Financial Planning & Analysis Advisor

Financial Planning & Analysis Advisor

Provides technical direction, project leadership, and coordination of effort among financial work groups for analysis of diverse business proposals, development of business plan/strategic plan and on-going financial technical advice to senior management.

Essential Duties:

• Demonstrates creativity and initiative in analyzing business issues and proposing solutions.
• Effectively represents the interest & perspective of Finance management without prompting or coaching.
• Successfully influences direction of management.
• Comfortably navigates open ended assignments (greenspace analytics).
• Consistently meets deadlines and demonstrates an ability to self-manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Anticipates and addresses business situations that may arise and pursues them to resolution.
• Strong positive influence on work group's morale, respected by peers, and always part of the solution.
• Proactively anticipates questions and adapts messaging to audience.
• Effectively presents to diverse audiences and uses diplomacy in working through issues.
• Demonstrates attention to quality and initiates quality improvement processes
• Leads major projects by successfully coordinating within department and across departments.
• Proactively keeps all parties and Finance Leadership informed.
• Trains and mentors fellow staff members.
• Actively provides and seeks out leadership roles
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree/equivalent in business, finance or related discipline. A master's degree in a related field may offset experience requirements.

Minimum Experience: Five (5) years of directly related experience in financial analysis, financial planning, business consulting, project management, accounting, audit or operational analysis.

Knowledge, Skill, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of advanced personal computer applications such as PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Word, Essbase Tools or others as necessary. Strong analytical, human relations and communication skills.
• Understanding financial modeling concepts for cost/benefit and profit/loss analysis.
• Ability to define problems, recognize alternatives, and provide concise recommendations.
• Demonstrates flexibility in shifting priorities to meet changing demands.
• Proactively anticipates questions and adapts messaging to the audience.
• Effectively presents to diverse audiences and uses diplomacy in working through issues.

Preferred Skills:

• Solid understanding of cost drivers, allocation methodologies, and end-to-end cost flows across activities, processes, and products.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with Alteryx, Power BI, and SQL preferred for data extraction, transformation, modeling, and visualization.
• Experience leveraging AI-enabled tools or automation techniques to improve efficiency, data quality, or analytical insight.

Additional Details:

• This position is not eligible for sponsorship
• This position includes relocation assistance
• This is a hybrid position located in Memphis, TN, Plano, TX or Pittsburgh, PA. Candidates must live within 50 miles of the campus location. Employees will be required to work at the FedEx campus location several times per week.