Financial Analyst

JOB OBJECTIVE:

Barrett-Jackson Auction Company is seeking to add a Financial Analyst to support the Finance team and lead the development and maintenance of business metrics, reports, and analysis. The candidate has modeling experience, is a self-motivated and a driven individual that will be responsible for creating, analyzing, and reporting key strategic initiatives. Candidate will need to be willing to wear multiple hats, manage multiple tasks at one time, and take the initiative to determine requirements and solutions that meets business objectives, but also aligns with existing architecture. The analyst will also support the executive team with data analysis on various special projects as needed. This position is office-based in Scottsdale, AZ.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Lead the design, implementation and maintenance of a business intelligence reporting system using Tableau and the latest data visualization tools
• Support preparation of annual budgets and numerous forecasts across different industries
• Assist with analysis of strategic business initiatives as well as new business opportunities when appropriate
• Advance the technical aspects of the Company's financial models and facilitate standardization of the analysis and reporting process itself
• Assist in the analysis of market information and financial trends affecting results
• Provide analytical support to the Sales, Marketing and Consignment teams and assemble regular reports as requested by executive and all department leaders
• Develop and troubleshoot financial models
• Draft memos and business plan documents for new internal and external opportunities with little or no direct supervision
• Ability to develop, communicate and present analysis results to leadership team
• Assist Controller with auction accounting support during events, continued development of automated auction reporting and providing financial statements for business units
• Provide financial analytics and accounting oversight to related-party businesses and special projects
• Over time, the position may involve travel from time to time to company project locations as well as potential acquisition locations as requested
• Ability to self-develop, self-direct and exercise initiative
• Ability to provide suggestions for business analyst processes and implementation of tools to streamline the business requirement and testing process
• Special projects as assigned.

WHO YOU ARE:

• Friendly and customer service oriented
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance; MBA preferred
• 7+ years combined financial/accounting and data analysis experience
• Experience with data analytics, business intelligence creation and reporting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with mid to upper tier accounting systems--Navision preferred
• Strong computer skills - Candidate should have high fluency with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and Word
• Tableau applications experience: SQL knowledge highly desired
• Team player who works in collaboration with other departments
• Demonstrated experience developing and driving KPI's and operational metrics
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and statistical analysis skills
• Skilled in data transformation based on user requirements
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritize and multi-task, communicate and meet deadlines
• Experience in BI tools and data warehouse concepts; Experience in leveraging data to develop and/or prototype dashboards and reports
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills supported by ability to convey complex information in a comprehensive and concise manner
• Comfortable with ambiguity and working independently to find and resolve issues with minimal guidance
• Some travel may be required

ABOUT BARRETT-JACKSON:

Established in 1971 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Barrett-Jackson, The World's Greatest Collector Car Auctions, is the leader in collector car auctions and automotive lifestyle events.

Barrett-Jackson specializes in providing products and services to astute classic and collector car owners and automotive enthusiasts around the world. Barrett-Jackson produces The World's Greatest Collector Car Auctions in Scottsdale, Arizona; Palm Beach, Florida; Houston, Texas and Las Vegas, Nevada, where hundreds of the most sought-after, unique and valuable automobiles cross the block in front of a global audience.

Barrett-Jackson is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.

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