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Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst IV

Job Summary:

This individual contributor is primarily responsible for conducting and interpreting complex financial assessments and modeling, leading internal audit processes, conducting and reviewing strategic financial research, and developing reports on region/business unit performance.

Essential Responsibilities:
  • Practices self-development and promotes learning in others by proactively providing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and customers.
  • Builds relationships with cross-functional stakeholders and influences others through technical explanations and examples.
  • Adapts to competing demands and new responsibilities while listening to and addressing performance feedback.
  • Creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses while supporting team collaboration.
  • Completes work assignments and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in the subject area.
  • Supports the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines.
  • Ensures the team follows all procedures and policies while coordinating resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines.
  • Collaborates cross-functionally to make effective business decisions and solves complex problems.
  • Escalates high-priority issues or risks as appropriate and recognizes and capitalizes on improvement opportunities.
  • Evaluates complex business environments by conducting financial assessments and interpreting reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data.
  • Leads the internal audit process, reviews audit results, and engages with auditors to resolve material weaknesses.
  • Creates budgets and/or forecasts in accordance with business strategic initiatives by analyzing and interpreting budgeting trends.
  • Advises region/business unit leaders on strategic fiscal matters by reviewing regular and special reports.
  • Participates in regular meetings with leadership to review financial results for their areas.
  • Acts as an internal consultant to the management team on reading and interpreting financial results.
  • Conducts financial modeling by developing best-practice and complex models.
  • Assesses the business vision, objectives, and strategic initiatives by conducting and/or reviewing research.
  • Completes costing activities by identifying and suggesting cost avoidance and cost recovery opportunities.
  • Evaluates performance/operations/financial state by using and implementing templates and computer applications.
  • Reviews and conducts complex financial analyses and variance analysis.
  • Reports region/business unit financial information by evaluating and communicating financial trends.
  • Supports field operations by analyzing and interpreting their operational/financial performance.
  • Conducts Financial Statement Analysis of business partners by reviewing information reported from software systems.
  • Makes recommendations regarding the financial status of business partners and assesses risk implications.
  • Improves financial performance by analyzing financial trends and identifying actions that address operational performance issues.
  • Informs strategic financial planning by performing and evaluating complex financial, utilization, and benchmark analytics.
  • Assists with strategic financial planning by preparing recommendations for financial plans and operating forecasts.
Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in finance, business, or related field and a minimum of six (6) years of 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Two (2) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
  • Two (2) years of project management experience.
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