Senior Financial Analyst

Company: Marriott Vacations Worldwide
Location: San Marcos
Posted on: January 15, 2022

Job Description:

Are you ready to grow your dream career while making others' vacation dreams come true? Marriott Vacations Worldwide is a world premier organization for Vacation Ownership with resorts at destinations around the globe. Join our team and help deliver unforgettable experiences that make vacation dreams come true.

We are looking to add a Sr. Financial Analyst to our FP&A team to help build financial planning and analysis models for the organization. This position will be responsible for building and maintaining financial planning models for all strategic and annual plans, operational plans, budgets, forecasts, and outlooks, as well as providing insightful recurring and ad-hoc financial analysis to our senior leadership team and investors. These responsibilities will require a strong ability to work cross functionally with the various functional teams in the business as well as expert Excel and data mining skills.
The ideal candidate will have 4+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis. Other requirements include a solid understanding of financial modeling and reporting, very strong Excel skills, and the ability to work in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment.

II. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Develops financial models using Excel that maintain relevant information for internal and external monthly reporting
Support the ongoing maintenance and evolution of the budgeting and planning processes
Prepare monthly management reports emphasizing operational/financial performance metrics, historical results, budgets, forecasts, and trends
Perform actual to budget/forecast variance analysis while highlighting risks and opportunities
Assist with the preparation of reports for the senior leadership team, Board of Directors, investors and various external parties as needed
Provide business development support as needed through modeling and analysis
Support ad-hoc financial analysis inquiries from the senior leadership team
Perform other related duties in accordance with the department's values of collaboration, cross-functionality, and accountability as requested or directed by the Director of FP&A

III. EDUCATION:

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting or related field
MBA or similar advanced degree is a plus

IV. TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES:

Advanced skills performing technical analysis and reporting utilizing Excel
Expert knowledge of financial modeling
Strong understanding of financial statements and accounting principles
Detail oriented, proactive problem solver with excellent analytical, quantitative and investigative skills
Ability to translate findings into business insights and to communicate them in a way that is clear and meaningful
Ability to synthesize and work with various data types from a variety of sources, e.g., operational, transactional, financial, survey, third-party vendor, and macroeconomic
Comfortable in a team environment with changing priorities and time pressures
Good project management skills with the ability to handle a diverse workload and competing priorities
Highly motivated with the ability to work independently

IV. EXPERIENCE:

4+ years' experience in financial planning and analysis or related field
Experience working with dynamic data visualization tools like Tableau a plus

Marriott Vacations Worldwide is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture.

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