Job Description

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Job title: Financial Analyst 4

Location: Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Duration: 12 months

Job Description:

Job Responsibilities:

• Direct the preparation of financial reports, such as income statements, balance sheets, and analyses of future earnings or expenses, that summarize and forecast the organization's financial position.
• Prepare special reports required by regulatory authorities.
• Direct the organization's budgets to meet its financial goals.
• Oversee the investment of funds, manage associated risks, supervise cash management activities.
• Execute capital-raising strategies to support a firm's expansion.
• Oversee the firm's issuance of credit, establishing credit-rating criteria, determining credit ceilings, and monitoring the collections of past-due accounts.

 

Skills:

• Verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, and critical thinking.
• Strong ability to work independently and manage one's time.
• Strong ability to analyze business trends and project future revenues and expenses.
• Strong knowledge of economic and accounting principles, the financial markets, and reporting of financial data.
• Strong knowledge of federal, state, and company policies, procedures and regulations as related to accounting.
• Previous experience with computer applications, such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and any other related financial software.

 

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related financial discipline required. An advanced degree in a financial discipline is preferred.
• 8-10 years financial and/or accounting experience required.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITES/REQUIREMENTS:

Budget Management Support:

-     Provide budget management support for CERO department’s Marketing Development Funds (MDF) and OPEX Budget

-     Assist with the annual budget submission process by leading discussions with project managers to develop the budget submission

-     Coordinate the Project Plan / Bid submission processes with Finance, Legal, Procurement, and other stakeholders for project approvals through PO issuance

-     Ongoing monthly ownership of the internal budget files; track/monitor PO amounts against approved allocations, evaluate budget reallocation opportunities for leadership review/approval

-     Prepare monthly MDF and OPEX reporting packages including pulling data from ERP system, preparing monthly budget vs. actual report, and updating forecasts with input from stakeholders

-     Lead other ad-hoc financial and budget analysis projects as requested

-     Perform vendor PO reconciliations and ensure POs are invoiced and closed timely

 

Skills And Qualifications:

•    B.A. / B.S. in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or other business related degree

•    2+ years of experience in Finance/Accounting related function

•    Advanced level user of Excel and PowerPoint; Experience working with and performing analysis on large datasets

•    Detailed oriented and ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously

•    Experience preparing executive-level reports and presentations

•    Excellent communication skills and strong cross-functional collaboration skills in a fast-paced environment