Financial Analyst
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Summary
The overall objective of this position is to provide a high level of customer service, business intelligence, and insights into a variety of reporting.
Essential Duties/Accountabilities
- Prepare and analyze data for end-user projects
- Accurately report and understand financials, including general ledger accounts
- Evaluate general ledger accounts by conducting variance analysis - comparing actual results with plans and forecasts
- Create recommendations to be presented to management and executives
- Guide cost analysis process by following policies and procedures
- Provide analysis of trends and forecasts and recommend actions for optimization
- Identify and drive process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools, and dashboards
- Increase productivity by developing automated reporting/forecasting tools
- Responsible for maintaining up-to-date technical knowledge of financial instruments, market conditions and trends