Job Title: Business Professional - Financial Analyst 4 Expected duration: 6 months  Location: Ridgefield Park, NJ, USA Job Description: Top skills: • Experience and Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint with proven examples, creating executive level summaries and creating reports for tracking financial and vendor information • Excellent written and verbal communication with proven examples when working with all stakeholders from C-Suite to Vendors to 3PL. • Technical aptitude, self-starter and intuitive learning with proven strength navigating SaaS, internal platforms to efficiently pull raw data. Schedule: 4 days on site, 1 day remote, subject to change. Summary: The main functions of a financial analyst are to gather and analyze financial information; will typically conduct quantitative analyses of information affecting investment programs of public or private institutions. A typical financial analyst is responsible for analyzing and communicating financial information for clients. Job Responsibilities: � Direct the preparation of financial reports, such as income statements, balance sheets, and analyses of future earnings or expenses, that summarize and forecast the organization's financial position. � Prepare special reports required by regulatory authorities. � Direct the organization's budgets to meet its financial goals. � Oversee the investment of funds, manage associated risks, supervise cash management activities. � Execute capital-raising strategies to support a firm's expansion. � Oversee the firm's issuance of credit, establishing credit-rating criteria, determining credit ceilings, and monitoring the collections of past-due accounts. Skills: � Verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, and critical thinking. � Strong ability to work independently and manage one's time. � Strong ability to analyze business trends and project future revenues and expenses. � Strong knowledge of economic and accounting principles, the financial markets, and reporting of financial data. � Strong knowledge of federal, state, and company policies, procedures and regulations as related to accounting. � Previous experience with computer applications, such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and any other related financial software. Education/Experience: � Bachelor's degree in accounting or related financial discipline required. An advanced degree in a financial discipline is preferred. � 6+ years financial and/or accounting experience required. KEY RESPONSIBILITES/REQUIREMENTS: Preferred: Excel Certification Education: - Bachelor’s degree in business/finance related discipline (flexible if qualified) - Years of experience: 3-5 years of experience with Excel summary design and delivery with examples of previous work, ad-hoc reporting experience. Roles and Responsibility: • Design, develop and manage Excel reports to analyze and display key performance indicators (KPI) that monitor the health of the Retail Operations business. • Collate data from various sources (including SAP, Excel, internal and external databases) into meaningful and impactful reports. • Create and manage a repository of reports, templates, and data to serve as a knowledge base. • Use critical thinking, data analysis to analyze business processes and recommend process and automation enhancements • Financial planning and reporting (Budgeting, forecast vs. actual reporting) • Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly status (On Time, On Budget) reporting for several key projects with high level of visibility • Create templates to collect information from various sources/vendors to ensure data integrity and accuracy Necessary Skills and Attributes: • Strong Analytical and Problem Solving Skills with ability to work independently and in team environments, simultaneously on multiple projects with competing priorities. • Dealing with ambiguity surrounding ad hoc requests • Ability to translate data into actionable insights that can be communicated to key stakeholders and management • Passion for analytics and driving for results • Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. • Project and Process Management • Attention to detail both written and verbal. Powered by JazzHR