FP&A Analyst

Stride K12 - Des Moines, IA

Full-time

Des Moines, IA

Educational Services

About the position

The Financial Analyst is a pivotal role within the organization, tasked with providing comprehensive financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting across multiple Business Units. This position is essential for researching, collecting, reviewing, and monitoring financial data to construct timely and accurate financial models. These models are designed to enhance company profitability by improving operational efficiencies and optimizing resource utilization. The ideal candidate for this role is someone who possesses excellent problem-solving skills, thrives in a challenging environment, and is characterized by their energetic, flexible, and self-motivated nature. In this role, the Financial Analyst will engage in budget and cost reviews, analyzing variances between actuals, forecasts, and plans. They will utilize insights gained from these analyses to iterate on forecasts and advocate for operational improvements. Regular updates to forecasting and budget projections are a key responsibility, as is the recommendation of actions based on thorough data analysis and comparative assessments. The analyst will also be responsible for financial analysis and modeling, which includes pulling and consolidating large data sets, building financial models from scratch, and enhancing existing models to ensure accuracy and relevance. The Financial Analyst will provide accurate and appropriate materials to meet the monthly close timeline and document key financial processes while identifying and implementing process improvements. Collaboration with business leads is crucial, as the analyst will summarize and analyze key data to facilitate better business decisions. Additionally, the role may involve leading special projects and analyses to assist leadership in decision-making processes, as well as supporting the Corporate Finance group with K12 and school financial policies, internal controls, and business processes. This position does not have formal supervisory responsibilities, allowing the analyst to focus on their analytical and financial modeling tasks without the added burden of managing a team.

Responsibilities

• Conduct budget and cost reviews, analyzing variances between actuals, forecasts, and plans.
• Update forecasting and budget projections regularly.
• Recommend actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses.
• Perform financial analysis and modeling by pulling and consolidating large data sets, building models from scratch, and improving existing ones.
• Provide accurate and appropriate materials to meet the monthly close timeline.
• Document key financial processes and identify and implement process improvements.
• Collaborate with business leads to summarize and analyze key data.
• Consolidate large sets of analytical data and present it in an easily interpreted format to drive better business decisions.
• Lead special analyses and run projects to assist leadership with decision making.
• Support the Corporate Finance group with K12 and school financial policies, internal controls, and business processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Mathematics, or a relevant field.
• Two (2) years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience and knowledge in several functions within Finance, including Budgeting, Consolidation, Performance Reporting, and financial analysis.
• Understanding of accounting processes, procedures, and internal controls.
• Strong research and analysis skills.
• Ability to work well as part of a team with a customer service orientation.
• Very good communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, etc.) and web proficiency.