Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst at New Albany, Mississippi

Develop tools and models to analyze and improve Company financial status by collecting, monitoring, and studying data; recommending actions. The financial analyst is a key player in company profit improvements using analytical tools and recommendations to Company leadership.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Partner with senior leadership to develop and maintain appropriate analytic tools to establish goals and measure performance
• Build rigorous financial models utilizing Company cost and profit drivers to track and predict financial performance.
• Lead the annual planning and weekly / monthly forecast process (sales, production, operating expenses, capital expenditures & working capital) plus the consolidation of all divisions.
• Support the strategic business planning process
• Identify and surface financial concerns by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans and forecasts.
• Lead cost and profitability analysis by providing trends and forecasts; explaining processes and techniques; recommending actions.
• Improve financial status by monitoring variances; identifying trends; recommending actions to management.
• Prepare the weekly, monthly & quarterly financial reporting packages for key stakeholders
• Coordinate and lead BI implementation for key metric reporting
• Provide insight to spending trends to increase understanding and inform decision making

Partner with accounting & treasury as appropriate

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS/ FUNCTIONAL SKILLS/ COMPETENCIES:

Functional Skills

• Strong financial analysis skills including financial planning and forecasting, with exposure to mergers/acquisitions projects a plus.
• Strong technical skills in finance, accounting, treasury.
• Intuitive and insightful, with a keen sense of how to increase company value.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and a proven relationship builder.
• High-energy with a motivation to take on the challenges that create opportunities.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, advanced Excel skills, Power BI, scenario modeling skills.

Competencies

• Effective communication skills & professional attitude
• Collaborator/Team builder/Team player across all levels of the company
• Nimble, self-started with ability to learn in a fast-paced environment
• Effective project management skills
• Effective time management skills
• Continuous improvement
• Passionate attention to detail
• Communicate efficiently and effectively

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

Required:

• 3-5 years of experience in financial positions of increasing scope
• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting

Preferred:

• Experience in similar industry Manufacturing (mattress, furniture, etc.) or Retail
• Exposure to companies with private equity ownership

JOB FACTORS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Up to 10% travel
• Work is primarily sedentary in nature
• Collaborator/Team builder/Team player across all levels of the company
• Nimble, self-started with ability to learn in a fast-paced environment
• Effective time management skills
• Continuous improvement
• Passionate attention to detail
• Communicate efficiently and effectively

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