As a Senior Financial Analyst - Corporate Development, you will be responsible for the preparation, coordination, and documentation of forward-looking financial and business-related merger & acquisition (M&A) and venture capital investment projects. You will prepare financial forecasts, valuation models and/or reports and provide strategic analytical expertise for assigned projects. You will lead teams of internal and external personnel as they perform due diligence on selected acquisition and investment targets and prepare consolidated reports. You will identify issues and suggest courses of action and makes recommendations for improving M&A operations.

Responsibilities:

• Enhance and maintain standardized approaches in analyzing, evaluating, and obtaining approvals for financial support of proposed acquisitions and investments.
• Evaluate actual performance of targets vs projections.
• Coordinate across functions and business units to obtain information and garner input on key assumptions and variables.
• Support development of unit’s annual budget, and tracks and analyzes variances throughout year.
• Monitor progress toward objectives. 
• Identify issues and suggests courses of action, makes recommendations for improving operations, and resource allocation.
• Perform additional strategic analytical functions.
• Conduct detail end of period review of financials to ensure proper reporting.
• May provide direction and support to more junior analysts.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors’ Degree - Accounting, Finance, or business related required
• 3 years required of financial analysis experience; including discounted cash flow
• 1 year required of data query extraction and analytics experience
• 1 year required of profit and loss and balance sheet forecasting and management experience
• Strong communication and presentation skills with ability to translate complex analytical data into easily understandable format
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite – High proficiency in Excel
• Strong teamwork, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
• Managing and organizing 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
• Report writing utilizing Hyperion and Oracle
• Short and long-term budgeting and forecasting, rolling budgets, and product-line profitability analysis is preferred
• Ability to travel up to 25%

Wesco International, Inc., including its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Wesco”) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law. US applicants only, we are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. 

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