Senior Infrastructure Financial Analyst - 11 Month Contract

SR FINANCIAL ANALYST - INFRASTRUCTURE

The Senior Financial Analyst for Infrastructure Management Group - Service Transition & Operations Finance (IMG-STO) OPPR Finance Management is a client-facing role and high-level subject matter expert responsible for IT finance issues and processes. This individual will provide financial analysis to ensure that clients' needs are met accurately, and in a timely and professional manner. This position is responsible for the strategic analysis that informs business cases, budgets, forecasts, and long-term plans, while working with IT business partners responsible for scenario planning, business case development and strategic analysis requirements of the IMG-ST assist in identifying performance improvement opportunities. In addition, provide ongoing recommendations on the use and interpretation of analysis, reports, methodologies, systems and source data, acting as a significant information resource.
- Analyze project business cases as needed, challenge financial spending and savings assumptions and participate in special projects as needed.
- Partner with Finance counterparts in all organizations to improve financial analysis, reporting, budgeting, and forecasting processes.

REQUIREMENTS:

Top Required Skills:

- Strong Excel skills
- Strong Powerpoint skills
- Strong Accounting background
- Experience with cross functional project teams
- Experience with variance analysis
- Ability to explain business concepts to those without a finance background
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting required, MBA preferred.
- A minimum of 4 years of Finance experience.
- A minimum of 2 years of related experience including the ability to demonstrate experience analysing, modelling, and forecasting financial data.
- Experience in budgeting/forecasting and long range planning.
- Knowledge and understanding of accounting rules and practices required.
- Excellent demonstrated interpersonal and teamwork skills.
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal).
- Experience creating and preparing presentations to various levels of management.
- Proven initiative and self-directed style.
- Proficiency with MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Ability to travel 5 -10% within the local area and to Southern/Northern California.
- Knowledge of activity based costing and experience with project costing.
- A minimum of 1 year of large capital project finance experience.
- A minimum of 1 years of experience in business case development using cost/benefit analysis, cash flow and NPV analysis, scenarios and sensitivity analysis.
- Working knowledge of Cognos, Business Objects, SAP, or Hyperion preferred
- Previous work in an IT organization