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Job Description:

Client in Jacksonville needs four Financial Analysts for permanent positions.  The Financial Analysts are responsible for providing standard Financial and Management reporting, budgeting, forecasting and ad-hoc financial analyses support to the business for the purpose of maximizing the benefit of resources deployed in meeting the company’s overall strategic plan.  This position will analyze financials to determine root cause relationships and conclusions that are not always intuitive, obvious or have a precedent.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or related field
• Four years of work experience in finance, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Advanced Excel

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in business administration (MBA), finance or accounting, or equivalent experience
• CPA, CMA, CFM or equivalent professional certification
• Experience working with non-financial management and staff in the development of financial plans
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate financial framework and analysis to non-financial staff
• Knowledge of business management related to category management, procurement or marketing

Responsibilities:

• Develop tools and management reports to improve financial processes and decisions through the use of fact-based information and analyses.
• Support management in analyzing and understanding the cause of change in sales, margins, expenses and operational metrics.
• Monitor, report, analyze and forecast key drivers that impact financial results
• Develop and support standardized financial forecasting methodologies.
• Integrate forecast updates with the periodic review of business results for the purpose of facilitating responsive resource allocation decisions that take into account changing external market conditions.
• Facilitate the budgeting, forecasting, business planning and results analyses of sales, gross margin, expenses and net profit.
• Develop standardized portfolio investment methodologies for the purpose of facilitating portfolio prioritization and resource allocation optimization across the various business units and categories.
• Develop and support standardized financial investments methodologies (e.g. ROI, EVA and NPV).
• Develop and support standardized financial analysis methodologies (e.g., trend, ratio, volume/price, scenario planning, risk and opportunity assessment, expected outcome and sensitivity).
• Evaluate financial outcomes of various decision alternatives; provide management with information on potential decision impacts along with recommended options and action plans.
• Develop and maintain performance management scorecards, including metrics definition, target setting and results measurement.
• Provide ad-hoc financial analysis as needed.
• Lead the development and refinement of management accounting and reporting, including P&L design, cost allocations and activity-based costing (ABC).
• Provide financial analysis support for business and IT projects and initiatives.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

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