The senior analyst serves as a strategic partner in supporting the continued financial planning and analysis activities at Southern Star. This position will be responsible for a wide range of analysis, including key initiative planning and tracking, development of Southern Star's monthly and quarterly forecasts and long-range business plans, identification of value creation opportunities, and other analytical requests and projects.
Primary responsibilities include (but not limited to)•Develop a detailed understanding of the key financial and operational metrics for each department
•Partner with key stakeholders across the business to drive forecast and planning cadence in conjunction with monthly outlooks and annual planning cycles
•Coordinate data model review between FP&A, Treasury, and Financial Reporting
•Plan and support broad financial analysis assignments, including investment cases, revenue analytics and scenario modeling
•Lead the development, preparation, and presentation of both short- and long-range financial budgets and forecasts including maintaining the business’s 5-year strategic plan
•Partner with finance and accounting teams to develop financial procedures supporting analysis and reporting for existing and future work processes
•Support continued step-change to improve plan to perform processes
•Other duties as assigned
Minimum
•6+ years of experience in accounting or finance
•3+ years of progressive financial planning experience
•Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, or related field
•Knowledge of GAAP accounting and financial principles
•Ability to use Microsoft applications (i.e., Word, PowerPoint, etc.) with a strong proficiency in Excel
•Strong analytical and modeling skills
•Ability to inspire and empower others i.e., executive presence
•Ability to summarize data and explain findings for executive-level presentations
•Strong verbal and written communication skills
•Strong business and commercial awareness
•Ability to understand the business (products/services, customers, processes) and their key drivers of success
•Ability to collaborate with other on a team and across the organization
•Ability to manage multiple tasks while meeting deadlines
Preferred
•Master of Business Administration
•Knowledge of and/or experience with Navision or Oracle Fusion Financials