Intermediate FP&A Analyst
Work Location: Chicagoland Area - Hybrid Work Schedule
Position Overview
Join the Follett Team where employees are valued, respected, and offered career paths throughout its many campus locations.
Follett serves over half of the students in the United States and works with 80,000 schools as a leading provider of education technology, services, print, and digital content. We're higher education's largest campus retailer and a hub for school spirit and community as we operate nearly 1,200 local campus stores and over 1,600 virtual stores across the continent. We take pride in the fact that for more than 140 years, we have been helping to improve people's lives by supporting a lifetime of learning and education.
We are looking for a results-driven Intermediate FP&A Analyst to join the Follett team.
Contributes to the development of complex financial Profit and Loss (P&L) Statement modeling under strict deadlines, using advanced financial analysis and strategic business acumen. This individual will partner with the Manager of Business Development &Financial Planning, as well as operational teams, to drive results on critical initiatives, ongoing projects, and new opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Performs financial modeling to support existing and new business initiatives and opportunities that result in optimal decision-making and improved overall performance.
- Performs data mining and other forms of research to understand Follett's competitive marketplace resulting in accurate pricing and financial modeling of existing and new accounts.
- Supports forecasting of existing business units while providing insights into key business drivers and identifying risks and opportunities.
- Prepares weekly and monthly business analysis and reporting that supports the business development team with ongoing enhancements.
- Responsible for internal and external account benchmarking.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting or equivalent.
- Certifications preferred: CA, CPA, CGMA, CFA.
- 1-3 years of experience in financial modeling and financial forecasting required.
- Advanced technical proficiency with MS Office specifically MS Excel, Salesforce experience, and General Ledger/Hyperion.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks to closure concurrently.
- Highest standards of accuracy and precision; highly organized and attentive to detail.
- Articulate with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to think creatively -- highly driven and self-motivated.
- Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
- Big 4 accounting experience is a plus.
- Financial systems expertise.