[Hiring] Senior Financial Analyst @Accela

Role Description

As Senior Financial Analyst at Accela you will be responsible for providing analytical insight to company performance across multiple functions. In this role you will support budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis as well as provide critical data modeling and reconciliation for monthly management reporting. Additionally you will own and maintain the finance forecasting system to enable data-based decision-making process at the company.

The ideal candidate will be a strong communicator with the ability to work cross-functionally with business intelligence to drive automation in our management reporting. A strong sense of ownership and attention to detail is crucial for success in this role.

Specific Responsibilities

• Design and refine detailed financial models that forecast and analyze functional costs in order to fully understand sources of variances and to improve forecast accuracy.
• Lead monthly close processes from Corporate FP&A POV, including owning corp calendar and forecast templates.
• Own and maintain Adaptive to ensure accuracy at all times.
• Help prepare monthly & quarterly management reporting, analyze financial results, and communicate key messages to senior management.
• Identify, measure, and communicate key performance metrics.
• Build and maintain relationships with cross-functional teams to synthesize and integrate updates relating to variances in actual activity relative to budgets and forecasts.
• Support executive management by providing timely ad hoc reporting on critical issues.
• Work well in a team environment with changing requirements and competing priorities.
• Actively seek, participate in, and/or drive the development and implementation of process improvements.
• Must be able to work Pacific Time Zone hours.

Travel

• Minimal and as required.

Qualifications

• Workday Adaptive experience a must, preferably in an admin capacity.
• Experience in financial modeling.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Extremely organized, detail-oriented self-starter.
• Strong analytical focus with business modeling and forecasting experience.

Desired Qualifications

• Salesforce, NetSuite, and Power BI experience highly desirable.

Benefits

• Flexible time off.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Family planning benefits.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match.
• Health savings account with company contributions.
• Flexible spending account.
• Life, accident, and disability coverage.
• Business travel insurance.
• Employee assistance programs.
• Other well-being benefits.

Company Description

For nearly 20 years, Accela has been an industry leader in designing and delivering government software to improve efficiency, increase citizen engagement and enable the development of thriving communities. Today, citizens are savvy to how services should be delivered, and expect a consistently convenient, openly transparent view into their local government. While government agencies struggle to do more with less, our mission has never been more critical. Accela provides a robust, cloud-based platform of government software solutions that accelerate growth, efficiency, and transparency in communities of all sizes.

From planning, to building, to service request management and more, Accela’s SaaS offerings level the playing field for small and medium governments and enable smaller agencies to leverage larger city technologies. Our open and flexible technology helps agencies address specific needs today, while ensuring they are well prepared for the emerging challenges of the future.