Job description

Senior Financial Analyst

Location: El Segundo, CA

seeks a Senior Financial Analyst who is passionate about providing insights and support to the Finance team and the Business via multiple planning and analysis applications.

Duties:

• Build and update / maintain dynamic financial models that range from new product strategies, pricing analysis to refinancing scenarios
  
• Analyze new business strategies and develop financial impact/valuation recommendations
  
• Prepare P&L, cash flow, balance sheet and other forecast schedules, analyses for management review
  
• Co-Lead the companyâ??s forecasting process, collaborating with department heads and building department budgets
  
• Review comparison of actual results with budget and forecast estimates; preparing appropriate variance explanations highlighting issues and recommending solutions to senior management
  
• Develop holistic business insights and recommendations from consumer sales data, internal data sources, external benchmarks and data
  
• Special ad hoc analyses including running scenario analysis
  
• Prepare and participate in quarterly business reviews with finance and executive teams
  
• Provide senior leadership and the board of directors with regular reporting, dashboards, and executive presentations to make informed, strategic decisions for the business
  
• Deliver timely, accurate, and effective analyses and reporting of financial metrics
  
• Run queries and prepare SAP and excel reports for ad hoc analysis for operational and financial review of the business
  
• Deliver high quality work with integrity
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Business from an accredited college or university, MBA a plus / preferred
  
• 1 to 5 years of progressive work experience as a financial analyst, preferably in the manufacturing and/or consumer packaged goods industry
  
• Solid Accounting background including understanding of interaction between GAAP and financial analysis, strong analytical skills, adept at identifying trends and variances
  
• Strong communication skills; ability to interact with and persuasively present financial issues to all levels of management in writing, orally, and via clear and easy-to-understand worksheets and presentations
  
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with a focus on teamwork
  
• Quantitative, with strong attention to detail and high degree of comfort with large data volumes
  
• Strong worth ethic with ability to perform in a self-managed environment; must be good at multi-tasking
  
• Intellectual curiosity and desire to continuously learn and grow
  
• Advanced Excel skills, and strong skills in Word and PowerPoint
  
• Strong familiarity with SAP B1 and Hyperion