Financial Analyst - II

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• The Rackspace Corporate Finance Team has a pivotal role in supporting Corporate Functions business partners in understanding their expense structure, helping to manage expense increases/decreases, and analyzing forecast to actual variances. With a wide scope of accountability/ownership, you will perform analysis of the relevant financial metrics and work closely with the wider business to understand trends as well as internal needs. You will take a proactive approach, working with Directors and VP's through the development process of each budget and makes recommendations.
• Within this team, a Financial Analyst will primarily support Corporate Functions such as HR, IT, or Legal. You will be responsible for developing department’s annual budgeting process: plans, develops, prepares, inputs, and maintains company’s budgets and monthly forecast.
• Daily tasks include analyzing and evaluating the department's operating results and financial position to summarize, report, and influence key financial decisions. In addition, develop/review forecasts for accurate and timely cash flow projections, expense projections, headcount, department performance, and direct expenses.
• We are looking for someone who can work under pressure, maintain high standards of deliverables and attention to detail, who thinks in a structured way and is highly analytical. A successful candidate should be able to prioritize and juggle multiple tasks, be curious about technology, willing to learn and should have a very strong understanding of financial concepts.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Key Accountabilities
• Provide guidance to corporate organizations with regards to expense budgets and forecasts
• Owning full life cycle of annual budget to monthly forecast to actual results with variance analysis and reporting throughout
• Help drive expense reduction efforts through quality information management and advice
• Constantly improve processes & reporting to meet the needs of senior business partners

• Key Performance Indicators
• Maintain and improve forecast to actual reporting
• Ensure that business leaders are taking healthy financial decisions and that the company’s overall financial targets are achieved
• Evaluate profitability and margins for the organization through objective and data-driven analysis
• Improve tools enhancing the understanding of financial performance by the business

MAIN CONTACTS (external/internal):

• Corporate Functions business partners such as the head of HR, IT, or Legal
• Accounting, wider Finance team members
• Executive Leadership
• Third Party Vendors

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

• Bachelors in Business Administration/Finance/Economics
• Masters degree or 1-2 years of relevant working experience highly desirable
• Technical knowledge of budgeting, financial statements, cash management, and financial analysis processes
• Self-starter that takes ownership of issues and drives them toward a conclusion
• Able to succeed in a fast, high-growth and fairly unstructured work environment
• Ability to dig into details as well as analyze data from a high level view
• Advanced Excel skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal/networking skills.
• Team player with an open and internal customer focused approach
• Works under minimal supervision. Provides updates of work performed as needed.