Sr. Financial Analyst - Zone

Company: Advance America
Location: Spartanburg
Posted on: February 15, 2020

Job Description:

Address : 135 N Church Street , Spartanburg , South Carolina , United States - 29306 Since 1997, Advance America has helped millions of hardworking people with a variety of personalized financial solutions. We are a nationally recognized, fully licensed financial services company with over 1,900 locations and online lending services. We are currently seeking highly-skilled, career-oriented individuals ready to be part of a growing company! We offer:

• Competitive Wages
• Uncapped Bonus Potential
• Life/Health Benefits
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Educational Assistance
• Paid Vacation/Holidays
• Great Schedules
• Comprehensive Training To learn more about Advance America visit Advance America Website This position reports to the Manager of Financial Analysis and is a key position responsible for assessing performance and profitability, variance analysis, and various financial reporting in a data driven environment. The successful candidate will have a proven ability in identifying performance drivers and providing actionable guidance to Operational and Senior Management within a prior Financial Analyst, Business Analyst, or other comparable role. Furthermore, this position requires an adaptable individual, who will succeed in a fast-paced, changing environment. It also requires the use of independent judgment and initiative to identify areas of improvement and opportunity to drive bottom-line profitability. A successful candidate must be open and willing to complete other duties as expected and assigned with limited direction. Responsibilities: Support: --- Support and manage competing priorities in order to meet organizational needs and position objectives. --- Direct and perform financial analyses and monitor key performance indicators. --- Perform Ad-hoc requests and what-if analysis. Influence: --- Collaborate with field staff to evaluate actual performance compared to plan, prior year, and forecast. --- Communicate effectively and influence all levels of staff up to executive level management through exceptional written and verbal communication skills. --- Support field/operational leadership team in all financial requests and serve as primary business advisor. Drive: --- Complete and analyze financial statements - actual, forecast, and planning both short and long term. --- Compile various presentations for Senior Management. --- Drive improvement in profitability through data driven analysis and financial modeling. --- Responsible for specific tasks during the annual budgeting process. --- Gather data needed for detailed analysis in support of routine responsibilities and ad hoc projects utilizing relational database querying (SAS/SQL/Access). Accountability --- Understand, adhere to and enforce all corporate policies including, but not limited to, Advance America's Creed, Code of Ethics and Information Security Policies Qualifications: Equivalent Education Level Required: BS Degree, preferably in Finance or Accounting. Experience Required: 3 - 5 years of experience as a Financial Analyst, Business Analyst, or other comparable role. Expert Excel skills, advanced PowerPoint presentation skills, and strong ERP/Accounting system knowledge (SAP/JDE/ Oracle). Strong technical skillset and significant experience in relational database querying (SAS/SQL/Access). Preferred experience with visual analytics software (Tableau/Cognos/Power BI). Knowledge Required: Knowledgeable of accounting practices and financial systems. Experience with relational database schema with an understanding of basic table structure. Understanding of how to properly join multiple tables in a relational environment. Ability to group data at varying levels of detail to produce accurate results. Excellent written and verbal communications skills as would be needed to communicate in person, by phone, and through email; adaptability and flexibility to changing environment; and comfortable working in a dynamic, high volume, fast-paced environment. Ability to read, write, type, evaluate, and apply information. Ability to interact professionally and exhibit appropriate social skills. Ability to understand and ensure compliance with policies, procedures, and laws governing our industry/business and products. Ability to develop and maintain business relationships. Must also have the desire to learn and be successful in using other software as deemed necessary for the position. Physical Requirements: Sitting for long periods of time; standing occasionally; walking; bending; squatting; kneeling; pushing/pulling; reaching; twisting; frequent lifting of less than 10 lbs., occasional lifting of up to 20 lbs.; typing; data entry; grasping; transferring items between hands and/or to another person or receptacle; use of office equipment to include computers; ability to travel to, be physically present at, and complete the physical requirements of the position at any assigned location. Travel: 5-10% as required for field meetings or training to develop and maintain expected level of expertise in evaluating business performance. Attire: Business casual. Other: Must be eligible to work in the USA and able to pass a background check. IND1 All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability. Requisition ID: 1841

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