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Job Title : - Financial Planning & Analysis Senior Analyst
Location :- Atlanta (Remote)
Duration :- Full Time Permanent
Pay Rate :- $110-130K/year plus Benefits
Location :- Atlanta (Remote)
Duration :- Full Time Permanent
Pay Rate :- $110-130K/year plus Benefits
Essential Responsibilities:
- Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; influencing team members within assigned unit; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentoring junior team members; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
- Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promoting adherence to all procedures and policies; developing work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; determining and carrying out processes and methodologies; coordinating and delegating resources to accomplish organizational goals; partnering internally and externally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating issues or risks as appropriate; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; and evaluating recommendations made by others.
- Evaluates the business environment by leading financial assessments (e.g., Situational, Strengths/Weaknesses/Opportunities/Threats, Opportunity-Based Strategic Planning, system value chain analysis); and interpreting and communicating information in reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data.
- Leads internal audit process, reviews audit results, and engages with auditors to resolve material weaknesses, implement changes to internal controls and proactively assess high risk areas.
- Creates budgets and/or forecasts in accordance with business strategic initiatives by interpreting and communicating budgeting trends; communicating results of budget and complex forecasting; participating in the development of department/regional budgets; and making recommendations.
- Advises region/business unit leaders on strategic fiscal matters by developing and designing regular and special reports for both financial and statistical matters in order to facilitate financial management throughout the organization; leading regular meetings with leadership to review financial results for their areas; and acting as an internal consultant to Kaiser Senior Management team on reading and interpreting financial results, analyzing variances, and improving performance.
- Conducts complex financial modeling by developing best-practice and complex models; analyzing and optimizing risk alternatives; developing what-if scenarios and forecasts using in-house models or software; and making recommendations.
- Evaluates the business vision, objectives, and strategic initiatives by performing financial analysis to evaluate financial impact of strategies and initiatives.
- Completes costing activities by identifying cost avoidance and cost recovery opportunities and applying solutions.
- Evaluates performance/operations/financial state by using and recommending improvements; developing and implementing new templates (e.g., cash flow, RFA process, weekly unit case report) and computer applications; leading the completion of financial analyses (e.g., operating cash flow analyses, benchmarking, pro forma P&L, line item walk forwards, volume building blocks, NPV, IRR, Discounted Cash Flow, statistical analyses, economic analyses); evaluating results; and leading the completion of variance analysis (e.g., volume, P&L line item, cost of goods, rate).
- Reports region/business unit financial information by reviewing evaluation of financial trends, data analysis reports, and forecasts of income and expense; suggesting changes to Leadership based on assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses; and reviewing the data/inputs from region/business unit systems to support analyses (e.g., membership and utilization reports, volume reporting, day sales inventory, analysis spreadsheets, investment schedules).
- Supports field operations by analyzing and interpreting their operational/financial performance; and recommending areas of improvement.
- Leads Financial Statement Analysis of business partners (e.g., suppliers, customers, co-packers, acquisition targets) by reviewing information reported from software systems (Internet, Bloomberg, and D&B), annual reports, and/or interviews; communicating the financial status (viability) of business partners; and evaluating risk implications.
- Improves financial performance by analyzing and interpreting financial trends; partnering with business leaders to identify actions that address performance issues; and implementing enhancements to operational issues in order to improve performance.
- Informs strategic Financial Planning by interpreting and making recommendations based on financial, utilization, and benchmark data.
- Drives strategic Financial Planning by preparing and analyzing recommendations for financial plans, acquisition activity, financial requirements, and operating forecasts; and interpreting financial concepts for Financial Planning and control.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum three (3) years experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
- Bachelors degree in finance, business, or related field and Minimum eight (8) years Financial Planning & Analysis experience, or directly related business experience. Additional equivalent work experience in a directly related field may be substituted for the degree requirement.
