FP&A Associate

Your Opportunity

Scion is seeking a talented Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Associate to join us in executing our vision. This position will deliver accurate and efficient budgeting, forecasting, and reporting, while driving a continuous process improvement. The FP&A team is responsible for budgeting and forecasting, variance analysis & financial reporting, market and portfolio analytics, capital expenditure analysis, and critical financial reports and analyses presented to institutional partners and Scion’s executive leadership team.                                             

The FP&A Associate is highly analytical and excels in a fast-paced, agile, corporate environment. This role demands a vigor for problem solving, strong analytical ability, attention to detail, proficient finance skills, and most importantly, innate intellectual curiosity.

Your Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus
• Paid Time Off
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401k Matching
• Paid Maternal Leave
• Parental Leave
• Learning reimbursement opportunities

Your Responsibilities

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Support the annual budgeting and periodic reforecast process; owning and/or assisting various revenue and expense workstreams and working closely with asset management, property operations, revenue management, capital, and other departments to ensure the highest quality budgets.
• Review proposed budgets through detailed trend analysis of historical performance, portfolio and external benchmarks, contracts, and new strategic initiatives to identify outliers and improvement opportunities.
• Be an expert in the budgeting and forecasting system and process.

Reporting

• Contribute to ongoing improvement of the reporting process through use of automation, databasing, and business intelligence tools.
• Assess monthly performance and determine key trends across individual properties and portfolios.
• Develop monthly cash balance projections to forecast distributions and create meaningful analysis of future cashflows.
• Create and maintain various financial models and asset management tracking tools dedicated to providing a clear understanding of investment performance.
• Develop presentations and detailed financial analysis results in a well-defined format.

Research & Analysis

• Perform special research, analysis, and ad hoc projects for a multitude of stakeholders on a frequent basis collaborating closely with all departments across the organization.
• Leverage executive communication skills to clearly explain analysis results to internal peers, senior management, external investors.

The responsibilities listed above may not be all inclusive.

What We Require

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Finance, Economics, Accounting, Mathematics, or other STEM program is preferred; 3-5 years of professional experience
• Advanced financial modeling skills with Excel
• Experience with data visualization and business intelligence tools is preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with Vena or Essbase and Entrata is preferred
• Strong collaboration across all departments and with external partners

The Scion Group LLC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, national origin, color, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, physical or mental disability (as long as the employee/applicant is otherwise qualified for the job with or without a reasonable accommodation), genetic information, HIV/AIDS status, marital status, uniformed service, veteran status, pregnancy or other legally protected status or category under federal or state law. The Scion Group LLC complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in all locations in which the Company has properties. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation, training and other terms and conditions of employment. The Scion Group LLC is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunities.

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