Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst IV

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

• 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, listening and responding to feedback, and providing feedback to others.
• 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 subject area.
• Supports the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines, ensuring team follows all procedures and policies.
• Coordinates resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines, collaborating cross-functionally to make effective business decisions.
• Solves complex problems and escalates high priority issues or risks as appropriate.
• Recognizes and capitalizes on improvement opportunities.
• Evaluates complex business environments by conducting financial assessments and interpreting reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data.
• Leads internal audit processes, 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 for financial and statistical matters.
• 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, analyzing variances, and improving performance.
• Conducts financial modeling by developing best-practice and complex models, analyzing risk alternatives, and recommending what-if scenarios.
• Assesses the business vision, objectives, and strategic initiatives by conducting and/or reviewing research to assess financial impact.
• 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 and forecasts of income and expense.
• Supports field operations by analyzing and interpreting their operational/financial performance and determining areas of improvement.
• Conducts Financial Statement Analysis of business partners by reviewing information reported from software systems and making recommendations.
• 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 developing financial concepts for planning and control.

• 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.

• Two (2) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
• Two (2) years of project management experience.