Finance and Reporting Analyst - Remote

About the job Finance and Reporting Analyst - Remote

Summary

The Financial Analyst position is responsible for complete preparation of financial statements, actual forecasting and budgeting, which includes but is not limited to coding AP invoices, gathering information and preparation of journal entries, putting together financial statements, management reporting packages, balance sheet reconciliations and working closely and liaising with other departments in the company.

Responsibilities

The Financial Analyst position is responsible for complete preparation of financial statements, actual forecasting and budgeting, which includes but is not limited to coding AP invoices, gathering information and preparation of journal entries, putting together financial statements, management reporting packages, balance sheet reconciliations and working closely and liaising with other departments in the company.

Essential Job Duties

• Review and approve vendor invoices daily, issue weekly check runs, upload and download check info to/from bank website, and prepare wire payments including review and posting of Accounts Payable batches.

Period-end preparation of Financial statements and analysis (ensuring accuracy).

• Summarize current financial data by collecting information, preparing spreadsheets and reports, and creating journal entries (accruals); including variance analysis to forecast and budget. Review of Trade Spend (follow-up and deals with account management issues in a timely manner). Presenting financial results to Bellisio team.

Forecasting (for full year) - done on a period basis (13 times/year).

• Includes gathering information, preparation of financial statement (full detail), providing variance analysis between forecasts and budget (level of forecasting is done at a period level, rolling up to a total for the year). Presenting results to Bellisio team.

Budget

• Includes gathering information, preparation of financial statement (full detail), providing variance analysis between last forecast and budget (level of budget is done at a period level, rolling up to a total for the year).

All Balance Sheet Reconciliations (Done on a period basis).

• Includes reviewing AR sub ledger and follow up on outstanding payments (ensure right parties are either resubmitting invoices or following up on payments) as well as testing Trade management accrual for reasonability of deductions still to be taken (important task given that trade represents 38% costs of Bellisio Gross Sales).

Additional Reporting Information

• Quarterly Customer Profitability (by product category), Customer/Product mix analysis.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Direct Reports

• This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.

Indirect Reports

• This position does not have guidance or mentoring responsibilities for indirect reports.

Travel and/or Driving Requirements

• Travel and Driving are not essential duties and function of this job.

Minimum Qualifications

Education Level: (Required) Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.