Financial Analyst II (Contract Talent)

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Who We Are

Robert Half, one of FORTUNE's World's Most Admired Companies and a Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For is hiring for a Financial Analyst II to join the Financial Planning and Analysis department.

What You'll Do

• Aggregate and validate datasets: Compile financial data from cross-functional sources, ensuring inputs meet established accuracy and consistency standards.
• Resolve data inconsistencies: Investigate and independently address validation errors, ensuring data quality for reporting and analysis purposes.
• Enhance data alignment with governance: Collaborate with governance teams to apply FDM (Financial Data Model) standards and ensure adherence to compliance requirements.
• Streamline data preparation processes: Identify inefficiencies in workflows and introduce solutions to improve speed and accuracy of data aggregation.
• Incorporate global data considerations: Utilize an understanding of global, intercompany, and intersegment metrics to prepare datasets for enterprise reporting.
• Generate Comprehensive Financial Reports: Independently create and validate recurring reports for regional and business unit leaders, focusing on accuracy and adherence to corporate metrics.
• Enhance Data Accuracy Across Systems: Collaborate with IT, Treasury, and Data Governance teams to identify data inconsistencies, propose solutions, and ensure alignment with KPIs and FDM standards.
• Refine and Automate Reporting Processes: Evaluate current workflows for routine reporting and propose process improvements, including the use of automation tools, to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
• Support Strategic Insights: Analyze validated data outputs to identify trends and variances, offering foundational insights to FBPs and senior leaders to inform operational decisions.
• Assist in Enterprise-Wide Exercises: Work closely with senior analysts on enterprise reporting exercises, such as Compensation Plan Analysis, providing accurate data preparation and reconciliation to ensure timely delivery.
• Aggregate and Consolidate Regional Forecast Data: Independently compile and reconcile datasets from regional and departmental sources to support quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting processes.
• Analyze Variances in Forecasts: Conduct intermediate-level variance analyses to identify deviations in quarterly forecasts compared to prior submissions or actual results, presenting findings to FBPs and leadership.
• Coordinate Quarterly Forecast Adjustments: Partner with FBPs and Finance Intelligence & Innovation teams to implement updates to rolling forecasts, incorporating changes in market conditions or operational priorities.
• Refine Forecasting Templates: Collaborate with FBPs to improve forecasting templates and processes, ensuring alignment with corporate standards and enhancing user efficiency.
• Implement Budget Guidance into Models: Assist in preparing and incorporating approved budget and forecast guidance into templates and reporting models, ensuring seamless alignment with corporate objectives.
• Develop Tactical Models: Independently build and refine financial models for routine operational use, such as forecasting short-term resource allocations, evaluating pricing scenarios, and assessing the financial impacts of small-scale initiatives. Collaborate with FBPs to ensure alignment with regional and departmental priorities.
• Validate Model Assumptions: Perform comprehensive reviews of inputs and outputs to verify accuracy, identifying and resolving discrepancies. Coordinate with Finance Intelligence & Innovation teams to update model assumptions based on real-time data.
• Contribute to Cross-Functional Analysis: Partner with Regional Sales and Operations teams to gather relevant data and provide scenario outputs that inform tactical decisions. Offer insights to FBPs to support business recommendations.
• Streamline Processes: Recommend and implement enhancements to modeling templates and workflows to improve timeliness and accuracy.
• Test and Implement Efficiency Enhancements: Participate in testing system updates and enhancements to financial workflows, ensuring accuracy and seamless integration across teams. Perform user acceptance testing (UAT) to validate alignment with operational goals.
• Improve Reporting Tools and Workflows: Analyze current reporting tools and workflows to identify inefficiencies and propose enhancements that align with corporate objectives. Collaborate with FBPs and FD&A to implement approved changes.
• Collaborate with Global Teams: Work with regional and global teams to ensure process improvements align with financial compliance standards and corporate policies.
• Document and Communicate Process Changes: Create detailed documentation of process updates, sharing insights with senior analysts and FBPs to ensure smooth adoption across teams.
• Deepen Technical Expertise: Pursues advanced training in financial tools, methodologies, and systems to support increased responsibilities within the team.
• Support Team Collaboration and Growth: Drives team collaboration by sharing insights gained from project work and training, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
• 2-3 years of experience in Corporate FP&A or a similar role. Exposure to public companies or Fortune 500 environments is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrates a solid understanding of financial reporting and data preparation workflows.
• Advanced Data Handling and Reporting: Proficient in Excel (e.g., VLOOKUPs, INDEX/MATCH, basic pivot tables). Demonstrates knowledge of financial tools such as Adaptive Planning and DOMO.
• Governance and Compliance: Understands foundational FDM concepts and applies corporate governance standards to data preparation and reporting tasks.
• Process Optimization Basics: Identifies inefficiencies in reporting workflows and collaborates with team members to propose minor improvements.
• Collaboration Skills: Works with cross-functional teams to collect, validate, and organize data for operational reporting.

The typical hourly pay rate for this position is shown below and is negotiable depending upon experience and location.

$28.37 - $42.31

Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, and dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit roberthalf.gobenefits.net for more information.

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