Responsible for developing and communicating actionable insight and planning / forecasting activities. Liaison between the segments and corporate function and assist them as needed on key initiatives. This position will typically work under limited supervision and direction, and this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.

Must Have

• Prepare data for analytic consumption and translate large data sets into insight.
• Effectively use data and identify trends and patterns.
• Provide performance analysis and financial models.
• Create self-service tools for leadership.
• Proactively seek process improvements.
• Provide meaningful budgets and forecasts.
• Develop and maintain financial reports.
• Create effective problem statements.
• Engage stakeholders, create powerful messages, simplify complex issues.
• Create effective visualizations.
• Research financial discrepancies.
• Assist in internal and external audit requirements.
• Report and analyze Departmental Expenses.
• Well-developed project and change management skills.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret financial reports.
• Sound understanding of commercial and business systems (SAP experience is must).
• Minimum of 2 year Visualization experience with Tableau, or similar tool.
• Demonstrated analytical skills, critical thinking and thought leadership.
• Demonstrated knowledge of data principles using data analysis.
• Demonstrated knowledge or aptitude of statistical, data mining or visualization tools.
• Ability to effectively present information to management.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• 6-8 years related experience.
• 8-10 years financial analysis experience with emphasis on cash management.
• SAP experience (FICO module).
• Experience with US GAAP.
• Communicate Effectively.
• Handle complex data and present effectively to management.
• Build effective relationships with business leadership at all levels.
• Negotiate and win customer buy-in to technical and operational decisions.

Good to Have

• MBA is preferred.
• Experience with Alteryx is preferred.

Sr. Finance Analyst

Business Unit:

Cubic Corporation

Company Details:

Responsible for developing and communicating actionable insight and planning / forecasting activities. Liaison between the segments and corporate function and assist them as needed on key initiatives. This position will typically work under limited supervision and direction and this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority

Job Details:

Job Summary:

Responsible for developing and communicating actionable insight and planning / forecasting activities. Liaison between the segments and corporate function and assist them as needed on key initiatives. This position will typically work under limited supervision and direction, and this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepares data for analytic consumption and can translate large data sets into insight.
• Effectively uses data and identifies trends and patterns in data sets that translate into insight.
• Provide valuable performance analysis and financial models ensuring performance risks, issues, opportunities, and actionable insights are highlighted to management.
• Create self-service tools to provide to leadership with actionable insights.
• Proactively seek opportunities to improve processes and identify areas of improvement.
• Provide meaningful budgets and forecasts integrated with core business processes and strategies.
• Develop and maintain financial reports to clearly communicate actual results, forecasted performance, and variances to plan.
• Creates effective problem statements and identifies opportunities.
• Engages stakeholders, creates powerful messages and simplifies complex issues into manageable tasks.
• Creates effective visualizations using visualization best practices.
• Research any financial discrepancies that arise from in depth variance analysis.
• Assist in internal and external audit requirements; this may include ad-hoc analysis.
• Reporting and Analytics on Departmental Expenses – IT, HR, Legal etc.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Four-year college degree in Accounting, Finance, Mathematics, Analytics, Applied Statistics, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence & Analytics, Engineering or Computer Science
• Minimum of six-eight years related experience.
• Well-developed project and change management skills.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret financial reports.
• Sound understanding of commercial and business systems (SAP experience is must)
• Minimum of 2 year Visualization experience with Tableau, or similar tool
• Demonstrated analytical skills, critical thinking and thought leadership
• Demonstrated knowledge of data principles using data analysis
• Demonstrated knowledge or aptitude of statistical, data mining or visualization tools
• Ability to effectively present information to management.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions as well as enact changes.

Minimum Job Requirements:

Qualifications

• Four-year college degree in Finance or Economics. MBA is preferred.

Skills/Experience/Knowledge:

• 8 - 10 years financial analysis experience with emphasis on cash management.
• Sound understanding of commercial and business systems (SAP experience is must - FICO module)
• Experience with US GAAP
• Experience with Alteryx & Tableau will be preferred.
• Communicate Effectively
• Critical thinking
• Handle complex data and present effectively to management.
• Build effective relationships with business leadership at all levels.
• Negotiate and win customer buy-in to technical and operational decisions.
• Leverage existing environment while driving towards best practices throughout areas of responsibility.

Personal Qualities:

• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Team player
• Able to prioritize work, complete multiple tasks and work under deadline and budget guidelines.

Worker Type:

Employee