Senior Analyst - Financial

Company: Anixter International
Location: Glenview
Posted on: May 28, 2023

Job Description:

As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will be responsible for the preparation, coordination, and documentation of forward-looking financial and business-related projects. You will prepare financial forecasts and/or reports and provides strategic analytical expertise for assigned areas. You will identify issues and suggests courses of action and makes recommendations for improving operations.
Responsibilities:

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• Develops and manages profitability analysis across multiple lines of business.
  
• Enhances and maintains standardized approaches in analyzing, evaluating, and obtaining approvals for financial support of RFP's, bids, and proposed contracts.
  
• Evaluates actual performance on contracts vs. proposed.
  
• Coordinates across functions and business units to obtain information and garner input on key assumptions and variables.
  
• Supports development of unit's annual budget, and tracks and analyzes variances throughout year.
  
• Monitors progress toward objectives. -
  
• Identifies issues and suggests courses of action, makes recommendations for improving operations, and resource allocation.
  
• Performs additional strategic analytical functions.
  
• Conducts detail end of period review of financials to ensure proper reporting.
  
• Monitors sales and margins to ensure appropriate billing margin is earned.
  
• Supervises and assigns work to staff.
  
  Qualifications:
  
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  • Bachelors' Degree in -Accounting, finance, or business related required
    
  • 5 years required, 7 years preferred of financial analysis -experience; -including discounted cash flow. - -
    
  • 2 years required, 3 years preferred of data query extraction and analytics -experience. -
    
  • 1 year required, 2 years preferred of profit and loss and balance sheet forecasting and management -experience. -
    
  • Strong communication and presentation skills with ability to translate complex analytical data into easily understandable format
    
  • Presenting to director and VP level management
    
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite - High proficiency in Excel
    
  • Strong teamwork, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
    
  • Ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects and deadlines
    
  • Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, statements, and projections
    
  • Report writing utilizing Hyperion and Oracle
    
  • Must be able to be self-directed, take responsibility for projects, and see projects through to completion
    
  • Managing and organizing large amounts of data. -
    
    Wesco International, Inc., including its subsidiaries and affiliates ("Wesco") provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law. US applicants only, we are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. -
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