Remote Staff Accountant — Financial Modeling & Forecasting

MediaNews Group; Illinois; Remote; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

MediaNews Group seeks a Staff Accountant to analyze revenue and expense accounts, prepare variance reports, and support the company’s operating plans. The role focuses on maintaining finance reporting across business areas and assisting with weekly projections and annual budgets.

Remote role with residency requirement in CO, FL, IL, MA, MN, OH, OK, PA, or TX. Strong Excel skills and Oracle SmartView/Cloud EPM experience are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics required.
• Strong Excel skills including advanced lookups and formulas.
• Experience with financial forecasting and variance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Analyze financial data by collecting, monitoring, and creating financial models for decision support for revenue, expense, and strategic objectives
• Improve financial performance by analyzing results; monitoring variances; identify financial status by comparing actual results with plans and forecasts
• Work with Oracle SmartView and Oracle Cloud EPM financial reporting
• Have a strong financial analysis foundation creating forecasts and models
• Strong analytical (quantitative as well as qualitative) skills including building models
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including advanced lookup functions (XLOOKUP, VLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH), conditional logic (IF, IFS, SUMIFS, COUNTIFS), and dynamic cell linking
• Strong financial modeling experience
• Have extensive understanding of financial processes, systems and controls and responsibility for documenting the processes
• Able to prioritize workload with minimal supervision and manage multiple projects
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics

Skills

Financial analysis

Excel proficiency

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics

Tools

Oracle SmartView

Oracle Cloud EPM

Job description

MediaNews Group seeks a Staff Accountant to analyze revenue and expense accounts, prepare variance reports, and support the company’s operating plans. The role focuses on maintaining finance reporting across business areas and assisting with weekly projections and annual budgets.

Remote role with residency requirement in CO, FL, IL, MA, MN, OH, OK, PA, or TX. Strong Excel skills and Oracle SmartView/Cloud EPM experience are essential for success.