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Financial Analyst
Tribune Publishing
Chicago, IL, United States
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Chicago Tribune is hiring for a Financial Analyst.
This role will have the responsibility of improving the profitability, productivity and management control of the Company by providing department leaders with objective analysis of plans, forecasts, goals, strategies and investments. The Sr. Financial Analyst will contribute to the development of strategic, operating and capital plans. They will also improve the database, control, and analytical systems capabilities of financial planning, revenue and volume Reporting to more efficiently meet management's information and decision making requirements.
Responsibilities:
• Provide periodic forecasting related to Marketing and Circulation functions including circulation levels, sales activities, retention, pricing and other mission-critical metrics
• Contribute to the development of the annual operating plan by organizing and developing budgets, models and analyses for specific departments and account categories
• Executing pricing and other strategies, models and processes to drive profitability of circulation & marketing function
• Review of monthly financial statements and perform monthly variance analysis
• Perform weekly and monthly revenue and volume forecasts for senior management within the Consumer Marketing department
• Actively participate in significant long range project committees/task forces. Provide the project manager with financial analysis, assistance in evaluating the proposed operating changes for consistency with Company strategic goals
• Successfully work in a self-directed environment
• Assist the manager in implementing standardizing processes, best practices and proposing new standardized processes in order to best capitalize on all our resources and knowledge
Qualifications:
• B.S / B.A degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline
• 2-4 years of financial analyst experience
• CPA/MBA a plus
• Strong MS Office skills
• Hyperion and PeopleSoft experience preferred but not required
• Self-starter with excellent communication skills and demonstrated analytical skills and attention to detail. Ability to function in a self-directed work environment
• Demonstrated analytic ability, modeling acumen, strategic vision/goals-driven orientation