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Senior/Principal Financial Analyst
Bedford, MA · Accounting/FinanceTo support our continued growth, we are looking for the most exceptional finance professionals to join our US Finance team based in greater Boston.
As a Senior Finance Analyst on this team, you will be working closely with the business leaders and provide data driven analysis and recommendations to help drive reporting. In addition, this role will be fully involved into the planning process by preparing P&L financial forecasts and reviewing actual results to drive insights and action. A successful candidate will be strategic, analytical, and demonstrate the ability to effectively manage financial responsibilities to all business and financial partners they support.
You will be a great fit as our next Senior Financial Analyst if you:
Qualifications for our next Senior Financial Analyst
As a Senior Finance Analyst on this team, you will be working closely with the business leaders and provide data driven analysis and recommendations to help drive reporting. In addition, this role will be fully involved into the planning process by preparing P&L financial forecasts and reviewing actual results to drive insights and action. A successful candidate will be strategic, analytical, and demonstrate the ability to effectively manage financial responsibilities to all business and financial partners they support.
You will be a great fit as our next Senior Financial Analyst if you:
- Are able to work with large sets of data
- Are highly analytical, detail oriented and have solid conceptual thinking and problem solving skills
- Love financial modeling and you pride yourself on your attention to detail
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment with ambiguous situations that require an ability to multi-task several priorities
- Quantitative and analytical thinking is what sets you apart from the rest
- Are able to communicate complex issues in a clear and concise way
- Want to take your career to the next level with a stable Fortune 1000 company
- Driving cross-business analytic projects for the business teams with financial modeling, data mining, and presentation support
- Leading ad hoc financial analyses and root cause investigation
- Financial support of monthly business reviews, quarterly and annual planning cycles
- Developing volume/mix/rate bridges to highlight the impact of controllable and non-controllable revenue and cost input drivers across global p&l to tell the overall financial story
- Creating and implementing financial and operating performance metrics, identifying key call outs and drivers
- Building out new and improve existing finance processes to ensure data integrity and efficient analyses
Although we list out what we generally look for, we are very likely missing other attributes and skills that you have that could make you a great fit, but are not currently listed. Research has shown this especially applies to women and other marginalized groups, who tend to apply if they check 100% of every box, versus men who apply if they hit roughly 60%. The point we’re getting at, it doesn’t hurt to take a chance and apply!
Qualifications for our next Senior Financial Analyst
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, or a related field; Master's a plus
- 2+ years of relevant experience
- Advanced analytical and problem solving skills and an ability to work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
- Demonstrated ability to build and manage financial models for business forecasting, variance analysis
- Advanced Excel skills
- Ability to develop new ideas and creative solutions
- Ability to work successfully in an ambiguous environment
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritize workload
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Customer focus and professional demeanor
- Strong track record of business partnership
- Experience and ability to use ERP/Reporting, or similar tools