Senior Financial Analyst

Sr Financial Analyst - min. 3 month contract

DESCRIPTION:

DEVELOPS, INTERPRETS AND IMPLEMENTS FINANCIAL CONCEPTS FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING AND CONTROL. PERFORMS TECHNICAL ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE PRESENT AND FUTURE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE. GATHERS, ANALYZES, PREPARES AND SUMMARIZES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FINANCIAL PLANS, ACQUISITION ACTIVITY, TRENDED FUTURE REQUIREMENTS AND OPERATING FORECASTS.

Performs economic research and studies in the areas of rates of return, depreciations, working capital requirements, investment opportunities, investment performance and impact of governmental requirements.
Provides project, service line or product line management, management consulting, and analytical decision support services or technical expertise for a broad array of financial and operational issues.
Responsible for more complex multi-faceted projects and analyses across disciplines and functional areas.
Assists in developing performance monitoring process and coordinating compilation, interpretation and presentation of monitoring information.
Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets.
May be responsible for budget system completion, high level reviews and conducting area wide analyses for target development.
Conducts or participates in complex projects where analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of factors.
Regularly contributes to the development of new financial analysis concepts, techniques, and standards.
Considered expert in field
Frequently contributes to the development of new financial analysis theories and methods.

Requirements:
Min 8+ years of financial analysis or related experience. 
Bachelor's REQUIRED
Needs to have effective communication with all levels. Could be asked to articulate results in writing and verbally
Expert proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database.

NICE TO HAVE SQL AND OR SAS EXPERIENCE.