Company Description: Heliae® is a platform technology company that uses sunlight and waste carbon to produce high-value products from algae. Based in Gilbert, AZ, Heliae is leveraging its core production technology into four target markets: nutrition, therapeutics, health & beauty and agrosciences. With a seasoned management team and world-class science, Heliae is advancing the future of the algae industry by delivering novel algae-based products to dynamic markets around the world.
Website: www.heliae.com
Title: Sr. Financial Analyst Department: Finance/Admin Updated: 11-6-14
Basic Function: The Sr. Financial Analyst position is accountable for the ongoing analysis of job and process costing, margin analysis, and tracing costs back to underlying activities. The Sr. Financial Analyst will develop and maintain economic models related to new processes and products. This position must also assist with monitoring and improving cost-effective data accumulation systems needed to provide an appropriate level of costing information to management.
Reports to: Director of Finance
Supervises: n/a
Primary Responsibilities and Duties may include but are not limited to:
1. Develop new process and product modeling
2. Assist with annual budgeting and periodic forecasting
3. Review standard and actual costs for inaccuracies
4. Report on breakeven points by products and facilities
5. Report on margins by product
6. Report on periodic variances and their causes
7. Assist with maintaining and improving cost accounting system
8. Review and improve the controls needed for data accumulation and reporting systems
9. Maintain fixed asset system including purchases, disposals and depreciation
10. Assist with month-end close activities
11. Perform other related duties or special projects
Qualifications:
• At least 3 – 5 years experience in financial analysis in a manufacturing environment.
• A degree in accounting (CPA preferred)
• Strong Excel skills
• Strong attention to detail, coordination of multiple projects and ability to set priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic team oriented environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work individually, on a project or in a team environment.
• High level of initiative and the ability to take personal ownership, going beyond assigned tasks to improve project execution.
• Adaptability to changing work assignments. Flexibility with duties.
• Complete discretion and ability to work with confidential information.
• Strong problem solving skills.
Desired Attributes:
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Decision making skills
• Effective verbal, presentation and listening communications skills
• Effective written communications skills
• Computer skills including the ability to operate computerized accounting, spreadsheet, word- processing, graphics
• Time management skills
• Integrity
• People Skills/Leadership Ability
• Technical Strength/Process Aptitude
Physical Requirements:
• The ability to work 40 or more hours per week at Heliae’s headquarters in Gilbert, Arizona
• The ability to operate a:
- computer
- telephone
- fax machine / copier
• The ability to:
- Walk a construction site.
- Sit for extended periods of time (2 hours at a time, 8 hours per day).
- Occasionally (0-33%) lift or carry up to 10 lbs.
- Frequently (34%-66%) perform fine manipulations with hands and fingers.
- See, hear, and speak.
**Please, no calls from applicants or recruiters
http://www.heliae.com/contact-us/careers/