Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Vizient; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 77,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled financial analyst to enhance their financial planning and analysis capabilities. This role involves collaborating with various business departments to support annual planning, quarterly forecasting, and budget analysis. You will provide valuable insights into financial performance and assist in decision-making processes. If you have a strong background in financial analysis, reporting, and are proficient in Excel, this opportunity could be your next career step. Join a company that values personal and professional development in a collaborative environment!

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in financial analysis and reporting.
• Strong analytical and spreadsheet modeling skills required.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on annual planning, forecasting, and budget analysis.
• Prepare financial performance reports and assess revenue performance.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Reporting

Analytical Skills

Database Modeling

Spreadsheet Modeling

Collaboration

Decision-Making Insights

Education

Relevant Degree

MBA

Tools

Excel

Workday

Adaptive Planning

Job description

When you’re the best, we’re the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.

Summary:

In this role, you will collaborate with various business departments and executives to assist in the annual planning, quarterly forecasting, budget analysis, and long-term planning activities. You will ensure financial oversight and provide support for decision-making processes and financials. You will participate at monthly leadership meetings to provide an overview of the organization’s financial performance. You will participate in revenue management, monitor operating expenditures (including capital), conduct forecast analytics, present on financial health reports, and highlight any areas of concern or opportunities for improvement. You will prepare monthly financial performance reports for Business Unit (BU) and Selling, General, and Administrative (SG&A) leaders that involve comparing variance analysis to key benchmarks, capturing financial and operational key performance indicators (KPIs), identifying business trends, and translating these trends into risks and opportunities.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with business leads on annual planning, quarterly forecasting, long-term planning, and allocation processes (revenue, expense, and headcount).
• Prepare monthly financial review discussions and analysis with Finance Business Partners and Department Leadership.
• Compile and analyze quarterly revenue retention reports.
• Facilitate revenue discussions with business leaders and Finance Business Partner to support quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting.
• Assess revenue performance against forecasts and budgets, identify key drivers, and track trends, seasonality, and variances.
• Work with accounting teams to ensure accurate revenue recognition for subscription offerings.
• Serve as a resource and subject matter expert to Finance Business Partners (FBP) and Executive Leadership regarding functional knowledge and expertise to department management and others outside department/function.
• Review P&L during close periods to ensure financial data accuracy.
• Uphold and safeguard the accuracy and integrity of forecast data.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and lead projects to deliver improvements in productivity and operating costs.
• Perform highly complex financial research and analyses to identify issues, support business decisions and develop solutions.
• Collaborate with development project management operations (PMO) to forecast updated roadmap involving staff capacity, contingent labor, capital, and expense.

Qualifications:

• Relevant degree preferred. MBA is desired.
• 5 or more years of relevant experience required.
• Strong understanding of financial analysis and reporting required.
• Strong analytical, database and spreadsheet modeling skills required.
• Experience with IT budgets, licensing, revenue, headcount, and projects financials.
• Ability to work collaboratively with different stakeholders, and the capability to provide valuable insights for decision-making processes.
• Workday and Adaptive Planning experience is a plus.
• Proficient in Excel.

Estimated Hiring Range:

At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $77,400.00 to $135,400.00. This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:

http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.