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Financial Analyst

AT Addison Group
Addison Group

Financial Analyst

Washington, DC

HireStrategy is seeking a Financial Analyst to join a company in the Washington D.C. metro area. The ideal candidate will be helping establish new, actionable, operating metrics, budgets, forecasts and reports.

Responsibilities:

  • Facilitate the annual P&L budgeting process and subsequent monthly/quarterly forecasts across shared services
  • Performance management through monthly variance analysis of budgeted, forecasted and actual financial performance, clearly interpreting and documenting variance drivers
  • Assist in identifying and implementing financial and operationally relevant Key Performance Indicators and dashboards across area of responsibility
  • Work in concert with sales operations in supporting the sales teams with analytics and measurement around strategic initiatives.
  • Proactively develop the supported functional areas proficiency in interpreting and acting on financial/quantitative metrics to improve organizational performance; assist in developing and measuring action plans
  • Execute ad-hoc financial/quantitative analysis and various reporting requests in support of the business
  • Maintain a working knowledge of current principles and methodologies in financial reporting; profit planning, cost accounting and profitability analysis best-practices as they apply to service organizations

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  • Preferred Qualifications:
    • Bachelor of Science in Finance, Accounting
    • 1-3+ years of finance experience
    • Variance analysis of P&L statements
    • High proficiency in MS Office, particularly with Excel and PowerPoint
    • Functional knowledge of financial reporting systems and methodologies for reporting using business intelligence tools
    • Effective oral and written communication skills with a strong ability to efficiently communicate financial results to both financially and non-financially oriented persons
    • Initiative; originate productive actions without specific instructions; generate new ideas, processes and approaches to meet business needs

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    Job ID: AddisonGroup-426593
    Employment Type: Other