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Analyst, Finance
Entertainment & Media Industry Company
New York, NY, United States
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Position Summary:
Provides full financial and operating decision analysis management for Company's Customer Care and OEM Marketing department. Assists in the analysis and maintenance of Company's business plan, ensuring that it accurately depicts the financial position and future prospects of the Company. Makes recommendations to senior management on the Company business plan and structure of budgets. Significantly interacts with the Customer Care and OEM Marketing team to discuss budgetary and financial results.
Duties and Responsibilities:
# Serves as financial specialist and liaison to Customer Care and OEM Marketing department.
◦ Develops and maintains relationships with key department personnel, including department managers.
◦ Must understand operations for groups supported and work to identify savings/synergy opportunities and mitigate risks.
◦ Develops and maintains annual departmental budgets and reforecasts and long range plans.
# Works closely with the Controller's group to provide information to department heads as to accounting methodologies for expenditures and reviews monthly accruals.
# Proactively meets with Accounting team to address new transactions, contracts, etc.
# Incorporates actuals as received.
# Researches and provides analysis as to reasonableness of assumptions.
# Works with department managers to understand assumptions underlying budgets.
# Makes recommendations for changes to budgets, reforecasts and business plan.
# Proactively suggests changes to improve accuracy of reforecasts, budgets and business plan.
◦ Performs monthly variance analysis.
# Provides variance analysis for summary memo to executive management.
# Develops and distributes monthly budget / reforecast vs. actual reports.
# Distributes/reviews results with department managers and senior management on a monthly basis.
# Identifies areas of risks and opportunities.
◦ Assists with other analyses as needed.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
• There are no supervisory responsibilities associated with this job.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting.
• 1 to 3 years of professional experience in a financial planning / accounting / operations analysis position.
Requirements and General Skills:
• Ability to work with people and develop relationships across various functions and departments and at all levels.
• Strong communication skills; can summarize and present conclusions in succinct manner.
• Ability to work closely with departments to develop understanding of operations.
• Ability to work independently; a strong self-motivator.
• Organized & proactive, ability to multi-task, good verbal and written skills.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of accounting.
• Results oriented; shows significant initiative.
• Good public speaking and presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to project professionalism over the phone and in person.
• Willingness to take initiative and to follow through on projects.
• Spelling, grammar, proofreading and editing skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to details.
• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and multi-task, and work under shifting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Must have legal right to work in the U.S.
Technical Skills:
• Strong financial analysis and quantitative skills.
• Accounting knowledge.
• Computer skills (Excel, Access Database, Word, PowerPoint, Oracle / other reporting packages such as Hyperion).
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled.
The requirements and duties described above may be modified or waived by the Company in its sole discretion without notice.