Financial Analyst On-Site

GFL Environmental; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

GFL Environmental Inc. seeks an on-site Financial Planning & Analysis professional in Kansas City to drive budgeting, forecasting and monthly/quarterly reporting. You will analyze actuals vs budgets, develop insights, and support strategic business cases.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage multi-source data, and contribute to process improvements while ensuring timely, accurate financial reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline.
• 2-4 years of experience in business analysis and financial planning.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow budgets.
• Ability to meet tight schedules and provide timely analysis.
• Analytical mindset and problem-solving skills.
• Growth-oriented and change-minded.
• Ability to navigate multi-source datasets for budgeting and forecasting.
• Comfort with ERP systems and office software.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Provide and implement creative reporting solutions.
• Identify trends, benchmarking, and report on outliers.
• Analyze actual results against budget/forecasts.
• Consolidate and analyze financial data (budget, forecast, actual).
• Prepare monthly and quarterly reporting and presentations.
• Assist budgets and forecasts for monthly, quarterly, yearly.
• Finalize reporting deliverables for month/quarter end.
• Provide variance analysis with deadlines.
• Review KPIs and report operational metrics.
• Deliver financial analysis for business initiatives and post-implementation review.
• Support ad hoc financial planning, reporting, and models.
• Document data processes and translate into system changes.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Excel proficiency

ERP systems knowledge

Power BI

Budgeting & forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, finance, accounting, economics, mathematics, computer science

Tools

Workday

Great Plains

Cognos

Power BI

Job description

This is an on-site position reporting to the Kansas City Office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide and assist in implementing creative solutions that fills the gaps in the out-of-the-box reporting capabilities
• Identify trends, facilitate benchmarking and report on the outliers
• Track and determine financial status by analyzing actual results in comparison with budget / forecasts
• Consolidate and analyze financial data (budget, forecast, actual)
• Support with preparation of monthly and quarterly reporting requirements and presentations
• Support preparation of budgets and forecasts of monthly, quarterly and yearly
• Finalize financial reporting deliverables for month and quarter end
• Provide variance analysis on a monthly / quarterly basis in accordance with head office deadlines
• Review operational statistics and report KPls in accordance with pre-set timelines
• Provide financial and operational analysis and value-added decision support to business
• Provide financial expertise in the development of business cases to support new initiatives and/or enhancements to current processes in addition to providing post implementation analysis of new business
• Provide ad hoc financial planning and analysis; develop new reports, run models, and ongoing evaluation of projects
• Observe and document data management processes. Plan process improvements and translate these into system change requirements.
• Maintain prototype reports during initial business review and support finalization of requirements for permanent reports
• Review post implementation analysis on new business initiatives
• Maintain highest integrity with regard to the Company's policies

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, finance, accounting, economics, mathematics, computer science, or a similar discipline
• 2-4 years of relevant experience in business analysis and financial planning
• Strong attention to detail, and ability to flow through financial transactions
• Able to support tight schedules and provide timely analysis
• Analytical mindset including the ability to define solutions to abstract problems, test solutions, and apply critical thinking
• Open-minded and growth oriented
• Must possess a desire to effect change and make a difference in the organization
• Able to navigate through and decipher large multi-source datasets, model out the unknown and incorporate the results in budgeting and forecasting
• Handle ambiguity and excel in a dynamic and rapidly changing environment
• Excellent computer literacy covering ERP, operational and Microsoft office suite, with a black (our favorite color elsewhere is green) belt proficiency in Excel
• System savvy - previous knowledge of Workday, Great Plains, Cognos and Power BI is good but it is the ability to learn and adapt to the new systems that is really an asset
• Office environment, some occasional travel may be required from time to time at various company locations
• Some periodic overtime is expected during busy seasons

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