Finance Business Partner (Hybrid)
Opportunity
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The Finance Business Partner compiles and analyzes financial information for an organization by performing the following duties.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Creates and analyzes monthly, quarterly, and annual reports. Assists in the monthly close process to ensure financial information has been recorded accurately.
- Tracks financial and operating status by monitoring variances from plan.
- Identifies trends and developments within the Operation and various profit/cost centers and presents the findings and recommended improvements to senior management.
- Performs weekly financial forecasting and reconciliation of internal accounts.
- Conducts special studies to analyze complex financial actions and prepares recommendations for policy, procedure, control, or action.
- Prepares timely and accurate reports, plans, and forecasts for internal and external constituents.
- Analyzes financial information to determine present and future financial performance.
- Collaborates with operational leadership to analyze, prepare (bottom up approach) and present the annual financial plan and capital budget.
- Evaluates complex profit plans, operating records, and financial statements.
- Establishes databases of pertinent information for use in analyzing future plans and forecasts.
- Makes recommendations to management regarding cost saving or profit generating opportunities and profitability improvement strategies including the ROI.
- Coordinates with all levels of management to gather, analyze, summarize, and prepare recommendations regarding financial plans, acquisition activity, new business planning, trended future requirements, government requirements, and operating forecasts.
- Has knowledge of and can apply commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures within the finance and accounting field.
- Collaborates heavily with operational leadership to provide quality tools to expedite and improve decision-making.
- Assist with financial pricing models for new potential customer RFP’s (request for proposals) and for re-rating of existing customer agreements. This person is the finance lead and works with multiple sources to efficiently pull together accurate RFPs for distribution customers.
Supervisory Responsibilities
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
Competencies
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
- Oral Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations. Responds well to questions. Participates in meetings.
- Written Communication - Presents numerical data effectively; Able to read and interpret written information.
- Professionalism - Reacts well under pressure; Accepts responsibility for own actions; Follow through on commitments.
- Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to management direction.
Qualifications
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
At least 5 years of experience in a similar role.
Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of MAS 500 Accounting software, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Access and MS Word software.
Job Type:
Full Time
Salary:
$85,000 - $118,000
Benefits:
Full time employees are eligible for Health Insurance, Paid Time Off, and 401k Match.
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