Financial Planning amp Analysis Analyst

Role: Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Consultant

Location: Columbia MD (Hybrid one day per week)

Type of Employment: Full Time

Responsibilities:

As a member of the FP&A team your responsibilities include but are not limited to assisting the team in:

• Supporting the Companys financial health and business strategy through the creation of reporting and analysis and modeling using tools such as Adaptive Planning Excel Power BI and Workday.
• Configuration design build out and administration of the Adaptive Planning software platform.
• Coordination and development of annual budgeting quarterly forecasting/variance analysis and multiyear forecasts longterm capital and liquidity planning and associated reporting.
• Development maintenance analysis and reporting of KPIs and other operating metrics and financial ratios including identifying applicable industry benchmarks and tracking results vs. those benchmarks
• Improve reporting and ad hoc abilities of the FP&A team and platform including report writing data structure and processes.
• Continuous analysis and improvement of business processes
• Analysis of results perform variance analyses identify trends report findings and recommendations for improvements.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 4 years of progressive experience in an FP&A or Finance / Accounting role required.
• Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting or Economics or other relevant degree required.
• MBA certification a plus.
• Experience in Adaptive or similar planning system.
• Ability to critically analyze financial information and communicate assumptions effectively.
• Ability to extract organize and analyze large datasets and distill into executive level summaries
• Ability to understands trends drive specific analyses and develop actionable insights from them
• Ability to identify problems and discrepancies independently perform research and analysis of causes and recommend corrective actions
• Superior Microsoft Office Suite proficiency including an advanced knowledge of Excel and ability to create PowerPoint presentations.
• Experience in Power BI or similar visualization tool a plus.
• Experience in Workday Financials or ERP system a plus.
• Demonstrated experience with written and oral communication skills and ability to work with cross functional teams.
• Effective project management skills.
• Strong financial analytical and quantitative skills and ability prioritize and meet deadlines.