Financial Analyst - 360Finance - Field Integration Team (NJ Region)

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Job Description

As a Financial Analyst, you will have a variety of tasks to handle every single day. Your day to day workload may vary, and you can expect to exercise the following skills:

• Analyze and communicate financial results for key products, markets and initiatives
• Develop compelling story lines, deepen client insights and recommend creative actions that guide strategy and operations
• Formulate financial projections to predict and track performance, diagnose potential issues and prompt corrective actions
• Ensure Regional Finances credibility and reputation of high quality (accurate, timely, relevant) financial measurement, reporting, planning and consulting

Key Responsibilities

• Isolate key drivers, quantify impacts, and forecast implications to the business
• Prepare and help build storyline for financial updates
• Collaborate with business partners to identify emerging issues and assist in implementation of strategies
• Use analysis to influence and drive action within finance and our business partners by using fact-based, holistic and forward-looking perspectives
• Provide accurate, timely reports with financial insight to allow business leaders to improve performance
• Develop effective presentations for small groups

Job Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of financial and accounting concepts
• Analytical skills to compile information requiring combinations of data from several sources, the ability to work with numbers and formulas
• Solid work ethic, including ability to follow-up, focus on details and take initiative
• Intellectual curiosity and strive for continuous improvement - personally and with work assignments
• Oral and written communication skills, able to work effectively with employees both internal and external to the finance function
• Demonstrate interpersonal skills and capacity to work productively in a team environment
• Effective time management and organization skills with a proven ability to multi-task
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel required. Working knowledge of Power Point and Word.
• BA or BS in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Business or related area of study

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.

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As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide a competitive salary but thats just the beginning. Our Total Rewards package also offers benefits like tuition assistance, medical and dental insurance, as well as a robust pension and 401(k). Plus, youll have access to a wide variety of programs to help you balance your work and personal life -- including a generous paid time off policy.

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