Senior Financial Analyst (Virtual)

Job Description
The Senior Financial Analyst provides a broad range of financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting for multiple departments. This position prepares and reviews a variety of complex financial data and reports as well as monitors trends in order to formulate strategies and provide insight to key executive stakeholders.
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The Senior Financial Analyst provides a broad range of financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting for multiple departments. This position prepares and reviews a variety of complex financial data and reports as well as monitors trends in order to formulate strategies and provide insight to key executive stakeholders.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Budget and cost reviews including analyzing variances between actuals, forecast, and plan, use insight to iterate on forecasts and push for operational improvements
• Capitalized Labor reconciliation
• Prepares monthly consolidation, review and reconciliation of business unit financials;
• Financial analysis and modeling - pull and consolidate large data sets, build models from scratch and improve existing ones
• Prepares/provisions financial reporting and other analytics; develops annual budgets, monthly forecasts, and variance analysis;
• Works with Accounting and Corporate Finance on monthly/ quarterly/ annual close processes;
• Collaborate with business leads to summarize and analyze key data
• Interacts with and provides financial support and manages financial communication with the key individuals;
• Demonstrates knowledge of proper business practices and best practices in the use of ERP, specifically financials.

Supervisory Responsibilities:This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.
MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, economics, finance, math or a related field AND
• Three (3) years of experience in financial analysis OR
• Equivalent combination of education and experience

Certificates and Licenses: None required.
OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience and knowledge in several functions within Finance (Budgeting, Consolidation, Performance Reporting and financial analysis)
• Understanding of accounting processes, procedures and internal controls
• Able to work well as part of a team
• Possess very good communication skills - written and verbal
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Experience with Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
• Ability to travel 10% of the time
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word
• Ability to clear required background check

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Masters of Business Administration (MBA)

WORK ENVIRONMENT:The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This position is virtual and open to residents of the 50 states, D.C.

Job Type
Regular
The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is "at-will" as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the "at-will" nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.
Stride, Inc. is a Federal Contractor, an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status age, or genetics, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)