Financial Business Analyst- Corporate

Auto Warehousing Company is hiring a Financial Business Analyst at our corporate office in Tacoma, WA. This position comes with an amazing benefits package, competitive compensation, and a family atmosphere.

AWC offers a generous benefits package supporting both physical and mental wellbeing. Benefits include health insurance for associates, spouses, and children; basic life and AD&D insurance; disability insurance; EAP; auto discounts; fitness reimbursement; a 401K plan with company contribution; and several voluntary benefits. AWC corporate staff have paid holidays, floating holidays, vacation and sick accruals, bereavement leave, and jury duty leave.

The salary range for this position is $105,000-$130,000 annually. This position is eligible for an annual bonus based on company performance.

General Description

This position autonomously assists the company by supporting analysis of financial results as well as new business opportunities, reporting and distributing financial results of the company to all levels of management on a routine basis, including detailed analysis of areas where the company can focus on improving the bottom line.

Purpose

The Financial Business Analyst supports the CFO in analyzing the company's financial performance, managing detailed labor cost processes and metrics, leading customer RFP analytics and proposals, developing and implementing analytical tools, and overseeing forecasting and global budgeting processes. This role also serves as a liaison between the Finance department and various business functions, including regional management.

The position's core responsibilities encompass both financial business systems and financial analysis. The financial business systems aspect includes identifying and implementing process improvements to enhance business systems and support continuous improvement initiatives. Financial analysis involves compiling and interpreting financial data for the company, focusing on profit and loss performance and key metrics.

This individual will be responsible for gathering and interpreting financial data, applying financial concepts for planning and control, conducting technical analyses to assess current and future financial performance, and supporting the evaluation of new business opportunities.

Essential Duties

• Ensure the timely and accurate distribution of financial reports and variance analysis.
• Analyze and identify trends, challenges, and opportunities related to revenue, operating costs, and G&A expenses to drive future financial performance improvements.
• Provide support for both formal and ad hoc labor and benefits-related cost analyses.
• Prepare and distribute routine labor and benefits cost analyses to management.
• Improve forecasting accuracy by analyzing key revenue and expense trends and statistics, including creating "what if" scenarios.
• Provide ad hoc operational and financial reporting and analysis as required.
• Act as a key contributor in the bid appraisal process, refining and maintaining analytical models tailored to each unique bid. Interpret bid requirements and contracts while supporting complex scenarios.
• Serve as one of the department's "super user" for finance systems, providing support on data and reporting issues across platforms such as UKG, deFacto, Excel workbooks, and internal systems like VIPS, CORS, Time & Attendance, etc.
• Assist in the annual budgeting process, including setting up and maintaining budgeting tools and consolidations.
• Support year-end financial reviews by providing necessary analysis and explanations.
• Enhance financial reporting for daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports, working toward fully automated reporting and deeper, richer analysis.
• Collaborate with Finance and IT to resolve financial systems issues and enhance system functionality.
• Play a key role in the software selection and implementation process for new financial reporting, BI (Business Intelligence), budgeting/forecasting tools, dashboarding, and other financial enhancements.
• Maintain comprehensive knowledge of the business to ensure thorough analysis and data accuracy in collaboration with corporate and regional management.
• Develop effective financial presentations that condense complex data, providing key insights and analysis for the audience's understanding.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in accounting or finance; MBA is a plus
• 7-10 years of experience with primary responsibilities related to financial analysis and reporting
• Proficient in working with financial systems and databases
• Advanced Excel skills, including expertise in advanced modeling and formulas
• Familiarity with SQL databases, data mining, and extracting/combining data from multiple sources is a plus but not required
• Experience with BI tools is desirable but not mandatory
• Strong drive for continuous improvement
• Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to understand and communicate the broader context
• Capable of summarizing detailed financial and operational data and presenting it clearly and effectively to all levels of management.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees assigned to this position. AWC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Salary : $105,000 - $130,000