Sr. Finance Operations Analyst

At Niagara, we're looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here, if you want to:

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

Essential Functions

• Provide financial expertise, analysis, and guidance in direct support of the company's leadership
• Manage financial audits, ensuring compliance with internal policies and industry standards.
• Organize audit preparations by compiling essential financial data, reconciling variances, and responding to internal and external inquiries.
• Ensure timely completion of account reconciliations to maintain financial accuracy and accountability.
• Improve efficiency for reconciliation processes in order to improve efficiency and accuracy across finance operations.
• Investigate variances and collaborate with cross functional teams to implement corrective action and resolve the discrepancies in the reconciliation.
• Support audits by providing required documentation, explanations and process walkthroughs
• Mitigate financial liabilities by maintaining compliance and accounting principles through external and internal policies.
• Improve workflows for the reconciliations process by leading initiatives to reduce manual efforts and enhance the capabilities of the financial reports.
• Work closely with vendors, procurement and IT teams to implement system upgrades that streamline reconciliation and audit processes
• Conduct monthly inventory accuracy and financial risks to proactively locate and resolved variances prior to audits.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:
  • 4 Years - Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
  • 2 Years - Experience in Position
  • 0 Years - Experience managing people/projects

*experience may include a combination of work experience and education

• Preferred Qualifications:
  • 6 Years- Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
  • 6 Years - Experience working in Position
  • 2 Years - Experience managing people/projects

*experience may include a combination of work experience and education

Competencies

This position embodies the values of Niagara's LIFE competency model, focusing on the following key drivers of success:

• Lead Like an Owner
  • Makes safety the number one priority
  • Keeps alert for safety issues and escalates immediately
  • Effectively prioritizes tasks based on department goals
  • Shows respect to others and confronts interpersonal issues directly
  • Prioritizes resolution of customer issues effectively
  • Responds promptly and honors commitments to internal and external customers
• InnovACT
  • Makes recommendations to continuously improve policies, methods, procedures, and/or products
  • Demonstrates adaptability by reacting appropriately to unexpected changes in situations or circumstances
  • Increases performance through greater efficiency
• Find a Way
  • Seeks to develop technical knowledge through learning from other experts
  • Understands interdepartmental impact of individual decisions and actions
  • Seeks solutions rather than placing blame
• Empowered to be Great
  • Consistently looks for ways to improve one's self through growth and development opportunities
  • Communicates clearly and promptly up, down, and across
  • Communicates effectively to manage expectations
• Advanced MS Excel skills (Pivot tables, Vlookup, Sumif, VBA, etc)
• Proficiency with preparing and modeling financial ratios and analytics
• Proficiency with other Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, and Access); other database management included
• Previous experience with Oracle or other ERP system, preferred
• Experience and comfort with large data set extraction, clean-up and analysis
• Must possess a high degree of initiative and resourcefulness in completing work assignments with limited guidance in a changing environment
• Strong problem solving/ analytical skills
• Ability to seek and obtain information from a wide range of sources and individuals both within, and outside of, the Finance department
• Must be detail oriented with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks and projects and complete assignments quickly and accurately.
• Excellent presentation, communication (both oral and written) and interpersonal skills.

Education

• Minimum Required:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, and other related fields or equivalent experience

• Preferred:
  • Master's Degree in Finance, Accounting

Foreign Language

• Required: None Required
• Preferred: Minimum Professional Proficiency, Spanish

Typical Compensation Range

Benefits

https://careers.niagarawater.com/us/en/benefits

* *Los Angeles County applicants only** Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the California Fair Chance Act, and any other applicable local and state laws.

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