Financial Analyst, Acquisition Integration

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Support the finance integration workstream for acquired businesses by maintaining plans, trackers, issue logs, and status reporting across close, reporting, controls, policies, and systems.
• Assist with preparing financial analysis, budgets, forecasts, and reporting in support of acquisition integration, business planning, and management decision making.
• Partner with Accounting, FP&A, Program Finance, Tax, Treasury, Contracts, HR, IT, and Operations to coordinate integration activities, dependencies, and required deliverables.
• Assist with transitioning acquired entities into corporate ERP, consolidation, planning, and reporting environments, including data gathering, mapping support, cutover preparation, and post-go-live stabilization.
• Review, analyze, and interpret financial and operating data to develop observations, preliminary recommendations, and variance explanations for management.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc presentations, monthly reporting packages, metrics, and management updates related to integration progress, open items, financial risks, and key decisions.
• Document finance processes, standard operating procedures, desktop instructions, templates, and roles and responsibilities for newly integrated businesses and related finance activities.
• Assess acquired-business processes and controls, identify gaps relative to corporate standards, and support remediation actions through closure.

Job requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Minimum 2 - 5 years of progressive experience in financial analysis, FP&A, program finance, accounting, project controls, or related business functions.
• Experience preparing financial analysis, budgets, forecasts, reconciliations, or reporting packages that support management decision making.
• Experience with ERP and financial reporting or planning systems such as Oracle, Hyperion, SAP, Costpoint, Unanet, or similar enterprise platforms.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with close attention to detail and follow-through.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders, and work effectively in a fast-paced team environment.
• Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions integration, finance transformation, system implementations, or other cross-functional change initiatives preferred.