Senior Financial Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis

We are seeking a Senior Financial Analyst – Financial Planning & Analysis for our First Quality Enterprises office located in Great Neck, NY. As a member of the Enterprise Central Finance team, this role is responsible for transactional and analytical support for general accounting and financial reporting processes, including enterprise-wide analytics and process automation projects by designing, developing, and maintaining solutions to improve business processes and financial analysis. This role also participates in business process internal audit reviews across the organization, as needed.

Primary responsibilities include:

Supports the Enterprise Finance team on group’s internal and external financial analyses, including elimination and consolidation of financial statements, preparation of monthly and quarterly management reporting, preparation of external compliance statements (bank), regulatory and compliance reports (US census, tax planning, etc.).

Responsible for the preparation, coordination and documentation of financial analysis projects, such as financial and expense performance, rate of return, depreciation, and working capital.

Provides analysis for forward-looking financial and business-related projects. Prepares budgets/forecasts and analysis of trends in manufacturing, sales, finance, general business conditions, and other related areas.

Provides financial support and analytics to a wide range of individuals and departments throughout the organization.

Identifies and develops analytics and automation opportunities for Finance and other First Quality business processes.

Under the direction of the Senior Director. Strategic Finance, to enhance their company’s business process awareness, participates in end-to-end and/or targeted process and control reviews. Conducts process walkthroughs, documents process narratives and flow charts and evaluates control and process design. Creates and/or executes control testing procedures and documents work performed in accordance with the Department' standards.

May assume a team lead role a work group

A specialist on complex technical and business matters

The ideal candidate should possess the following:

Requires a bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or similar

CPA is a plus

Typically requires 3+ years of related experience.

Experience in internal audit, internal controls, process improvement and/or alike, involving strong end-to-end process understanding and evaluation.

Business analysis and project management experience

Demonstrated experience in driving process improvement and automation.

Experience with RPA and other automation tools, preferred.

Analytics driven and tech savvy.

Experience working independently and leading complex projects

Strong prioritization and project management skills, including timely, and proactive communication of timelines, and status

Continuous process improvement mindset

Intellectual curiosity to help get to the best solutions

Financial Analysis /Financial Forecasting

Proficient in Microsoft Office applications

Experience in ERP systems such as SAP

Knowledge of US GAAP basic principles and elements of internal controls

Understanding of manufacturing accounting environment