Sr. Financial Analyst

Financial Planning And Analysis Leader

You will be responsible for partnering with cross-functional team members to co-lead planning, forecasting and analytical efforts to deliver Alliant’s financial commitments, balanced with a sense of integrity and fiscal responsibilities. For assigned business functional areas, will direct and lead the annual planning, rolling forecasts, and 3-5 year business planning including formulation of Income Statement, Balance Sheet, cost center-level expense planning, headcount analyses, and presentations to senior management team. This role will have a concentration of work related to development of financial analysis capabilities. Work involves moderate difficulty in interpreting and converting analyses into practical business decisions and support. Resources to do the job require proven analytical ability, advanced systems skills, the ability to collaborate with peers, and lead teams. General supervision is received from the Manager of FP&A. Responsibilities Do you see yourself doing this?

• Develop annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and 3-year strategic plans in conjunction with managers in company’s analytics and enter the numbers into company’s planning system
• Work with team to manage and support all phases of the expense financial planning process including project planning
• Determine financial status by comparing and analyzing plans and forecasts with actual results
• Collaborate with Accounting Team to ensure accuracy of the financial statements and provide analytical support in regards to results and trends
• Create monthly expense reports/ P&Ls and provide variance analysis for management review
• Continuously improve and construct new capabilities around performance metric analysis and reporting to track key financial objectives and targets
• Responsible for headcount reporting, and compensation analysis
• Monitor the financial status of projects by analyzing results and variances; identifying trends; recommending actions
• Provide information to management by assembling and summarizing data; preparing reports; making presentations of findings, analyses, and recommendations
• Lead the analysis of financial performance for business initiatives, special projects, new products, channels, etc.