Senior Analyst - Financial (Corporate Development)

Anixter - Pittsburgh, PA

Full-time - Mid Level

Pittsburgh, PA

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

About the position

As a Senior Financial Analyst - Corporate Development, you will play a crucial role in the preparation, coordination, and documentation of forward-looking financial and business-related merger & acquisition (M&A) and venture capital investment projects. Your primary responsibilities will include preparing financial forecasts, valuation models, and reports, while providing strategic analytical expertise for assigned projects. You will lead teams of internal and external personnel as they conduct due diligence on selected acquisition and investment targets, ensuring that consolidated reports are prepared accurately and timely. In this position, you will enhance and maintain standardized approaches for analyzing, evaluating, and obtaining approvals for financial support of proposed acquisitions and investments. You will evaluate the actual performance of targets against projections and coordinate across various functions and business units to gather information and input on key assumptions and variables. Additionally, you will support the development of the unit's annual budget, tracking and analyzing variances throughout the year while monitoring progress toward objectives. Your role will also involve identifying issues, suggesting courses of action, and making recommendations for improving M&A operations. You will conduct detailed end-of-period reviews of financials to ensure proper reporting and may provide direction and support to more junior analysts. This position requires strong communication and presentation skills, as you will need to translate complex analytical data into easily understandable formats for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, coordinate, and document financial and business-related M&A and venture capital investment projects.
• Lead teams in performing due diligence on acquisition and investment targets and prepare consolidated reports.
• Enhance and maintain standardized approaches for analyzing and evaluating financial support for proposed acquisitions and investments.
• Evaluate actual performance of targets versus projections.
• Coordinate across functions and business units to obtain information and input on key assumptions and variables.
• Support the development of the unit's annual budget and track and analyze variances throughout the year.
• Monitor progress toward objectives and identify issues, suggesting courses of action and making recommendations for improving operations.
• Conduct detailed end-of-period reviews of financials to ensure proper reporting.
• Provide direction and support to junior analysts.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a business-related field required.
• 3 years of financial analysis experience, including discounted cash flow analysis.
• 1 year of data query extraction and analytics experience required.
• 1 year of profit and loss and balance sheet forecasting and management experience required.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to translate complex analytical data into easily understandable formats.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, with high proficiency in Excel.
• Strong teamwork, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage and organize large amounts of data.
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects and deadlines.
• Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, statements, and projections.
• Experience with report writing utilizing Hyperion and Oracle.

Nice-to-haves

• Short and long-term budgeting and forecasting experience.
• Experience with rolling budgets and product-line profitability analysis.