Senior Financial Analyst

The Senior Financial Analyst will be responsible for providing key financial support to Acxiom's corporate Finance group and key business leaders. This role will be an integral part of a high-performance finance team within the company and will report to the VP, Corporate Finance. The candidate will be a valued partner to senior finance leaders on financial planning, analysis, and reporting, as well as partnering with key business leaders to drive growth.

What you will do:

• Analyzes financial data, draws conclusions, and presents recommendations to management
• Understands the "big picture" view and how it aligns to overall Acxiom strategy
• Analyzes and reports on key drivers of business and company performance
• Finds opportunities for standardization and automation and drives execution
• Builds efficient and effective operating reports
• Leads the dissemination of accurate and timely financial reports to managers
• Reviews and analyzes monthly reports at operating unit level relative to forecast and budgets
• Update, distribute, and consolidate forecast submissions
• Update forecast presentations for managers
• Creates and tracks key financial metrics
• Ad hoc financial modeling and analysis
• Develops timely and accurate financial projections
• Proactively creates forums to share best practices
• Provides useful, material, data-based insights that include implications for business
• Builds clear, accurate, repeatable forecast models
• Performs scenario analysis to frame business options and make recommendations to management

What you will need:

• Minimum 3 years of FP&A experience with a Bachelor's degree; or equivalent work experience
• Strong analytical skills including an understanding of generally accepted accounting principles
• Proven track record to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with excellent communication and time management skills
• Strong Excel skills with experience using advanced Excel functions
• Ability to derive insights and handle ambiguity or problems where limited data is available

What will set you apart:

• Ability to develop clear models to represent complex financial situations
• Ability to incorporate deep understanding of technical financial and accounting concepts into analysis
• Experience with Workday general ledger; Workday Adaptive Planning (including OfficeConnect)
• Motivated self-starter, with ability to remain focused and on task with minimal direction
• Can-do attitude towards meeting challenging deadlines with high quality of work and attention to detail #GD17

Primary Location City/State:

Conway, Arkansas

Additional Locations (if applicable):

Acxiom is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer (AA/EOE/W/M/Vet/Disabled) and does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training, promotion or other employment of associates or the awarding of subcontracts because of a person's race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, protected veteran, military status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics or other protected status.

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