Analyst - Financial Planning - Startup

General Overview :

- As a Financial Planning and Analyst you will play an important role on a set of planning, forecasting, budgeting, and analytical activities that support a company's major business decisions and overall financial health.

- You will report directly to the Head of Finance Accounting and Data and will manage team members across the branches.

Responsibilities:

- Evaluating whether the company's current assets and investments are the best use of the company's excess working capital, by looking at return on investment (ROI) and comparisons with other ways the company might utilize its cash flow (e.g., other possible investments, increased stock dividends, etc.)

- Gauging the company's overall financial health, primarily by using key financial ratios such as the debt to equity ratio, current ratio, and interest coverage ratio

- Determining which of the company's products or product lines generate the largest portion of its net profit

- Identifying which products have the highest profit margin (and which have the lowest) - It is a separate inquiry from the one listed above, as product(s) that carry the highest profit margin may not necessarily be those that generate the greatest amount of total profit - A simple example: Product A may carry a higher profit margin than Product B, but the company may sell substantially more units of Product B

- Examining and evaluating the cost-efficiency of each department of the company, in light of what percentage of the company's financial resources each department consumes

- Working with individual departments to prepare budgets and consolidate them into one overall corporate budget

- Preparing internal reports for executive leadership and supporting their decision making

- Creating, updating, and maintaining financial models and detailed forecasts of the company's future operations

- Comparing historical results against budgets and forecasts, and performing variance analysis to explain differences in performance and make improvements going forward

- Considering opportunities for the company to expand or grow. Mapping out growth plans, including capital expenditures and investments. Generating three- to five-year financial forecasts.

Requirements :

- Degree and more than seven years of experience in finance or accounting or a related area

- General knowledge of accounting/financial/operational principles

- Experience developing financial reports and metrics

- Interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact with various management levels

- Ability to manage multiple tasks and adapt to a changing, fast-paced environment

- Strong Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills

- Superior attention to detail and ability to successfully manage multiple competing priorities while maintaining a view of the big picture

- Demonstrated ability to influence others through effective verbal and written communication

- Demonstrated ability to drive projects across an organization