Financial Analyst

Job Summary

• AVI-SPL is looking for aFinancial Analystresponsible for supporting the Financial Planning & Analysis team with the annual budgeting process, month-end close, global financial consolidation, and operational support. This role will work closely with executive and finance leadership, accounting, and various business partners both in the US and in regional offices worldwide.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist and support the corporate planning, analysis, forecasting and reporting processes


• Determine financial status and financial progress of company and business units by comparing and analyzing budgets, forecasts, actual results and trends


• Analyze financial information to determine present and future financial performance and recommendimprovements accordingly


• Assist in the annual budget forthe Company; process includes forecasting revenue, COGS, SG&Aexpenses


• Issue monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc reports used by business partner management, such as financials, strategic initiative progress, metric reporting, sales/revenue trends, etc.


• Partner with Operations team to ensure alignment and understanding of financial results as well as to drive value creation


• Analyze expense and revenue drivers. Develop models to forecast profitability and determine sensitivity analysis regarding multiple variable changes such as market Micro/Macro conditions, sales projections, and expense structures


• Assist in company-wide 3 statement modelling & strategic sensitivity analyses

Other duties assigned as needed

Skills and Abilities

• Solid understanding of the basic financial statements (balance sheet, statement of operations, and statement of cash flows)


• Understanding of P&L management and construction as well as consolidation of financial statements


• Ability to explain variances to Budgets and Prior Year


• Assist in the development of advanced budgeting, financial forecasting and modeling tools


• Prepare monthly, quarterly and yearly revenue trending and analysis reports


• Identify opportunities to enhance the efficiency of existing processes and propose improvements to improve the use of key metrics

• Personable, team oriented and capable of developing strong working relationship with business partners


• Ability to analyze and create data models that can be articulated to senior management

• Excellent strategic thinking and structured problem-solving skills


• Demonstrate time management skills with attention to detail


• Ability to negotiate conflict and maintain constructive working relationships with people at all levels of the organization


• Self-starter capable of working independently and ensuring to meet deadlines


• Ability to balance multiple tasks with changing priorities


• Exceptional Excel knowledge / abilities

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelors' degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related field required (MBA and/or CPA is preferred)


• Minimum of 2 years relevant experience in a corporate accounting/FP&A organization


• Experience operating in a multi-state and/or complex matrix business environment


• Experience with TM1/Cognos & Power BI preferred

AVI-SPL is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local law