Lead Financial Analyst

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The Lead Financial Analyst enhances current reporting processes, drives automation throughout the finance team, and supports close process, companywide financial reporting, financial analysis that helps provide business insights, and assists with building the budget and updating forecast.

RESPONSIBILITY LEVEL:

Enhances current reporting processes, drives automation throughout the finance team, and supports close process, companywide financial reporting, financial analysis that helps provide business insights, and assists with building the budget and updating forecast.

Updates, creates and manages various financial reports as well as budgeting/forecasting tools and reports.

Determines reporting solutions as well as improves and streamlines current reporting and models including budget and forecast templates as well as keeps abreast of system changes and enhancements to continuously improve our reporting capabilities, processes, and efficiencies.

Manages daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual tasks within Prophix (adding/removing users, distributing monthly cost reports and quarterly forecast templates, annual budget uploads, etc.).

Implements and may provide input into strategic goals for organization and financial systems and reporting.

Applies expertise in finance to support the development of policies, procedures, and programs.

Has familiarity with the finance budget and may provide input into spending decisions, particularly as pertains to vendors, systems, and projects.

Typically works on projects and initiatives that span 12 months 2 years.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES:

1.

Assists the Finance Director in implementing financial systems, in collaboration with IT and Accounting/Finance teams, to achieve continued system optimizations, upgrades and improvements.

Utilize financial systems, Business Intelligence and MS Office to enhance reporting capabilities, efficiencies, internal controls and systems effectiveness.

2.

Work in cooperation with all users, IT and external software vendors/consultants in the design, upgrade and maintenance of their reporting mechanisms.

Act as a resource to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of reports and spreadsheets of finance/accounting team.

Develop financial reporting solutions based on specifications and needs.

3.

Responsible for generating monthly financial and management reports and presentations as well as reports for forecast and budget in collaboration with the appropriate internal stakeholders in a timely manner.

4.

Responsible for maintenance and administration of financial software systems and products in a timely manner that reflects the current reporting requirements.

Manages multiple versions of data including actuals, budgets (various versions) and forecasts as well as budget and forecast templates.

Also maintains security, report distribution and workflow in Prophix.

5.

Analyzes monthly marketing promotions and presents results/insights to the Marketing team.

6.

Leads and coordinate...