Walnut Creek CA or remote from Pacific Time Zone with travel.
6 month contract to convert FTE
$90-95/hr w2 target pay rate, $180k upon conversion to permanent
Job Summary
Our XXl Business & Financial Analyst supports the business strategy and objectives through data-driven analysis, reporting and financial planning. Must Operate with a high degree of independence with in depth knowledge of the business areas supported.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Data and Financial Analysis: Create actionable, data-driven recommendations that impact business decisions using internal and external data and models
- Reporting: Maintain and improve existing periodic reports, and develop new reporting methodologies
- Data visualization: Create meaningful charts, graphs and tables to communicate insights and trends
- Data structure: Design business requirements for data architecture and integration; work with the Technology division to resolve data hygiene issues
- Plan and Forecast: Coordinate business partner input up to the executive level on revenue and expense drivers; improve complex forecast models; design new forecast and planning models incorporating key business and financial data
- Business cases: Create complex business cases to analyze and justify investment decisions incorporating both business and financial data
- Business Partner Support: Partner with management up to the executive level to answer complex analytical financial and business questions
- Projects: Be responsible for components of business partner-led projects and lead internal projects to improve processes and operations
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- Strong Adaptive Planning support experience : Ideal with implementation and creating models, and dashboard experience
- Strong mathematical and analytical capacity
- Strong Knowledge of accounting principles or database principals
- Advanced Spreadsheets (Excel, Google Sheets) and Presentation software (Powerpoint, Google Slides)
- Advanced in Tableau, BigQuery or SQL and proficient in Python, PowerBI - Expert in Workday Accounting and Adaptive Planning software
- Strong business writing
- Ability to quickly gain in depth understanding of new business models
- Strong understanding of MWG business models
- Ability to apply AGILE practices (ScrumMaster)
EDUCATION, COMPETENCIES, CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES
- Bachelor's degree in related field plus
- 5 years of business analytics, finance, accounting or audit experience
- High School diploma plus 7 years of business analytics, finance, accounting or audit experience
- Strong understanding of MWG business models