What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Analyst I position at Villara?
- Division: Corporate
- Location: McClellan
- Recruiter: Rhonda Godinez
- Email: godinezrh@villara.com
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Description: Performs in an entry level role and is responsible for analyzing the financial position of the company and recommending relevant policy actions by collecting, mining, monitoring, and studying data. Assists with reporting and reconciliation, processes financial transactions and tracks time and expenses. Analyzes and consolidates budgets and forecasts. Analyst will provide alternatives and recommendations to reduce cost and improve the financial status of the company. Provide explanation on complex financial subjects, as well as data to non-financial staff. Technical Responsibilities of the Job
- The essential functions and responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to the following:
- Critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
- Data analytics and good IT skills – Proficiency in big data analysis, MS Excel, MS Word, dashboards, operational key performance indicators (KPI’s), enterprise software, cloud computing, accounting, budget and forecast software applications.
- Ability to prioritize tasks, multitask, and work with accuracy and speed.
- Strong interpersonal skills are required, detail oriented, self-motivated and organized.
- Good research, quantitative, and analytical skills.
- Good communication and presentation skills.
- Collect operational data to determine costs of operations.
- Guides cost analysis process by establishing and enforcing policies and procedures, providing trends and forecasts; explaining processes and techniques; recommending actions.
- Improves financial status by analyzing results; monitoring variances; identifying trends; recommending actions to management.
- Reconciles transactions by comparing and correcting data.
- Increases productivity by developing automated financial, budget, and forecast applications (use of LEAN standard work templates may be used for this purpose).
- Protects operations by keeping financial information confidential.
- Develops and maintains technical knowledge.
- Gains understanding of organization process and structure.
- Track, analyze and assist in understanding financial performance against plan, in particular when divisional spend looks to be exceeding the authorized budget.
- Help management make tactical and strategic decisions by providing periodic reports.
- Assist Villara Management with annual and quarterly budgeting and forecast processes.
- Assist with variance analysis for actual spend and forecasts to enable better understanding of booked vs. estimated costs.
- Participate in meetings with supervisor to review spend, variances in spend analyzing plan versus expenditures over period of time.
- Assist in the distribution of weekly and monthly financial reports.
- Perform detailed financial analyses, including discussions on various issues.
- Share knowledge of and provide training on systems use with Villara personnel.
- Communicate with Division Managers, Supervisors, Inventory Control, Accounting, Payroll, and other Villara staff as necessary.
- Other duties as assigned by Supervisor/Manager
- Postgraduate degree in business, finance, accounting, or economics, or any finance related degree required.
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