What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Analyst position at TEGNA Inc.?
About TEGNA
TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) serves local communities across the U.S. through trustworthy journalism, engaging content, and tools that help people navigate their daily lives. Through customized marketing solutions, we help businesses grow and thrive. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches approximately 100 million people every month across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. For more information, visit TEGNA.com.
TEGNA Finance is seeking a Financial Analyst. Major responsibilities include performing revenue analytics to make business recommendations that improve sales performance. The successful candidate will be responsible for daily and weekly revenue reporting, category reporting, and supporting ad-hoc revenue requests from all areas of the organization. This role is also responsible for understanding the data, systems, and reports needed to drive revenue analysis for the business. This position will work closely with operational leadership and numerous individuals in the finance organization.
Responsibilities:
- The Financial Analyst performs moderate to complex finance tasks working under general supervision with latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. This role will have the ability to exercise judgement in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria, and networks with a wide variety of individuals at all levels of the organization to achieve results.
- Prepare weekly reports that support revenue forecasting across multiple revenue streams.
- Develops retention modeling and analytics to provide customer trends and insights to leadership.
- Provide key investment and initiative projects reports and analysis for executive business decisions.
- Ability to extract, organize, analyze, and report data in a manner that is useful and relevant to the business. Performs ad-hoc analysis as needed.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree required in Finance or Accounting or an applicable analytical field of study.
- 1 to 3 years of analytical experience in a finance or accounting role.
- Advanced knowledge of MS Excel and strong modeling skills.
- Experience with Tableau, Power BI and/or Python desired.
- Experience with WideOrbit and Oracle preferred.
- Ability to work independently and effectively as part of a team.
- Ability to effectively solve problems and address opportunities.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Strong attention to detail, goal oriented and results focused, and the ability to process transactions while meeting tight deadlines
- Maintain a professional presence with strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Benefits:
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA's 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor's appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
- Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.
EEO statement:
TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com
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Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments, ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers.
