La Description
Cox Automotive Fleet Services is looking for a Financial Senior Analyst to join our team in Atlanta, GA or Indianapolis, IN .
The Role:
Cox Automotive is seeking a dynamic Financial Analyst to join the Fleet Services Finance team. This role will be responsible for the financial modeling of business cases, planning/reporting activities, business health assessments, and various ad hoc analyses. Contributions will be felt immediately with business partnership and support, budgeting/planning responsibilities, and key month-end reporting and analysis deliverables. Also, this role directly contributes to the annual target setting process and influences a variety of priority finance projects.
Successful candidates will have a solid understanding of financial modeling, financial statements, variance analysis, and reporting key business drivers. We are a highly visible team, who work together in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. This role requires a motivated candidate who is comfortable interacting with all levels of the organization, including senior leadership.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Analyze financial performance against established budget, prior year, and competitors
- Develop complex financial models and business cases to support functional business leaders with key business decisions
- Have an ability to analyze large amounts of raw data and then repackage, simplify, and determine key takeaways from the results
- Assist with the development of management presentations for an executive-level audience resulting from financial analysis and business case analysis
- Evaluate business performance by developing reporting tools to ensure the company achieves desired results from key business decisions and initiatives.
- Assist with the planning, coordination and development of annual P&L budgets, quarterly forecasts and long-range plans.
- Perform “gap-closure” analysis by interpreting financial data, completing variance analysis and identifying key expense drivers to detect expense trends and make recommendations based on risks and opportunities
- Assist with providing recommendations to increase our effective use of our financial systems and tools to meet our analytic and reporting needs
- Complete complex projects and prepare ad hoc analysis and reports as needed
- Provide finance support for various Fleet Services operational functions
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting with 4+ years of business experience with a strong focus in financial planning (budget/ forecast), financial analysis and business case modeling. A candidate may also have a Master's Degree with 2+ years of experience or a Ph.D. with 1+ year of experience. A non-degreed candidate will have 8+ years of experienc.
- Strong knowledge of financial concepts, practices and procedures.
- Demonstrated analytical ability and high degree of intellectual curiosity with a track record of delivered results.
- Advanced MS Excel skills required, including logical and reference formulas, financial functions, use of pivot tables, best practice in financial model structure/design, assumption toggling, charting/graphing and formatting for executive presentations.
- Experience with OneStream Planning and OneStream Reporting is a strong plus.
- Proven ability to prepare executive level presentations and insights.
- Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Self-starter with flexibility and willingness to balance multiple, changing priorities and ability to work under tight deadlines. Experienced in organizing, prioritizing, and coordinating one’s own work.
- Advanced MS PowerPoint skills preferred, with an emphasis on effective, professional presentation design/formatting.
Drug Testing:
To be employed in this role, you'll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.
Compensation:
Compensation includes a base salary of $79,400.00 - $119,000.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Benefits:
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.
About Cox Automotive Canada
Cox Automotive is transforming the way the world buys, sells, owns and uses cars with industry-leading digital marketing, software, financial, wholesale and e-commerce solutions for consumers, dealers, manufacturers and the overall automotive ecosystem worldwide. In Canada, the Cox Automotive family includes Clutch®, Dealertrack®, Dealer.com®, HomeNet®, Kelley Blue Book®, Manheim®, Modix®, NextGear Capital®, Ready Logistics®, RMS Automotive®, vAuto®, VinSolutions® and Xtime®, along with a host of other brands in other countries. The global company has 34,000 team members in more than 220 locations and is a partner to more than 50,000 auto dealers, as well as most major automobile manufacturers. Cox Automotive is a subsidiary of 120-year-old Cox Enterprises, Inc., and serving the automotive industry since 1926, which has revenues exceeding $20 billion and approximately 55,000 employees. Cox Enterprises’ other major operating subsidiaries include Cox Communications and Cox Media Group. For more information about Cox Automotive Canada, visit coxautoinc.ca.