Senior Financial Analyst
Company: Acxiom
Location: Mesa
Posted on: June 20, 2022
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Job Description:
The Senior Financial Analyst will be responsible for providing
key financial support to Acxiom's corporate Finance group and key
business leaders. This role will be an integral part of a
high-performance finance team within the company and will report to
the Director of Finance. The candidate will be a valued partner to
senior finance leaders on financial planning, analysis, and
reporting, as well as partnering with key business leaders to drive
growth.
**What you will do:**
- Analyzes financial data, draws conclusions, and presents
recommendations to management
- Understands the "big picture" view and how it aligns to overall
Acxiom strategy
- Analyzes and reports on key drivers of business and company
performance
- Finds opportunities for standardization and automation and drives
execution
- Builds efficient and effective operating reports
- Leads the dissemination of accurate and timely financial reports
to managers
- Reviews and analyzes monthly reports at operating unit level
relative to forecast and budgets
- Update, distribute, and consolidate forecast submissions
- Update forecast presentations for managers
- Creates and tracks key financial metrics
- Ad hoc financial modeling and analysis
- Develops timely and accurate financial projections
- Proactively creates forums to share best practices
- Provides useful, material, data-based insights that include
implications for business
- Builds clear, accurate, repeatable forecast models
- Performs scenario analysis to frame business options and make
recommendations to management
**WHAT YOU WILL NEED:**
- Minimum 3-5 years of FP&A experience with a Bachelor's
degree; or equivalent work experience
- Strong analytical skills including an understanding of generally
accepted accounting principles
- Proven track record to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
with excellent communication and time management skills
- Strong Excel skills with experience using advanced Excel
functions
- Ability to derive insights and handle ambiguity or problems where
limited data is available
**WHAT WILL SET YOU APART:**
- Ability to develop clear models to represent complex financial
situations
- Ability to incorporate deep understanding of technical financial
and accounting concepts into analysis
- Experience with Workday general ledger; Workday Adaptive Planning
(including OfficeConnect)
- Motivated self-starter, with ability to remain focused and on
task with minimal direction
- Can-do attitude towards meeting challenging deadlines with high
quality of work and attention to detail
Acxiom is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer
(AA/EOE/W/M/Vet/Disabled) and does not discriminate in recruiting,
hiring, training, promotion or other employment of associates or
the awarding of subcontracts because of a person's race, color,
sex, age, religion, national origin, protected veteran, military
status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression, genetics or other protected status.
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