Columbia Helicopters, Inc.

Compensation

Full Description

For over 65 years, Columbia Helicopters have been a trusted provider of heavy-lift helicopter services. We create new aircraft, fly heavy-lift helicopters around the world, and provide maintenance support to ensure you are mission-ready for critical operations. If you are passionate about aviation, join our Columbia Family! The Financial Analyst will review, analyze and summarize ERP data to increase our understanding of the costs of our operation and drive accountability to improve our performance. Additionally, this position will assist with additional accounting functions in the department. Location: Onsite, Aurora OR Pay Range: $85,000 - $105,000 annually WHAT YOU WILL DO: • Support the budgeting and forecasting processes. Serve as primary contact for financial reviews, analysis and questions. • Review and analyze monthly financial reports and variance analysis of budget to actual results focusing on anomalies and trends. • Identify the key financial and non-financial risks, recommending actions for mitigations of those risks. • Build financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives, what-if, scenario planning and break even. • Design, develop and maintain financial models and analytical reports to help drive business decisions. • Develop and prepare certain key schedules comparing performance to defined key performance indicators. • Assist in the continued development of the company's business intelligence capabilities. • Perform ad-hoc sensitivity and scenario financial analysis to support leadership decisions. • Expected to understand, explain and interpret analysis and help the finance team make recommendations to senior management. WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU: • Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting. MBA preferred. • Minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience working in a corporate finance/accounting environment; Preference given to experience with financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting and financial analysis. • Proficient in Microsoft Office with advanced Excel and Access - (e.g. pivot tables, VLOOKUP, charts, modeling, etc.) • Experience with CPM software. Adaptive Insights preferred. • Demonstrated aptitude for mastering data extraction and manipulation tools preferred. Ability to quickly learn a specialized complex tool to successfully provide the best data analysis and reports needed. • Must have strong database skills. Ability to understand complex Finance Databases and conceptualize improvements. • Solid understanding of financial concepts/models. • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills. • Strong written and verbal communication skills. • Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented environment. • Experience working with an ERP system preferred. • Strong business acumen and ability to collaborate with multiple levels of management preferred. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)