Financial Analyst

This position is for the Financial Planning and Analysis team, which is central to all financial planning and analytics for the Costco IT Global business. The FP&A team is a highly collaborative work environment. This position offers an opportunity to partner with teams across Costco, and will be focused on providing financial analysis for processes such as budgeting and forecasting.

A successful candidate will be strategic, analytical, and have an ability to effectively manage the financial responsibilities of a large IT business. This candidate will have strong business judgment, willingness to have backbone, and a proven ability to take effective, independent action to improve the business’ overall performance.

This role will include working closely with senior leadership to provide strategic guidance and decision support. The job will have an emphasis on forecasting, analyzing current performance and conducting prospective economic analysis of in-flight and proposed programs and services. The initial focus of the role will be to own the forecasting/actuals process and regular reviews for programs as well as continued support to PM and management functions.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Leads ad hoc financial analyses
• Leads and participates as the key finance stakeholder in cross functional teams
• Manages the reporting on financial metrics
• Long and short term financial planning for the IT department
• Coordinates across teams to measure and improve the IT delivered value
• Establishes financial processes and procedures that support the Costco IS organization
• Facilitates the development of the IS Divisional budget that includes capital and expense and non controllables
• Provides analysis on the performance of budgets, P.O.s , actuals and presents areas to focus on for cost savings
• Coordinates with IS Purchasing and Contract Management where necessary
• Supports consolidation efforts for all planning activities, inclusive of monthly reporting & forecasting, annual budgeting, and long range planning
• Builds analytical models to explain business questions and results; validate analyses by collaborating with IT and business partners; package and deliver results to key stakeholders who could include members of the executive leadership team.
• Develops financial tools, provides analysis, and modeling to aid in Global and enterprise -level decision making
• Recommends, develops, and enhances current modeling, forecasting, and reporting methods to drive informed business decision

Required skills and abilities

• Must have bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics or equivalent experience in related fields
• Must have at least 5 years experience working in a technology organization/department and possess a proficient knowledge of broad application development methods and associated processes
• Must be able to communicate complex financial information to a variety of audiences
• Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision and resolve practical problems.
• Must be able to use a variety of financial tools for data extraction and queries
• Must have strong mentoring, negotiation, and team-building skills
• Must be able to manage large datasets
• In-depth finance knowledge (P&L, Balance Sheet, & Cash Flow) and comfort with standard accounting methods
• Must possess knowledge of general accounting rules and processes (i.e. accounts payable, etc.)
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality due to working with sensitive company information/data.
• Must have the ability to work successfully with people at all management levels.
• Must have strong interpersonal skills, communication skills (both oral and written), and presentation skills.
• Must have proven history of making deadlines within budgets delivering successful quality product(s).
• Must be extremely responsive, with a strong sense of urgency, be well organized, self motivated and proactive
• Must be able to prioritize and work multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficient in business productivity tools (Excel, Google Spreadsheets, databases, etc.).
• Possesses quantitative aptitude

Recommended skills, abilities, and certifications

• Proficient in knowledge of SAP, ServiceNow, HFM, Journal Entry processes a plus.

Apply: Use the link below to upload all required documents to

https://chm.tbe.taleo.net/chm02/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=COSTCO&cws=5&rid=1894

Applicants and employees for this position will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas. If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States. Apart from any religious or disability considerations, open availability is needed to meet the needs of the business.