Financial Analyst 2

Job Title : Financial Analyst 2

Location : Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Duration : 6 months

Job Description :

Responsible for managing a subset of the company-wide MBO (Management by Objectives) program. This role works closely with senior level management to set MBO goals and report performance results to senior level management. The position works also closely with sales operations employees to understand business and financial trends in the assigned area of responsibility.

This position will manage quota target setting and results tracking for sales based employees

The position will be responsible for financial reporting and analysis, analysis of actual operating results by department throughout the year, performance of fiscal and variance analysis on a variety of issues in support of and to facilitate decision making.

The employee will facilitate developing performance metrics, evaluating and measuring KPI results, and summarizing information to be reported to senior leadership.

The incumbent will participate in ad hoc analysis and various other financial duties.

Additionally, the incumbent will support process enhancement projects related to KPI planning and analysis, reporting, and system improvements.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities include the following :

Manage all MBO activities for given area of responsibility within the business

Set operational goals and KPIs for area of responsibility through open dialogue with VP and senior level management

Support target setting process and results compilation closely working with sales operations team

Support consolidation of MBO targets and results for VP and senior management review

Analyze each department's operating results and compare to monthly, quarterly and yearly plan; support presentation of findings to VP and senior management; managing large data sets of financial and employee performance

Engage in ad hoc financial analysis and report to senior management as requested

Perform other finance or administrative support projects and tasks assigned by financial management.

Responsible for coordinating and communicating with Client HQ, and management of HQ directed projects working with cross functional department

Demonstrate strong leadership, presentation, and customer relationship management skills

Background / Experience to qualify for this position, the following minimal background and skill levels are required :

Bachelor's degree required, preferred in Finance, Business, Accounting, Information Systems, or related field, and minimum 4 years of experience in the job offered

Experience in developing financial and operational analysis and presentation to management

Advanced knowledge and application of excel; tableau experience preferred

Comfortable engaging and communicating with senior level executives