Position Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst supports the Sr. Director of Finance in providing reliable and robust financial analyses and reporting to support the Executive Leadership Team, controllers, departmental leaders, and company strategic initiatives and projects.

The Senior Financial Analyst focuses on providing insights and clarity of results and/or questions through their analyses of financial and operational data, development of financial models, and monthly reporting. The Sr. Analyst will need to excel at being part of a cross-functional organization working alongside team members to drive results and clarity so that business decisions can be made quickly and effectively. With this responsibility, the Sr. Analyst will need to have a strong focus on accuracy, continuous improvement, and personal drive for high-quality results.

Pivotal Experience & Expertise

Carlstar seeks an action-oriented, self-driven, Senior Financial Analyst, who has demonstrated strong problem solving ability and has an analytical mindset.

• Develops and provides reliable and robust financial reporting for the commercial, procurement and operational teams
• Responsible for preparing, consolidating, and analyzing financial and operations data provided by respected teams.
• Supports the accounting teams during monthly close process
• Supports development of monthly financial packages and operations reporting for Leadership Team
• Responsible for preparing, reporting, and monitoring of SG&A department spending
• Financial team member for SIOP (Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning) process
• Utilizes various tools to analyze and identify growth and complexity reduction opportunities using the 80/20 principle
• Supports development of Annual Operating Plan working with cross-functional team
• 4-year degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field required
• 3 to 7 years of experience preferred in similar finance role
• Advanced PC Skills - Mid-Advanced Excel preferred
• Advanced Power Pivot and/or SQL skills
• Willingness to travel - 10%