Financial Analyst

Robert Half is hiring outstanding candidates for a fast-growing company's Financial Analyst position. This Financial Analyst position includes tasks like measuring, analyzing, and forecasting performance in conjunction with operating plans and conducting financial modeling on a variety of financial products. Additionally, you will be responsible for preparing reports for management and advising management on the allocation of resources to best accomplish objectives. You will focus on areas like forecasting, performance reporting, and expense management as a business partner on tis dynamic team. Your role as the Financial Analyst will consist of supporting world class strategic and financial planning methods, building long-range operating plans to support business imperatives and developing rolling forecast processes to ensure resources every quarter are consumed at maximum effectiveness. Additional aspects of this role consist of operationalizing and cultivating a more data-driven planning process and improved monthly and quarterly reporting. In this role, you will be directly involved in the coordination of various planning cycles (annual planning, quarterly forecasts and monthly outlooks), while providing strategic analyses and recommendations. You will provide variance analysis of bookings, revenues and expenses, clearly explaining the business reasons for variances and adjusting the outlook models to reflect operational adjustments. This Financial Analyst role, which is a permanent employment opportunity, is located in the Wichita Falls, Texas.What you get to do every single day- Keep track of monthly and quarterly performance by comparing actuals versus expectations and enabling business partners to handle their resources- Gather and oversee forecasting reports- This position requires a flexible individual who is adept at managing expectations and comfortable with handling large amounts of information- Possess the know-how and be able to explain internal and external drivers impacting performance and trending- Work with the Accounting team on monthly and quarterly financial close processes- Drive monthly reporting to business partners on financial results and if any actions are required- Collaborate with senior executives on strategic deep dives on creating financial models and insights on topics such as: Retention forecasts, event tracking and execution, Campaign Planning & Tracking, return on investment of strategic investments, and strategic resource allocation, and prioritization- Deliver effective Business Intelligence (BI) to provide valuable foresight and decision support- Endorse weekly, quarterly and annual Area/Segment-level Bookings as well as P& L forecasting- Survey performance to date and assess potential risks and opportunities- Work alongside cross-functional partners in Accounting and Operations to ensure plans are properly executed