Financial Analyst

Job Description We have partnered with a Client in the Charlotte area with a division that is growing rapidly and needs an experienced financial analyst to manage the financial forecasting and performance of a variety of large and small installation projects as well as the department cost performance of the various service and support departments. The position will report directly to the P&L owner and have dotted line reporting to the corporate accounting team. This role is instrumental in summarizing all of the various activities so the GM and corporate team have accurate and timely financial information to make critical decisions. This role will also be responsible to coach the leaders of the various teams in cost control, forecasting methodology, and financial management. Key Responsibilities Create annual budget in cooperation with the corporate controller Develop short term and long term forecasts for the business performance based upon feedback from operations, service and sales departments. Identify opportunities and risks within the division related to project spending, departmental cost management, and other areas to provide insight to managers and directors. Partner with the GM to align the team to the financial direction of the business and make decisions around hiring, support requirements, issues and other matters that require a change in direction. Create budget plan for each project along with start date, project completion by month and project closure plans to establish monthly revenue forecasts. Develop business line budgets, forecasts and analysis for service, parts, and installation businesses to assist team in making decisions on price increases, strategy and other business decisions. Experience and Professional Qualifications 5 or more experience in project cost management in a construction industry or similar type of project cost accounting role Demonstrated knowledge of P&L management and all the elements that build up a P&L Experience with financial forecasting requiring project progress projections and complex operations that are dispersed across a large geographic footprint Experience with MRP/ERP systems such as SAP Excellent analysis skills to be able to breakdown complex situations and determine best possible alternatives or solutions Experience summarizing financial information and communicating via presentations, documents and training sessions to improve the financial understanding of the other divisional staff members as well as corporate leadership teams Familiarity with working within a global company and the complexity of having dotted line reporting relationships across the divisions Experience working across the entire organizational structure from CEO to direct employees and adjusting content and conversation accordingly Ability to create training and lessons for the teams to better understand their impact on the business and creating proactive tools for the team to track performance directly Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled #J-18808-Ljbffr