Senior Analyst - Financial

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:

• Develop and manage profitability analysis across multiple lines of business.
• Prepare and deliver reporting on IT project and investment-related expenditures, ensuring accuracy and alignment with financial objectives.
• Enhance and maintain standardized approaches in analyzing, evaluating, and obtaining approvals for financial support of RFP’s, bids, and proposed contracts.
• Evaluate actual performance on contracts vs. proposed.
• Coordinate across functions and business units to obtain information and garner input on key assumptions and variables.
• Support development of unit’s annual budget, and tracks and analyzes variances throughout year.
• Monitor progress toward objectives. 
• Identify issues and suggests courses of action, makes recommendations for improving operations, and resource allocation.
• Perform additional strategic analytical functions.
• Conduct detail end of period review of financials to ensure proper reporting.
• Manage and organize large amounts of data: Analysis and interpretation of complex financial and statistical data; managing and organizing large amounts of data.
• Accountable for resolutions of any issues, variances and errors in general ledger & subledger related to project spend.
• Assist with the monthly close process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting activities.
• May provide direction and support to more junior analysts.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors’ Degree - Accounting, Finance, or business related required
• 3 years required of financial analysis experience; including discounted cash flow
• 1 year required of data query extraction and analytics experience
• 1 year required of profit and loss and balance sheet forecasting and management experience
• Comfortable navigating fragmented systems, managing manual databases effectively, and establishing structured, scalable processes in a dynamic environment
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to translate complex analytical data into clear, easily understandable formats
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite – High proficiency in Excel
• Experience with data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, etc.) preferred for creating clear, actionable insights from complex datasets
• Preferred experience with Planview for effective project and investment tracking.
• Strong teamwork, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
• Managing and organizing large amounts of data
• 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
• Short and long-term budgeting and forecasting, rolling budgets, and product-line profitability analysis is preferred
• Ability to travel up to 25%

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This amount is what we reasonably believe we will pay for the position; however, offer amounts may vary based on factors such as geographic location, relevant education, experience, qualifications, skills, shift, or any collective bargaining agreements.
For eligible positions, compensation may include participation in a bonus or sales incentive plan, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plan documents. For certain sales roles, Wesco also offers a commission structure that provides additional compensation based on sales results, as defined by the applicable commission plan.  Depending on the role, equity and other forms of compensation may also be provided as part of the total compensation package.
In addition, Wesco offers a benefits program for eligible employees, which may include paid time off, medical, dental, and vision coverage, and retirement savings plans. Additional details about benefits are available here.