Financial Analyst - Nashville/Franklin TN (hybrid)

Objectives of this Role

• Identify new metrics to drive business performance relative to strategic priorities while minimizing risk.
• Drive value within the business through margin enhancement, lowering costs and driving operational efficiencies.
• Execute accurate reporting, enabling yourself to analyze options and make financial recommendations.
• Provide insight into business performance against competitor and industry trends.
• Manage relationships with operations leaders, customers, and finance colleagues.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities

• Complete in-depth analysis including; actual results vs. forecast/budget and historical results, monthly forecast vs. previous forecast/budget.
• Identify financial risks and opportunities associated with budget/forecast.
• Prepare weekly/monthly financial reporting package including key metrics for senior leadership.
• Communicate financial results and monthly forecast changes to senior leadership.
• Assists in the development of long-range plans to achieve objectives for growth and profitability.
• Analyze and query large data sets to identify trends and key business indicators.
• Conduct analytics; prepare queries, create metrics and validate assumptions to measure effectiveness and efficiency of operations.
• May support areas such as; Product Development, Pricing, Account Management, and/or Sales Operations through ad-hoc analysis, as needed.

• 3+ years of related experience, preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting, required. Master’s degree is a plus.
• Experience with a querying or coding language, preferably SQL and/or Python.
• Experience with financial planning software, preferably Adaptive Planning.
• Experience with data visualization software, preferably Tableau.
• Ability to work on problems of diverse scope; where analysis of data requires evaluation of a wide variety of factors.
• Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Ability to develop relationships with operations leadership.
• Normally receives little instruction on day-to-day work, general instructions on new assignments.
• Personal integrity with the ability to keep client and company confidences.
• Comfort with the cyclicality of the role and the peaks and valleys of the workload, particularly around the quarter-end close.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.

Location: At this time we are looking for someone who lives in the Franklin/Nashville area who would be interested in working in our Franklin office a couple days per week.