Financial Analyst III

Sci Corp; Georgia; On-site; USD 1 - 2; Full time

Job summary

Sci Corp, based in Houston, TX, seeks a seasoned Financial Analyst III to support forecasting, budgeting, and complex financial modeling. You will work with finance and accounting leadership to enhance analyses, develop new tools, and deliver accurate projections across the business.

Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Mathematics, or Statistics and at least five years of financial analysis experience, with strong MS Excel modeling skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.
• At least five (5) years of financial analysis, forecasting, and quantitative analysis experience.
• Experience building, modifying, maintaining, and reviewing financial models in MS Excel to aid senior management decisions.

Responsibilities

• Assist in maintaining financial forecast models for projection, monitoring, and real-time analysis of earnings, cash flow trends, and financial metrics.
• Develop new forecast models, improve existing models, and create new analysis tools and reports to increase forward-looking visibility.
• Participate in producing annual forecast book to document model outputs, assumptions, and projected results for senior management.
• Collaborate with project sponsor and owner on requirements; write business/functional requirements and assign resources and milestones.
• Manage annual budgeting and monthly/quarterly variance analysis.
• Improve analysis practices and data flow across departments to enhance forecasting and decision making.

Skills

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Quantitative analysis

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

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Develops and maintains complex financial models that accurately project and reflect business performance. Manages Financial-modeling projects such as complex budgeting and accounting functions; conducts financial, statistical, and analytical studies; prepares financial reports. Continually develops new tools and modeling to improve forecasting accuracy, sustainability, and processes.

Financial Analyst III

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in maintaining financial forecast models for the projection, monitoring, and real-time analysis of corporate earnings / EPS, cash flow trends, operating and financial leverage metrics, strategic planning initiatives, and pro-forma transactions
• Assist in developing new forecast models, improve existing models, and develop new analysis tools, routines, and reports to increase forward-looking visibility into business
• Participate in producing annual forecast book to document model output schedules, model assumptions, and summarize projected results for Sr. Mgmt.
• Collaborates with project sponsor and owner on business and functional requirements. Writes business requirements, functional requirements, and identifies project team member resources and responsibilities; review with Project sponsor and owner. Develops appropriate activity tasks, testing, communications, or similar to support the project delivery as well as tracking status and identifying milestones and risks. Schedules and conducts project meetings ensuring issues are identified and resolved. Responsible for on-time accurate project implementation.
• Manages annual budgeting process, monthly and quarterly variance analysis.
• Collaborate with finance & accounting leadership to complete projects, improve analysis practices, address project priorities, and interact with other corporate departments to manage data flow and deadlines. Continually recommends improvements to analysis, modeling, tools, and processes

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field

Experience:

• At least five (5) years of Financial analysis, consulting, banking, or accounting experience with emphasis on quantitative and financial analysis, forecasting, and scenario/sensitivity analysis
• Experience building, modifying, maintaining, and reviewing financial models, primarily in MS Excel, for the purpose of assisting and advising senior level managerial decision making
• Corporate finance experience desired, including capital structure and leverage analysis, calculating WACC, peer group ratio and valuation metrics analysis, financial statement analysis

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Detail oriented with a careful eye for quality control and presentation of work
• Motivated with interest in analysis approach, improving models and analysis, proposing new ways to view things, helping formulate opinions and action steps based on analysis performed
• Self-motivated and driven to produce results within tight deadlines and with maximum quality allowed within time constraints
• Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with internal and external clients
• Ability to interpret and explain complex rules, regulations, policies and procedures; make decisions on a variety of complex matters in accordance with established procedures.

Postal Code: 77019

Category (Portal Searching): Finance and Accounting

Job Location: US-TX - Houston