What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Analyst position at Greyhound?
Responsible for financial analysis and/or budget analysis used to monitor and project company performance. Must be able to effectively summarize output for senior management (including Director of FP&A, CFO, COO and CEO) and where necessary recommend corrective action to meet financial/budget targets and operating needs.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Co-manages and coordinates the monthly financial review process, and works with FP&A team and Director to produce pertinent analysis for senior management
- Co-manages, coordinates, and performs analysis related to the company wide planning process
- Prepare financial summaries as well as ad hoc analysis used by the department heads, senior management, and business managers in support of key decisions related to company projects and budgets
- Models are used to make expense recommendations as well as generate budget scenarios for senior management
- Assist in developing, monitoring and guiding individual department budgets such as Maintenance, Fleet, Safety, Food Service, Charter, etc. Provide pertinent analysis to ensure integrity of budget submissions
- Prepare financial summaries for reporting to parent company
- Develop, implement and manage methods, procedures, and systems to track expenditures
- Analyze individual business unit trends to ensure anomalies are identified and rectified quickly to help business unit leadership better manage their business
- Perform month-end closing activities, including appropriate and timely support for corporate and business unit closing schedules
- Analyze variances to budget and forecasts by diving into transaction level data and providing meaningful explanations for reporting
REQUIREMENTS
- BBA, BBS, or equivalent
- 0-6 years financial analysis experience, level based on experience
- Power user of MS Excel and PowerPoint a must.
- JD Edwards, Hyperion Planning and Essbase proficiency a plus
- Must be a self-starter and posses the ability to analyze data, find inconsistencies and issue resolution