Financial Analyst

Work at Purchasing Power

Position: Financial Analyst

Location: Atlanta/Hybrid work model

Who Are We: Purchasing Power (corp.purchasingpower.com)

We are an Atlanta-based voluntary benefit company offering an industry-leading employee purchase program for brand-name consumer products, online education services and travel offerings through convenient payroll deduction, helping employees achieve financial flexibility.

The Opportunity: The Financial Analyst is responsible for developing budgets, forecasts and long-range plans to drive overall business success. The role also focuses on predictive analytics from data analysis and business review. The position will provide output for critical decision-making; accuracy and timely reporting are critical evaluation criteria for the position.

What You Will Do:

• Prepare clear, metric-based, financial plans/forecasts including monthly projections, annual budgets, long range plans, and related updates
• Analyze financial and operational results versus forecast and plan, investigate significant variances and communicate findings to management team (via financial flash)
• Perform predictive and prescriptive analytics to support growth of revenue and profits
• Develop and maintain models and analyses to aid in the validation of existing forecasts; support strategic initiatives and help review critical financial decisions; support internal and external financial and management reporting including investor and banking relations
• Prepare financial modeling for acquisition or merger opportunities, new business development, cost saving projects, capital expenditure evaluation, competitive analyses, and channel, broker, customer and product profitability
• Assist in the due diligence process for potential acquisitions and/or strategic partnership opportunities
• Prepare ad-hoc financial analysis and management reports on request
• Assist in the preparation of executive, board level, investor and research analyst presentations
  

The Experience You Will Bring:

• Bachelors degree in Finance or Accounting
• 1 3 years of relevant financial analysis and reporting experience
• Experience with a Financial Planning tool such as Adaptive
• Proficiency in Excel, data queries, and basic financial modeling
• Solid understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting standards
• Keen attention to detail and excellent problem-solving abilities
• Strong process and project management abilities
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills
• Solid relationship building skills to work effectively across all areas of the business
• Ability to work under tight deadlines
  

Preferred Experience:

• Experience with Oracle Financials
• E-Commerce or other Retail experience
  

Your Well Being:

• Hybrid work model (Onsite/Offsite)
• Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, vision, company paid Basic Life/AD&D
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Flexible PTO
• Career Development
• Employee Purchase Program

What We Stand For:

• We act with intensity, urgency and a passion for supporting our customers and growing our business. We strive for excellence.
• We hold ourselves accountable and expect it of each other. We attack problems with a positive can do attitude. We do what we say well do.
• We deliver as one team, working together with integrity, respect, trust, transparency, and fun. We are better because we work here.
• We believe our unique diversity and authenticity makes us a better company, allows us to be our best selves and is a competitive advantage.
• We exhibit innate curiosity and creativity to innovate and reimagine how things can be done. We ask, is there a better way?

Purchasing Power is an equal opportunity employer. At Purchasing Power, we make all employment decisions, which include hiring, promoting, transferring, demoting, evaluating, compensating and separating, without regard to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, religion, age, national origin, pregnancy, citizenship, disability, service in the uniform services, or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law.