Senior Financial Analyst - Variable Compensation

ADP • Norfolk, VA

13h

About The Position

ADP is hiring a Senior Financial Analyst – Variable Compensation.

Are you a financial analyst with strong financial modeling experience?
Are you looking to join a dynamic, inclusive team environment with a culture
of collaboration and belonging? 

Well, this may be the role for you.

As a Senior Financial Analyst – Variable Compensation, you will be responsible
for a full range of planning, forecasting, and analysis activities, including
creating financial models, incorporating guidance received on validated
assumptions, as well as challenging data and information integrity.  In this
role, you will contribute to an overall mission to innovate FP&A across the
company and drive well-informed business decisions. Our ideal Senior Financial
Analyst is someone who marries strong financial and technical acumen with an
innovative, collaborative spirit.

The Norfolk Finance Team performs FP&A functions to drive strategic
decision-making across the company. This energetic team, built on an ethos of
teamwork, innovation, and associate engagement, collaborates both with ADP
senior leadership and each other to share best practices and optimize the
overall understanding of the business's financials. The mix of enthusiastic,
talented analysts and highly experienced management makes for a fast-paced,
high-energy and engaging office culture, but one that that still promotes
work/life balance.

Our analysts serve core FP&A roles, craft deliverables for business partners in
the field, and continually present valuable business insights to senior
leadership. While the team boasts a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives,
it works together under a common goal: providing valuable, accurate, and
actionable financial knowledge to all areas of ADP.

Requirements

• Experience. You have 5+ years of experience in relevant skills gained and developed in the same or similar role.
• Advanced Excel experience, including creating and improving financial models.
• High proficiency in core FP&A functions, including budgeting and forecasting.
• Experience with Power BI or similar business intelligence tools.
• Strong attention to detail, including providing timely and accurate management.
• Excellent business partnering skills, including providing insight around metrics, drivers, actual performance, and current outlook.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including strong PowerPoint skills and the ability to communicate and present findings to senior leadership.
• Strong experience with Hyperion, Oracle, or similar tools.
• Proven ability to work well both collaboratively in a team environment and independently, and a desire to mentor and contribute to the development of your fellow analysts.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize effectively.
• Ability to think critically and work with ambiguity.
• Self-starter with a high degree of intellectual curiosity and a passion for continuous process improvement.
• You'll have a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

• MBA

Responsibilities

• Creating accurate quarterly financial forecasts using both proactive communication and data-driven modeling techniques that drive business decisions
• Collaborating with finance leaders to create annual Operating Plans that align with strategic initiatives
• Consistently providing actionable, forward-looking variance analysis focused on key business drivers as part of the monthly close process
• Preparing consolidated financial results, such as P&L's, on a monthly basis
• Performing ad hoc analyses (e.g. deep dive cost studies and strategic business cases) that support management in developing initiatives to drive growth and margin improvements
• Developing new analytical packages and driving improvements in overall FP&A processes in order to simplify and enhance the organization
• Effectively using financial applications to extract, aggregate, and analyze financial data and performance metrics
• Understanding, interpreting, and communicating effectively to all levels of leadership
• Establishing and maintaining business partnering relationships with leadership in your respective field of ADP

Benefits

• Have courageous team collaboration. Courage comes from how associates are willing to have difficult conversations, speak up, be an owner, and challenge one another's ideas to net out the best solution.
• Deliver at epic scale. We deliver real user outcomes using strong judgment and good instincts. We're obsessed with the art of achieving simplicity with a focus on client happiness and productivity.
• Be surrounded by curious learners. We align ourselves with other smart people in an environment where we grow and elevate one another to the next level. We encourage our associates to listen, stay agile, and learn from mistakes.
• Act like an owner & doer. Mission-driven and committed to leading change, you will be encouraged to take on any challenge and solve complex problems. No tasks are beneath or too great for us. We are hands-on and willing to master our craft.
• Give back to others. Always do the right thing for our clients and our community and humbly give back to the community where we live and work. Support our associates in times of need through ADP's Philanthropic Foundation.
• Join a company committed to equality and equity. Our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level