Financial Analyst

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Full-time

Description

The JF Petroleum Group stands as a premier leader in the North American fueling infrastructure industry, offering comprehensive turn-key solutions for distribution, construction, and service needs. We serve a diverse clientele including retail fueling stations, commercial and government fleets, and emergency power customers.

The JF Petroleum Group FP&A team is looking for a Financial Analyst to join us in Morrisville, NC. In this role, you will partner with the Distribution functional Business Leaders, providing financial and business analyses and financial recommendations. This individual will review data sets, prepare analyses, and make recommendations to improve division, region, and company profitability as well as plan, consolidate, and analyze actuals, forecasts, and budgets. As a Financial Analyst, you will need the ability to understand complex financial problems and provide explanations and solutions that are sound and clearly communicated.

Core Responsibilities Of The Job

• Acts as a business consultant, responding and communicating thoroughly and efficiently to both internal and external customer requests
• Assist in the planning process, including the rolling monthly forecast and annual budget
• Provide support to key areas in the organization including Sales and Operations through performance and profitability analysis
• Assist the FP&A team and other departments in analytics initiatives including individual business intelligence strategy, data visualization implementation, and data literacy
• Review reporting packages in order to maximize efficiency and support with automation
• Actively participate in the preparation and consolidation of annual financial plans including volume forecasts and operating expense budgets
• Perform special projects, including data integrity, profitability analyses, data warehousing, and ROI models as required to support management and the business
• Maintain process ownership and perform the monthly commission calculations for a large outside sales team with 100% accuracy

Qualities And Skills Desired

• Internal Partner: Establishes and maintains effective relationships with peers and management and gains their trust and respect
• Integrity and trust: Seen as a direct, truthful individual who presents facts in an appropriate and helpful manner, keeps confidences, and admits mistakes
• Adaptable: Learns quickly when facing new problems and is a versatile learner open to change and quickly grasps the essence of ideas. Self-directed with the ability to adjust in a dynamic environment
• Relationship-builder: Can solve problems with peers and is seen as a team player who easily gains trust and support of peers and encourages collaboration. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work cross-functionally and within a team
• Perseverance: Pursues everything with energy, drive, and a need to finish
• Self-motivated: Personally committed to and actively works to continuously improve him/herself
• Reliable: Can be counted on and is willing to be the only champion for an idea or work alone on a tough assignment
• Technical learner: Can learn new skills and knowledge quickly and is good at learning a new industry, company, product, or technology
• Strategic Thinker: Strong strategic thinking and storytelling skills

Requirements

• BS/BA in Finance, Statistics, or Business Administration from an accredited college/university is required
• A minimum of 1 year of either public accounting (audit) experience or experience in a corporate industry performing financial modeling and planning, business analysis, data analytics or similar data-driven function
• A minimum of 1 year of working knowledge in Microsoft Excel with Expert-level proficiency, including the ability to perform VLOOKUP’s and index/match formulas, a high degree of proficiency with creating and manipulating pivot tables and power pivot, and the ability to work efficiently with large data sets
• A minimum of 1 year of experience with innovative problem solving using strong analytical and quantitative abilities in the fields of finance, statistics, and mathematical modeling
• Experience with data warehousing and Power BI or other dashboarding applications
• Experience with planning and business intelligence applications such as Vena is a plus
• Familiarity with Microsoft Business Central and Sage Intacct is a plus
• Intermediate skills in other Microsoft Office products
• Proven ability to prioritize and work effectively on multiple tasks
• Superior interpersonal communication skills, both verbal and written, exceptional grammar, business writing, and presentation preparation skills
• Ability to achieve goals with minimal supervision
• Must be able to meet company’s employment requirements, which includes passing a drug screen, criminal background check, and MVR, if driving for the company
• Physical Requirements: include occasional lifting/carrying of 10 pounds; visual acuity, speech and hearing; hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to operate a computer keyboard and basic office equipment. Subject to sitting, standing, reaching, walking, twisting, and kneeling to perform the essential functions. Working conditions are primarily inside an office environment. Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

JF Petroleum Offers

• Competitive pay
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Health benefits (eligible 1st of the month following 30 days) including Medical, Vision, Dental, Disability
• Life insurance-company provided
• Bonus program eligibility
• Paid training for field personnel
• Uniforms provided for field personnel
• JF Petroleum Group is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.