What are the responsibilities and job description for the Regional Financial Analysis Specialist position at Creative Financial Staffing?
Job Responsibilities:
We are seeking a talented Regional Financial Analysis Specialist to join our team at Creative Financial Staffing. The ideal candidate will have experience in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting. This role will involve assisting with operational requirements, including preparing and analyzing overhead dashboards and performing product costing analysis.
Main Responsibilities:
- Analyze past results and perform variance analysis to identify trends.
- Investigate operational and financial results and make recommendations for improvements.
- Perform monthly product costing variance analysis.
- Develop Key Performance Indicators by product category, establishing benchmarks and performance targets related to Sales, product costs, and Gross Margins.
- Perform monthly price volume mix analysis for key product categories.
- Build and maintain dashboards that give visibility to product-level performance.
- Educate collaborators across the company to improve understanding of performance metrics and dashboards.
- Owning databases and ensuring data integrity in all reporting tools and systems (AARO Corporate Reporting Tool, Planful Budget/Forecasting Tool, M3 ERP, QlikView).
- Assist in reporting metrics and results for the Region to corporate headquarters using consolidation software.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Data Analytics, or Business.
- Knowledge of business and financial principles.
- Experience working in Oracle/SAP/M3 (or other major ERP package).
- Well-versed in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
