Sr. Financial Analyst
Sr. Financial Analyst
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Job Description:
Rakuten International oversees 7 businesses with over 4000 employees globally. The brand is recognized for its leadership and innovation in e-commerce digital content advertising entertainment and communications bringing the joy of discovery and access to more than 1 billion members across the world. Our teams deliver on the companys mission to delight merchants and customers through innovation optimism and teamwork.
Rakuten Rewards is a leading e-commerce company that enhances the way people shop by offering Cash Back deals and rewards from more than 3500 merchants. Founded in 1999 Rakuten has grown to become the go-to shopping destination for consumers having paid out nearly $2 billion in Cash Back to its 15 million members. The company also operates ShopStyle a leading fashion discovery destination and Cartera Commerce a top rewards platform for airlines and banks. For more information visit .
Job Summary:
Were seeking a talented Senior Financial Analyst to join our growing team. This position reports to the Senior Manager Financial Analysis in our San Mateo CA office.
This role sits on the Finance/Accounting team and will work on various financial tasks related to revenue and margin. The ideal candidate must have excellent analytical skills be intellectually curious and have a strong sense of ownership and the ability to thrive in an unstructured environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Analyze revenue and margin performance of our operating divisions to support the preparation of accurate financial statements including domestic and international business units.
- Assist with developing key estimates on the financial statements including the return reserve and amounts owed to members or other partners.
- Help review month-end revenue accounting close process and results.
- Analyze operational revenue and COGS transactional data flow from a financial perspective identifying anomalies and partnering cross-functionally to drive resolution of issues. Requires proficiency with large volumes of small transactions and the ability to assess the impact of issues to other operational processes and to the financial statements.
- Assist with preparing monthly financial presentations to leadership recapping performance and key drivers of change in the business.
- Participate in systems projects to improve teams ability to review revenue COGS and margin.
- Assist in the preparation of analyses as needed for financial statement and Sarbanes-Oxley audits.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- BA degree in accounting or finance. Understanding of basic revenue accounting concepts.
- Minimum 3 years FP&A operational finance accounting or data analysis experience in a public company.
- This position requires heavy use of Excel and Tableau SQL experience a plus
- Experience with large ERP system; Oracle is preferred
- Familiarity with Affiliate Networks is a plus
- Ability to meet multiple deadlines and possess good time management skills
- Strong communication skills both written and oral
- A mindset of continuous improvement
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Five Principles for Success
Our worldwide practices describe specific behaviors that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. We expect Rakuten employees to model these 5 Shugi Principles of Success.
Always improve Always Advance - Only be satisfied with complete success - Kaizen
Passionately Professional - Take an uncompromising approach to your work and be determined to be the best
Hypothesize - Practice - Validate Shikumika - Use the Rakuten Cycle to succeed in unknown territory
Maximize Customer Satisfaction - The greatest satisfaction for our teams is seeing their customers smile
Speed!! Speed!! Speed!! - Always be conscious of time - take charge set clear goals and engage your team
Rakuten provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Rakuten considers applicants for employment without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetic information protected veteran status sexual orientation gender gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state provincial or local laws.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
