Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis
US-KY-Owensboro
Job ID:
2025-2828
Type:
Full-Time
# of Openings:
1
Category:
Accounting/Finance
Owensboro
Overview
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- 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
- Master of Business Administration
- Knowledge of and/or experience with Navision or Oracle Fusion Financials
71625-107438 Yearly Salary