FINANCIAL ANALYST

Golden Entertainment - Las Vegas, NV

Full-time

Las Vegas, NV

Accommodation

About the position

The Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst at Golden Entertainment plays a crucial role in supporting business units while developing financial planning and analysis skills. This position involves monthly financial reviews, updating forecasts, creating annual budgets, and conducting recurring and ad-hoc analyses. The analyst collaborates with various business partners to enhance profitability measures, automate forecasting processes, and ensure financial consistency across operations and accounting.

Responsibilities

• Responsibility for full P&L experience for specific business unit(s) / department(s)
• Responsible for annual budgeting and forecasting with understanding of key financial and operational drivers
• Works closely with Operations and Accounting to ensure monthly financials reflect consistency with operational activities / forecast
• Monthly due diligence and written analyses of actual performance vs. budgets and forecasts
• Ability to extract and utilize data from various software applications for reporting and/or analytical purposes
• Assists in development of policies, procedures and practices for budgeting and/or forecast process
• Creates monthly and ad-hoc reporting to support operational and financial needs
• Understanding BI data cubes and reporting structures
• Provides assistance, support, and guidance to Operations and Accounting / Finance department, as necessary
• Provides analytic support for strategic projects
• Ensure compliance with all applicable gaming laws and company internal controls, policies and procedures, Title 31, and federal regulations, as they apply to the position
• Provide outstanding guest service in a timely manner to both guests and fellow team members that meets the company's guest service culture standards
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in accounting, business or finance
• 2 + years prior experience working in same or similar role preferred
• Strong level skills in Microsoft Excel (ex. Pivot tables, macros, data tables, simulations & solver, Vlookup, Hlookup)
• An accounting knowledge foundation and application
• Ability to work independently and cross functionally at all levels
• Ability to simultaneously manage multiple priorities and projects
• Prior experience working in gaming industry preferred
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to assess the impact of operations on financial results
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Strong cognitive, communication, and leadership skills
• At least 21 years of age
• Ability to communicate effectively in English
• Obtain and maintain all work cards as required by the company
• Verify right to work in the United States

Nice-to-haves

• Prior experience working in gaming industry preferred