Financial Analyst

About the position

At International Paper, you control your destiny. We offer challenging assignments and total rewards in countries around the world. When we say infinite possibilities, we mean it. Apply now and join a community that improves people's lives, the planet and our company's performance by transforming renewable resources into products people depend on every day. The selected candidate will be assigned to the Finance Staff Group at the Savannah Mill. Job responsibilities will include interacting with mill operations personnel on a day-to-day basis, as well as performing some more routine financial assignments. These assignments can include measuring progress against meeting various objectives, analyzing business results, developing an annual budget and preparing short-term forecasts.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate as a member of a business unit
• Review/analyze key performance measures and variances
• Develop the annual budget and assure that product cost information is accurate
• Monthly reporting and communication of financial performance against objectives

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics or business administration
• Excellent oral and written communications skills
• Ability to work effectively with others
• Comfortable using spreadsheet programs (Microsoft Excel) and other databases
• Action Oriented - enjoy working hard; not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning; seizes opportunities
• Customer Focus - dedicated to meeting the expectation and requirements of internal and external customers
• Informing - provides the information people need to know to perform their jobs
• Learning on the Fly - learns quickly when facing new problems; open to change
• Problem Solving - solves difficult problems with effective solutions
• Planning - accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects
• Presentation Skills - effective in a variety of presentation settings

Nice-to-haves

• Technical/Functional knowledge
• Business and industry exposure
• Manufacturing process knowledge
• Familiarity with company policies and procedures and various financial systems
• Financial analyses: cost/variance, profitability, key performance measures
• Forecasting and budget development
• Month and year-end close process

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Life insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• 401(k)
• Company-funded retirement contributions
• Paid Time Off
• Education & Development (including Tuition Reimbursement)
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance
• Voluntary Benefits including insurance for home, auto, vision and pets