What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Reporting Associate position at SPS Companies, Inc.?
The Financial Reporting Associate provides timely, relevant and accurate reporting and analysis of business results. The position identifies, develops and analyzes key drivers, metrics and modeling to support decision-making and progress tracking. The position is also responsible for tracking, reconciliation and reporting functions related to the Company’s trading/hedging portfolios.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Provides timely, relevant and accurate reporting and analysis of business results
- Utilizes systems (SAP, QlikView, Power BI, Adaptive) to consolidate and report actuals vs comparison periods and/or forecast
- Reconciles financial reports to source systems
- Identifies, develops and analyzes key drivers and metrics to support decision-making and progress tracking
- Suggests and drives process improvement related to reporting and analysis
- Manage the execution and delivery of the financial plan and forecast
- Coordinates with businesses and corporate departments on forecast development
- Utilizes financial systems to consolidate and report on forecasts
- Analyzes key drivers of forecasted results vs prior periods and projections
- Suggests and drives process improvement related to the forecast process
- Performs ad hoc modeling and analysis
- Proactively reviews and analyzes information related to business KPI’s for variance from normal trends
- Gathers, analyzes and summarizes data related to various business proposals
- Monitors and reports relevant industry data and peer comparisons
- Develops and maintains various financial models to support the strategic planning process
- Performs tracking, reconciliation and reporting functions for the Company’s trading/hedging portfolios
- Accurately captures derivative trades as they are executed by the business
- Performs the reconciliation of positions to the Counterparty statements
- Provides daily, weekly and monthly reporting of positions
- Modifies trade monitoring system as necessary for new commodities
- Monitors portfolio as it relates to risk trading limits
Physical & Work Requirements:
• Requires ability to perform primary job responsibilities while spending long periods of time at a computer
• 0-10 % travel
Required Background, Competencies & Expertise:
• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting, or equivalent work experience
• High attention to detail
• Strong numerical ability
• Ability to prioritize in a time-sensitive environment
• Analytical skills
• Learning agility
• Problem solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office
Preferred Background, Competencies & Expertise:
• Experience with SAP, Power BI, QlikView and/or Adaptive
• 2-5 years of relevant business experience.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/AA Minorities/Female/Disabilities/Veterans