Job Description
Title: Senior Financial Analyst
Department: Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis
Location: Alpharetta, GA
Reports To: Senior Director, Corporate FP&A
FLSA Status: Exempt
Job Description Overview
Ariba is at the forefront of the fast growing and transformational On Demand Software-as-a Service (SaaS) Segment. Ariba is the market leader in Spend Management solutions comprising easy-to-implement, robust online commerce solutions that help companies assess their spending activities, conduct effective sourcing, and capture and reconcile spending. Our goal is to significantly improve each client’s bottom line by providing rapid spend resolution and the critical capacity for sustainable spend management. Successful companies around the world in every industry use Ariba Spend Management™ software and services. As a result, we enrich over $60 billion in spend annually and help companies achieve measurable, sustainable benefits, quarter after quarter.
The primary function of the Senior Financial Analyst is to assist the Senior Director, Corporate FP&A in supporting the overall corporate financial planning and analysis function.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
• Review and analyze actual results, monthly forecasts and annual budgets for all legal entities and strategic business units (including a roll up at corporate level).
• Prepare and publish monthly management reporting package to executive management summarizing key trends and relevant analysis.
• Develop competitive analysis of public and private comparables using financial and operational metrics.
• Gain a comprehensive knowledge of the Company’s product line, the competition environment, and the market it addresses to better support functional initiatives and provide recommendations to business partners.
• Build analytical models that utilize both financial and non-financial data to forecast operating results.
• Assist with management in project management of long term strategic planning, annual planning, and forecasting cycles. Help drive processes that streamline these cycles.
• Help develop and maintain short-term and long-term financial economic driver model, including full P&L, Balance Sheets, and Cash Flows.
• Conduct comparables analysis as necessary in support of key business metrics and objectives.
• Participate in the preparation of materials for the regular Board of Director’s meetings and other executive meetings.
• Help identify trends and anticipate needs to support an evolving planning and management reporting function that meets the needs of the users.
• Participate in cross-functional business projects and analysis.
• Advise Senior Director and business leaders on the impact of operating decisions to revenue, expense and profitability.
• Exercise financial influence in driving cost effective actions.
• Participate in the development and implementation of process improvements.
• Perform ad hoc analysis as required.
Skills
Qualifications
• BS Degree in Accounting or Finance. MBA preferred.
• 3-5 years experience in financial planning, analysis, budgeting and forecasting, preferably within a public company. Candidate ideally will have both professional services (Investment Banking/Valuation) and corporate experience.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills and ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Strong analytical skills in business performance are required.
• Extensive financial modeling experience, including use of database manipulation.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Creative and innovative team player with a positive approach and a focus on business issues.
• Demonstrated ability to build successful relationships with business partners and senior management.
• Willingness to take on additional projects and multi-task with changing priorities, as necessary.
• Demonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines with emphasis on sustained accuracy and attention to detail.
• Thrives on ability to work autonomously.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint, and Word are required.
• Experience with Hyperion or similar Business Intelligence platform highly preferred.
Company Description
Ariba, Inc. is the leading provider of on-demand spend management solutions. Our mission is to transform the way companies of all sizes, across all industries, and geographies operate by delivering software, service, and network solutions that enable them to holistically source, contract, procure, pay, manage, and analyze their spend and supplier relationships. Delivered on demand, our enterprise-class offerings empower companies to achieve control of their spend and drive continuous improvements in financial and supply chain performance. More than 1,000 companies, including more than half of the companies on the Fortune 500, use Ariba solutions to manage their spend from sourcing and orders through invoicing and payment. For more information, visit www.ariba.co
Additional Information
- Local candidates only, no relocation (Greater Atlanta Area).
- No third party applications.
Apply at http://www.ariba.com