standard operating procedures for OU documentation.
• Conducts training for staff.
• Develop and prepare agendas and presentations.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience Major in Business, Finance or Accounting or related business experience. Req

Work Experience

• 4-7 years Minimum of 4 years of professional experience required. Req
• Accounting, budgeting, forecasting, and bookkeeping experience preferred. Pref

Skills and Requirements

• Technologically savvy with general ledgers, accounting software and database applications
• Intermediate proficiency on MS Office suite and Visio.
• Understanding of Hyperion, Oracle, Netsuite, Blackline.
• Ability to communicate to management both verbally and written and develop presentation materials.
• Organization, multitasking and coordination are key traits to possess for success to be achieved in this position.
• Must be able to work in a cross-functional team
• Excellent data analytical skills, follow up and deliverable driven are essential in this role.
• Independent worker who is highly motivated and works successfully in a high paced environment with multiple priorities.