Financial Analyst III

Financial Analyst III

Develops and maintains complex financial models that accurately project and reflect business performance. Manages Financial-modeling projects such as complex budgeting and accounting functions; conducts financial, statistical, and analytical studies; prepares financial reports. Continually develops new tools and modeling to improve forecasting accuracy, sustainability, and processes.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in maintaining financial forecast models for the projection, monitoring, and real-time analysis of corporate earnings / EPS, cash flow trends, operating and financial leverage metrics, strategic planning initiatives, and pro-forma transactions
• Assist in developing new forecast models, improve existing models, and develop new analysis tools, routines, and reports to increase forward-looking visibility into business
• Participate in producing annual forecast book to document model output schedules, model assumptions, and summarize projected results for Sr. Mgmt.
• Collaborates with project sponsor and owner on business and functional requirements. Writes business requirements, functional requirements, and identifies project team member resources and responsibilities; review with Project sponsor and owner. Develops appropriate activity tasks, testing, communications, or similar to support the project delivery as well as tracking status and identifying milestones and risks. Schedules and conducts project meetings ensuring issues are identified and resolved. Responsible for on-time accurate project implementation.
• Manages annual budgeting process, monthly and quarterly variance analysis.
• Collaborate with finance & accounting leadership to complete projects, improve analysis practices, address project priorities, and interact with other corporate departments to manage data flow and deadlines. Continually recommends improvements to analysis, modeling, tools, and processes

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field

Experience:

• At least five (5) years of Financial analysis, consulting, banking, or accounting experience with emphasis on quantitative and financial analysis, forecasting, and scenario/sensitivity analysis
• Experience building, modifying, maintaining, and reviewing financial models, primarily in MS Excel, for the purpose of assisting and advising senior level managerial decision making
• Corporate finance experience desired, including capital structure and leverage analysis, calculating WACC, peer group ratio and valuation metrics analysis, financial statement analysis

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Detail oriented with a careful eye for quality control and presentation of work
• Motivated with interest in analysis approach, improving models and analysis, proposing new ways to view things, helping formulate opinions and action steps based on analysis performed
• Self-motivated and driven to produce results within tight deadlines and with maximum quality allowed within time constraints
• Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with internal and external clients
• Ability to interpret and explain complex rules, regulations, policies and procedures; make decisions on a variety of complex matters in accordance with established procedures.

Postal Code: 77019 Category (Portal Searching): Finance and Accounting Job Location: US-TX - Houston