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.

Responsibilities
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



Qualifications
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


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