Lead Financial Analyst

Job Description

Description

Overall Purpose: Key member of the team responsible for driving profitability and economic analyses for Xandr’s product portfolio. This includes a) financial planning and forecasting; b) cost modeling and profitability analyses; c) variance analyses for monthly, quarterly, annual financials; d) decision support for Chief Product Officer and his team through strategic analyses, cost modeling, ROIC assessments and management reporting.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
• Lead financial support and partnership for product and pricing teams with business cases, profitability analyses, and analyzing new strategic opportunities
• Design, develop and maintain complex financial planning and forecasting models
• Support recurring financial closing, reporting, and planning cycles and processes
• Recommend efficient resource allocations and investments to business leadership
• Create KPIs and supporting scorecards or dashboards to monitor and improve ROIC and profitability

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in financial, consulting, or other analytical field in a fast paced environment
• CPA / CFA and/or MBA in finance or advanced degree in finance strongly preferred
• Expertise in financial modelling and with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Prior experience with using financial management systems like Hyperion and Essbase preferred
• Familiarity with common business intelligence tools (e.g. PowerBI, Tableau, SQL, etc.), and/or scripting languages (e.g. Python) will be valuable
• Clear and concise communication with ability to tailor message across a range of audiences
• Experience in client or senior stakeholder management a plus
• Knowledge of the digital media and advertising industry is a plus