The Manufacturing Finance Department has an opening for a Financial Analyst. The position will be located in Boise, Idaho.
Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
-Monitor business performance, identify variances, and provide management insight into trends, issues and opportunities for improvement
- Prepare advanced financial trend and data analysis
- Participate in development of plant/corporate department budgets.
-Conduct ongoing user education and provide management consultation on reports, methodologies, source data and systems.
-Identify and recommend process improvements.
-Develop, recommend and implement accounting practices to promote consistency, application of best practices, task automation and efficiencies.
- Provide assistance with ad-hoc analyses and projects.
- Support period-end closing process by reconciling accounts and performing journal entries, as well as analyzing variances
- Reconcile general ledger accounts and support internal plants audits
Qualifications:
- 4-year college degree in Finance or Accounting.
- Minimum of 3 - 5 years of experience in finance or accounting-related field.
- Advanced Excel and multi-dimensional database skills
- Strong communication skills with customer service focus.
- Organized and detail-oriented, able to manage large quantities of data.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a team player.
- Highly motivated problem solver with high degree of initiative and sense of urgency.
- Knowledge of manufacturing-based cost accounting, both theoretical and practical.
- Proficient in other Microsoft Office applications
Respond to: Interested candidates are encouraged to submit a resume by visiting www.CareersAtSafeway.com on your computer or mobile device.
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