Description
Sr Financial Analyst - Infrastructure
The Senior Financial Analyst for Infrastructure Management Group - Service Transition & Operations Finance (IMG-STO) OPPR Finance Management is a client-facing role and high-level subject matter expert responsible for IT finance issues and processes. This individual will provide financial analysis to ensure that clients' needs are met accurately, and in a timely and professional manner. This position is responsible for the strategic analysis that informs business cases, budgets, forecasts, and long-term plans, while working with IT business partners responsible for scenario planning, business case development and strategic analysis requirements of the IMG-ST&O organization.
Update monthly financial forecasts for the IMG OPPR team
Review and report on actual month-end results
Prepare materials to review financial performance with upper management
Respond to special requests for analysis
Cost labor and equipment requests for the team in support of any required Change Requests
Track and report on actual vs. plan for Change Requests for the team
Essential Functions:
- Update monthly financial forecasts for the IMG OPPR team
- Review and report on actual month-end results
- Prepare materials to review financial performance with upper management
- Respond to special requests for analysis
- Cost labor and equipment requests for the team in support of any required Change Requests
- Track and report on actual vs. plan for Change Requests for the team
- Develop financial models to support strategic initiatives.
- Prepare concise and informative presentations of your analysis to senior management to inform and to educate/persuade.
- Be a change agent for process improvement.
- Analyze and comment on month-end financial results, provide variance analysis, research and resolve financial irregularities, and ensure transparency.
- Prepare Ad hoc analysis and reporting.
- Prepare the annual budget and monthly forecast and long range financial plan in conjunction with the client.
- Participate in the development and maintenance of performance metrics, measurements, methods, and targets; assist in identifying performance improvement opportunities. In addition, provide ongoing recommendations on the use and interpretation of analysis, reports, methodologies, systems and source data, acting as a significant information resource.
- Analyze project business cases as needed, challenge financial spending and savings assumptions and participate in special projects as needed.
- Partner with Finance counterparts in all organizations to improve financial analysis, reporting, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
Requirements:
Top Required Skills:
- Strong Excel skills
- Strong Powerpoint skills
- Strong Accounting background
- Experience with cross functional project teams
- Experience with variance analysis
- Ability to explain business concepts to those without a finance background
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting required, MBA preferred.
- A minimum of 4 years of Finance experience.
- A minimum of 2 years of related experience including the ability to demonstrate experience analysing, modelling, and forecasting financial data.
- Experience in budgeting/forecasting and long range planning.
- Knowledge and understanding of accounting rules and practices required.
- Excellent demonstrated interpersonal and teamwork skills.
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal).
- Experience creating and preparing presentations to various levels of management.
- Proven initiative and self-directed style.
- Proficiency with MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Ability to travel 5 -10% within the local area and to Southern/Northern California.
- Knowledge of activity based costing and experience with project costing.
- A minimum of 1 year of large capital project finance experience.
- A minimum of 1 years of experience in business case development using cost/benefit analysis, cash flow and NPV analysis, scenarios and sensitivity analysis.
- Working knowledge of Cognos, Business Objects, SAP, or Hyperion preferred
- Previous work in an IT organization