Financial Analyst

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Financial Analyst

Who is MarketStar?

Rated as a Top Workplace in 2019, 2020, and 2021, MarketStar employs over 1500 people across 60+ countries and is headquartered in Ogden, UT. Our employees are our greatest assets. We look for professionals who are eager to learn, grow, and perform for the clients we represent. With a culture of success and an empowered, tech savvy workforce, MarketStar continuously delivers great experiences to our employees and our clients every day. Our employees have helped launch, sell, and support thousands of products and services on behalf of some of the most innovative tech companies across the globe!

At MarketStar, we are sales experts. We offer Sales as a Service™ to our clients by providing data-driven insights, powerful technology, and highly specialized support. This allows us to help our clients streamline their sales process, exceed sales goals, and ultimately grow their business. We have consistently delivered exceptional sales results representing our clients for over 30 years.

Our actions are based on our core values, and a relentless desire to achieve our purpose - To Create Growth. We are excited to have you apply to work with us! "You Belong" is one of the MarketStar core values and we look forward to helping you find belonging and purpose here.

About the Financial Analyst:

Primary responsibilities: Be a strategic partner with Client Services managers, in generating and maintaining strong financial practices that ensure accurate billing and insightful analysis for our clients, while at the same time driving compliance to internal finance and accounting practices and procedures, and maximizing profitability. Work with all levels of management to provide creative new ideas regarding client pricing, rep compensation plans, and improved processes to create greater efficiencies within the company.

Responsible for performing a variety of finance and accounting duties, for assigned accounts, including creation of accurate financial statements, journal entries, reconciliations, month-end close, accounts receivable, financial analysis, and budgeting/forecasting. Oversee billing and compensation of reps on major contracts, including wage true-ups for achievement to monthly/quarterly goals. Train and update internal managers on financial principles that will help them make better informed decisions. Keep management well informed of actual expenses versus budget by reviewing financial statements with managers on a monthly basis. Make suggestions regarding process improvements and assist with the implementation of new systems. Checks accounting records for accuracy, tracks and resolves errors, and completes accounting functions in accordance with established policies, procedures, and regulations.

Location: Ogden, UT - Hybrid

What will you do?

• Assumes responsibility for the effective performance of accounting & financial functions.
• Work with Client Services SVP, VP's, and Directors on program pricing, budgeting, and adhoc analysis
• Assist with month-end close, processes journal entries for assigned programs, review statements and make corrections, and reconciles General Ledger accounts
• Prepare monthly and periodic invoices for the client in accordance with MarketStar policies and client's approved purchase orders
• Proactively work with clients to remit invoices based on MSA/SOW, followup on past due invoices
• Maintain MarketStar's budgets for assigned programs in Adaptive/Workday to help maintain accurate company forecasts
• Oversee rep compensation plans on programs including base wages & true-ups based on performance
• Ensure that accounting functions are completed in accordance with established policies, procedures, and regulations
• Analyze accounting functions and provides suggestions for improved processes related to the assigned program
• Assist in the implementation of new systems for different accounting functions.
• Responsible for tracking and reporting of client budget
• Monthly tracking and forecasting of client budget to be used for the MarketStar contract.
• Reconciliation and reporting of pass-through expense invoice
• Analysis of client pass-through expense, and recommendation of more efficient and profitable use of client's available funds
• Work closely with MarketStar Managers and Business Development Team to make recommendations for redirected spending
• Assume responsibility for establishing and maintaining effective business relations with clients, outside auditors and regulators, and professional trade groups
• Coordinate the collection of financial data from clients
• Cooperates with and assists external auditors as during annual and semi-annual audits
• Ensures that Marketstar's professional reputation is maintained
• Ensure appropriate levels of confidentiality regarding company accounting records

Skills & Qualifications:

• Ability to conduct training, communicate at panel discussions, and to make professional presentations
• Ability to prepare business letters, proposals, summaries, and reports using prescribed format and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style
• B. S. in Accounting or Finance
• Four or more years of related finance/accounting experience
• Experience with Workday GL and Adaptive encouraged, but can be trained
• Advanced knowledge of computer applications, specifically Microsoft Excel/Word/PPT
• Knowledge of GAAP and regulatory requirements
• Understanding of General Ledger accounting
• Able to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines in high pressure situations
• Attention to detail
• Ability to apply logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusion
• Able to interpret a variety of technical instructions and can deal with multiple variables.
• Ability to compute discount, interest, profit, and loss; commission markup and selling price; ratio and proportion and percentage
• Able to perform very simple algebra
• Ability to read periodicals, journals, manuals, dictionaries, thesauruses, and encyclopedias

MarketStar Benefits & Perks:

In our commitment to our "We Care" value, we believe in providing employees with valuable mental and physical well-being benefits including:

Paid Parental Leave

Paid Childcare/Dependent Care

Education Reimbursement

Mental Health Benefit

401(k) Match

4.5 weeks PTO and 7 paid holidays

Personal Loan Program

And comprehensive health and welfare plans

This is an exempt position

MarketStar is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination. Reasonable accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. If you are an individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the job application process, please contact us at [email protected] for assistance.