Senior Financial Analyst - Product Development

Cirrus Design Corporation - Duluth, MN

Full-time - Mid Level

Duluth, MN

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About the position

The Product Development Financial Analyst/Business Partner will partner with Cirrus' Product Development team to deliver key business insights and support strategic programs and projects. This position will collaborate with Product Development leadership to identify Key Performance Indicators by leveraging and improving upon existing metrics and identifying business trends through related measurement and analysis. This position will also analyze historical spending trends, evaluate different scenarios and help the business team understand potential trade-offs. With innovation at the heart of Cirrus Aircraft, this position is rife with opportunity to make an impact both at a direct financial level through insightful data analysis and recommendation and indirectly through the influencing of processes and policy. As the lead business partner to Product Development leadership, the analyst will provide financial outlook and performance, actively participating in cross-functional meetings and presenting relevant reporting and documents to all levels of management. The role involves participating in the preparation of annual financial budgets and updated financial projections as needed to track performance and outlook of projects. The analyst will prepare actual to budget/forecast variance analysis, identifying headcount, operating, outsourcing, and expense savings opportunities, while providing actionable recommendations to Product Development leadership and identifying potential risks, encouraging accountability for achieving forecasted results. Engagement in monthly reviews will be essential, providing financial insights to key drivers of change and ensuring results are well understood by decision makers. The analyst will collaborate with Product Development to make recommendations for scalable business solutions related to planning and budgeting, acting as a liaison between the business team and accounting department to ensure transactions are appropriately accounted for in the financials. Additionally, the analyst will perform ad hoc financial analysis as requested, be a member of the Product Development Leadership Team (PDLT), and create, maintain, and validate reporting tools for Product Development analysis. This role will require the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, focusing on details while also addressing high-level challenges.

Responsibilities

• Acts as lead business partner to Product Development leadership providing financial outlook and performance, actively participating in cross-functional meetings and presenting relevant reporting and documents to all levels of management
• Participates in preparation of annual financial budgets and updated financial projections as needed to track performance and outlook of projects
• Prepares actual to budget/forecast variance analysis including identification of headcount, operating, outsourcing and expense savings opportunities, and provides actionable recommendations to Product Development leadership as well as identification of potential risks
• Engages in monthly reviews, providing financial insights to key drivers of change and ensuring results are well understood by decision makers
• Collaborates with Product Development to make recommendations for scalable business solutions related to planning and budgeting
• Acts as liaison between business team and accounting department ensuring transactions are appropriately accounted for in the financials
• Performs ad hoc financial analysis as requested
• Is a member of the Product Development Leadership Team (PDLT) attending regularly scheduled staff meetings and participating in PDLT events
• Creates, maintains, and validates reporting tools for Product Development analysis
• Working on multiple projects at a time, this role will focus on the details while simultaneously working to take on high level/big picture challenges

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in financial analysis
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Strong attention to detail
• Exceptional problem-solving skills, accounting principles knowledge, documentation skills, research and resolution skills, data analysis and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to prepare comprehensive financial forecasts and appropriately represent financial information
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage time and consistently meet deadlines
• Ability to work in a cross-functional fast-paced environment and to drive operational initiatives
• Aptitude to take charge, set objectives, lead by influence and drive results