Friday, January 24, 2014

[KITlist] Senior Financial Analyst (Alameda, CA)

Please direct your responses to: sarah.foltz@windriver.com

Wind River has an opportunity for a Sr. Financial Analyst to provide data driven analyses that enable the company's leadership to make sound financial decisions. In this role, the successful candidate will be tasked with building new analytical tools and improving and maintaining existing ones. Candidates should be able to thoroughly explore underlying assumptions and quantitative details as well as make recommendations based on their insights. Due to the fast paced nature of the work, the candidate must be able to juggle multiple projects at one time with minimal supervision, while maintaining a high level of attention to detail.

In addition to assisting senior leaders throughout the company with finance-related matters, the Financial Planning and Analysis team provides analytical perspectives to support a variety of operational issues. We design, implement and manage processes that support business needs. These include but are not limited to financial forecasts and analyses, generating internal management reports, and automating business processes. We also provide decision support and conduct financial reviews of a wide range of business issues such as customer analysis and competitor analysis. In this role, the candidate will work with cross functional teams and will be expected to work well in a team oriented professional environment. Analysts will gain valuable experiences in this position, which offers significant responsibility and interaction with senior management. We seek a well-rounded individual with excellent data analysis skills who will be a key contributor and is looking for an opportunity to grow their career in Corporate Finance.

Key Responsibilities:

· Key participant in the annual strategic and operational planning cycle
· Update quarterly expense forecasts
· Prepare accruals during monthly and quarter end close
· Partner with functional groups to provide monthly, quarterly, and annual budgetary and variance analysis
· Produce and maintain business dashboards for various customers
· Develop and present financial results, analysis and metrics to business executives on a regular basis
· Participate in cross functional projects and finance initiatives as required


Requirements:

· BS/BA in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or related field; MBA a plus
· 3-5 years of progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis
· Ability to partner with senior business executives to drive decisions in a fast moving environment
· Strong attention to detail and ability to convert large volumes of data into actionable information
· Strategic thinking, creative problem solving, and financial modeling skills
· Deep appreciation for sound finance processes and ability to identify, develop, and drive operational improvements
· Strong financial system skills: Oracle BI, Microsoft Excel, Hyperion Planning (or similar planning tool)
· Excellent organizational skills, ability to multi-task and address competing priorities
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills with all levels in an organization

Wind River, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation, is a world leader in embedded and mobile software, and has been pioneering computing inside embedded devices since 1981. We are large enough to present a variety of complex and interesting financial challenges, but small enough that individual contributions make a difference and directly affect outcome and results.

Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California with offices in more than 15 countries. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com.


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