Financial Anaylyst

Maxim-Crane-Work; Wilder (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Maxim Crane Works, L.P. is seeking a Financial Analyst to support financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis across the organization.

This role partners with Finance and operations leaders to analyze results, develop forecasts, and provide timely insights to improve business performance. The successful candidate will contribute to annual budgeting, build planning templates, and create dashboards enabling managers to evaluate performance against industry benchmarks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or business management.
• Strong forecasting, budgeting and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and organizational abilities.

Responsibilities

• Support the annual budgeting process from planning through Board approval.
• Build and maintain budget and forecast templates for business leaders.
• Prepare short-term forecasts using relevant drivers.
• Perform monthly variance analysis of actuals vs. budget/forecast and highlight risks.
• Develop business cases and ad-hoc analyses for operating and capital decisions.
• Contribute to long-range planning including fleet and five-year projections.
• Create reports and dashboards to help managers evaluate performance.

Skills

Forecasting

Budgeting

Analytical skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Project orientation

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or business management

Tools

Excel

Job description

840 Licking Pike, Wilder , Kentucky 41076 , United States

Job Description

Maxim is seeking a Financial Analyst to support financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis across the organization.

The Financial Analyst will partner with Finance and operational leaders to analyze results, develop forecasts, and provide timely, actionable insights that improve business performance.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the annual budgeting process from initial planning through management and Board approval.
• Build and maintain budget and forecast templates for business leaders.
• Prepares short-term forecasts using relevant industry, operations, and financial drivers.
• Perform monthly variance analysis of actual results vs. budget and forecast; communicate key drivers, risks, and recommended actions.
• Develop business cases and ad-hoc financial analysis to support operating and capital-investment decisions.
• Participates in long-range planning, including fleet plans and five-year financial projections.
• Assist in developing the monthly backlog reporting and related analysis.
• Create clear reports and dashboards to help managers evaluate performance, including relevant industry benchmarks.
• Analyze large data sets from sources such as the general ledger, CRM, and Excel to identify trends, variances, and opportunities.
• Collect, validate, and organize financial and operational data for use in financial models and analyses.
• Maintain organized workpapers and meet established reporting deadlines.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or business management; strong project orientation, forecasting, budgeting and analytical skills; strong knowledge of Excel; excellent communication and organizational skills.

Maxim is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of their race, color, religion, creed, sex, national origin or ancestry, age, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information or veteran status, as those terms are defined under applicable laws, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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