Senior Financial Analyst

Emerging and growing publicly traded company in Irvine is looking for a high potential Senior Financial Analyst to join the team! This position reports to the FP&A Manager with a dotted line to the FP&A Director.

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

• Perform monthly variance analysis of actual to budget and/or forecast results for monthly deliverables to senior management.
• Ensure costs are properly captured and reported.
• Apply strong analytical skills to understand the root cause of variances.
• Develop budgets and forecasts, including monthly/quarterly forecasts, mid-year forecasts, and annual budgets.
• Prepare and design ancillary business/financial models and other special projects as needed.
• Ensure financial processes and reports meet corporate and industry guidelines.
• Responsible for the month end reporting and analysis process, including the preparation and review of profit and loss statements and KPIs to ensure overall accuracy of the reports.
• Analyze monthly department spending and communicate trends with Sr. Management.
• Work with department heads to manage spending, identify problem areas, and support financial aspects of new corporate projects.
• Proactively build and manage relationships with corporate department heads.
• Collaborate and suggest in the development or adjustment of Key Performance Indicators to drive business decisions, processes, and optimizations.
• Create internal management reports for monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial results and prepare commentaries for senior management.
• Prepare monthly reports and variance analyses for management review, participate in short and long-range financial planning and forecasting, and prepare ad-hoc financial analyses and reports.
• Support the implementation of financial reporting and planning systems.
• Develop procedures, schedules, and materials for the quarterly forecast process.
• Continuously improve, automate, and simplify processes to help drive better decision-making.
• Seek process improvements and drive them to completion within Finance and the larger organization.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or related fields required. MBA is a plus.
• 4 years of progressive, professional experience with financial analysis or corporate finance
• Technical: Strong knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, reporting, and financial modeling, possess exceptional analytical skills and the ability to understand the impact of operations on our financial results.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills including the ability to establish strong relationships with others within and outside of the organization.