Sr. Financial Analyst

Business Unit

Cubic Transportation Systems

Company Details

When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners.

We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com.

Job Details

Job Summary: The Senior Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis will be responsible for financial planning, consolidation, reporting, and business analysis for the G&A function of CTS. Additionally, the incumbent will collaborate with team members on full P&L management, Overhead, and value-creation initiatives. The Sr. Analyst will provide advice to business partners and own data sets. This role is a key member of the worldwide team and develops best practices for the corporation. This position requires an individual who can work independently without constant supervision and direction.

Essential Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Works closely with regional management teams to prepare consolidated G&A financial budgets, forecasts, and perform variance analysis.
• Analyzes overheads, fringe, G&A and optimizes rate structures.
• Helps lead international indirect team members in a matrix environment.
• Assists in overseeing pre-existing dashboards related to time worked and variance analysis. Presents results and partners with business leads to make corrections.
• Analyzes monthly and quarterly financial results. Provides commentary on the business to enable decision-making.
• Works closely with other intracompany finance groups to meet deadlines and develop best practices for the corporation.
• Improves processes and rolls out forecasting and budgeting tools to the business enabling timely and accurate forecasts and budgets.
• Develops strong working relationships and understanding of the company’s products and services to facilitate highly effective team dynamics.
• Development and management of value-creation workstreams.
• Assists in the implementation of critical business systems to meet Cubic reporting requirements.
• Prepares ad hoc analysis as required such as EAC analysis or other project-related metrics.
• Other duties as required.
  
  

Essential Qualifications

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• Four (4) years of progressive experience in financial analysis and planning (preferably in a project-based organization).
• Proven ability to navigate complex data and deliver concise management presentations
• Ability to identify incorrectly coded journal entries and work on rectifying them.
• Experience using SAP.
• Strong forecasting, analytics, and variance e analysis experience.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Office suite, particularly advanced Excel modeling and technical consolidation tools.
  
  

Preferred Credentials

• MBA or CPA certification
• Alteryx and Tableau proficiency
• Hands-on project accounting experience
• Understanding of overhead, fringe, wrap rates, and project finance
  
  

Key Competencies

• Agility in adapting to evolving business landscapes
• Ability to own extremely detailed and complex global data sets and coordinate data inputs from various leaders and regions
• Aptitude for building and nurturing global relationships while collaborating with international teams across time zones
• Intellectual curiosity coupled with a passion for continuous improvement
• Strong analytical skills, with a focus on data-driven decision-making
• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with a collaborative mindset
• History of professional growth and maintaining a positive, solution-oriented attitude
• Ability to maintain confidential data such as salary and hiring information
  
  

The description provided above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities and requirements. Duties, responsibilities and requirements may change over time and according to business need.

Cubic Pay Range

$80,000 – $105,000* benefits.

• Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographic market up to our highest geographic market.
  
  

The Cubic pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Worker Type

Employee