Junior Financial Analyst (Hybrid)

$65,000 - $75,000/Yr

Nfp - Albany, NY

Full-time - Entry Level

Albany, NY

Food Services and Drinking Places

About the position

The Junior Financial Analyst will play a crucial role in the administration and execution of the Region's Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) process. This position involves close collaboration with regional finance and accounting resources to develop effective budgeting, forecasting, and reporting practices, while also interacting with various functions within the organization to enhance FP&A capabilities and ensure accurate reporting.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the planning, development, organization, implementation, and evaluation of the business' fiscal function and performance.
• Help create annual budgets and track monthly performance against those budgets.
• Input budgets and maintain them in the company's budget and financial system.
• Identify major drivers and opportunities/risks, updating annual budgets and forecasts as needed.
• Provide monthly analysis of actual results to budgeted results for each reporting unit.
• Analyze, understand, and explain year-over-year variations of actual or projected financial results to relevant parties.
• Own the financial statistics of the locations supported, including C&F roll forward, headcount analysis, and other relevant KPIs.
• Track headcount, new hire budgets, open positions, etc., to report on trends and forecasts to finance leaders.
• Coordinate with Corporate FP&A team to understand and effectuate any changes to reporting structure.
• Support Acquisition Accounting including due diligence and earn-out analysis.
• Support system conversions to bring acquisitions on platform.
• Support change in accounting methods for acquisitions.
• Execute on various regional accounting and finance initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Finance or Accounting.
• Prior experience within a corporate or business unit finance organization.
• A minimum of 1 year finance and accounting experience in a rapidly growing organization.
• Experience in a continuous improvement, highly collaborative, and matrixed organization.
• Ability to lead process improvement and affect change.
• Insurance brokerage experience is highly preferred but not required.
• Experience with handling large sets of data is a plus.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with Excel macros, power pivots, and power queries.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• PTO and paid holidays
• 401(k) with match
• Exclusive discount programs
• Health and wellness programs