Financial Analyst

Company: Graham Packaging
Location: Lancaster
Posted on: April 10, 2021

Job Description:

Responsibilities Candidate will be a self-starter with the ability to work independently and with a team. Candidate will have excellent analytical and communication skills and the ability to multi-task and handle tight deadlines.Primary Accountabilities:

• Work with the Vertical Business unit to prepare, analyze, and validate the monthly forecast, including providing commentary and variance analysis.
• Assist in the preparation and communication of monthly/quarterly reporting requirements, including variance commentary to the President of the vertical Business units.
• Work with the Vertical Business unit to prepare the annual operating plan.
• Analyze and report out to the commercial and operations teams around Price/Volume/Mix.
• Analyze, report, maintain, and drive improvement in actual SKU profitability reporting; develop annual budgeted SKU profitability analysis.
• Create meaningful and insightful ad hoc and recurring monthly reports
• Provide financial support to the Vertical President, Director of Operations, and Finance Managers for the vertical to which they are assigned (forecast, budget, etc.)
• Perform special project assignments.
• Serve as SAP/BI and HFM super-user. Qualifications Competencies:
  • Thoughtful - able to identify many variables and learn to understand their relationships, how the variables work together and anticipate/model future
  • Analytical - able to identify and quantify variables, drill down, isolate, understand and effectively explain deviations to expected performance taking into account performance of all variables in aggregate
  • Creative - ability to think differently about a problem, articulate thought and influence the group to take a different approach
  • Team player, ability to work with various members of the organization
  • Strong Excel, SAP, and Hyperion Financial Management skills
  • Ability to maintain a consistently high level of attention to detail
  • Working knowledge of manufacturing controls and cost accounting/general accounting
  • Ability to ensure that yours as well as others' work and information are complete and accurate
  • Ability to utilize available time to organize and complete work within given deadlinesRequired Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Include:
    • Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance preferred, MBA a plus.
    • CPA or CMA certification a plus.
    • A minimum of 5 years accounting experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
    • Highly proficient in MS Office software (Word, Excel, Access and Outlook) as well as SAP Business Intelligence and Hyperion/HFM.
    • Excellent analytical, problem solving and data-manipulation skills.
    • Effective communication skills - both interpersonal and written.

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