SG&A Planning Lead Analyst

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Job Summary
The SG&A Planning Lead Analyst is expected to work effectively across multiple functional disciplines of the Company and develop and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of the Company's leadership. He/she is also expected to collaborate extensively with the Planning team and other parts of the Finance organization.

Job Description

Overview:

The SG&A Planning Lead Analyst is expected to work effectively across multiple functional disciplines of the Company and develop and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of the Company's leadership. He/she is also expected to collaborate extensively with the Planning team and other parts of the Finance organization.

Responsibilities:

• Develop Long Range Plan (LRP) and financial forecasts (X+Y) for business units / departments; coordinate with leadership to understand performance drivers; explain deviation to plan and projection; support and influence the decision making process
• Develop & maintain complex financial models and/or databases to effectively manage the business, track and present forecasted results to management in a concise manner
• Investigate drivers of variance including changes to business, accuracy of inputs and discrepancies in data
• Interface with leadership and Business Unit / department teams to drive results.
• Perform multi-variable variance analysis, working across departments to understand drivers, and provide high level explanations
• Perform month-close tasks such as preparing journal entries, researching payment/invoice issues, and other duties as needed
• Develop business cases for major projects and initiatives; validate associated assumptions and cost
• Identify risks and opportunities in achieving the cost and benefit commitments for plan, projections, projects and initiatives; make recommendations to cover any shortfalls; facilitate and influence the decision making process
• Create financial models of "what if" scenarios to aid future business decisions
• Generate forecasts and analyze trends in sales, finance and other business areas
• Resolve complex issues using existing or new solutions
• Generate new ideas, processes and reports to meet business needs
• Develop and provide ad hoc reports to meet one-time and evolving information needs in an efficient and consistent manner

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, economics, statistics or other quantitative field
• MBA or other related advanced degree beneficial
• 3 to 5+ years of finance/management consulting work experience in a dynamic and analytical environment
• Superior analytical and problem solving skills
• Working knowledge of and substantial experience with business case development, project valuation, and financial metrics calculation
• Experience with financial report and presentation material preparation
• Experience with automated financial systems, such as SAP or PeopleSoft
  Excel Word, PowerPoint and Visio application skills
• Ability to efficiently and effectively manage large data sets, including experience with macros, pivot tables, advanced formulas for data analysis, statistical functions, and/or other large data analysis tools
• General understanding of the financial closing process and monthly/quarterly cycles
• General understanding of financial transaction flows from source systems to the general ledger
• Occasional long, irregular hours and must be flexible to overtime and deadlines with short lead times

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Job Family
Finance

Company
Vistra Corporate Services Company

Locations
Irving, Texas

Texas

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