Job description

SUMMARY
Oversee forecasting, planning and analysis process for a $1B portfolio. Collaborate with leadership to complete planning and budgeting, prepare operational variance analysis, and provide standard and repeatable financial data/reports to support current and long-term decision making. Provide leadership recommendations on improving existing systems, tools, and processes to enhance productivity and strategic insight.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Includes the following:

• Prepares financial and strategic plans for individual departments and the wider organization.
• Builds annual budgets and forecasts for different business units and consolidates into one master budget.
• Creates financial models to predict future growth and performance.
• Creates and builds analysis models to account for a variety of cost scenarios, including what-if analysis, threshold variances, and burn rate evaluations.
• Analyzes previous budgets and forecasts and performs variance analysis to explain discrepancies.
• Evaluates new and existing projects, investments, and assets to determine their validity and appraise their value.
• Imports, converts, extracts, and compiles data and documents from existing and new applications.
• Develops customized reports from data sources to extract and collect data in support of leadership and business needs.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY/MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
No supervisory/management authority.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Master’s Degree in accounting, finance, information technology, or other related field, and at least 10 years of work-related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience implementing software required.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures in finance/accounting.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office products and other business analytics systems and tools.
• Advanced knowledge of forecast, planning, and analysis process and tools.
• Advanced knowledge of databases, spreadsheets, and performance management software.
• Advanced knowledge of Costpoint ERP system including the Projects and Planning applications.
• Advanced knowledge of OneStream financial planning software.
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to brief stakeholders and leadership on financial results.
• Excellent attention to detail, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to maintain processes that scale as the business grows.
• Ability to read and understand financial statements.
• Ability to be proactive rather than reactive in execution style.
• Ability to use creative and critical thought in the development of analyses.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information and situations with poise, tact, and diplomacy.
• Ability to organize, multi-task, plan, and set priorities with minimal supervision.
• Ability to communicate to all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work independently, as well as in a collaborative team environment.
• Ability to execute work proactively.
• Must be able to successfully pass a federal background check and a drug screen

WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work is primarily performed in a climate-controlled office setting.
Cherokee Federal has suspended it’s COVID mandate. However, it’s important to note that Cherokee Federal employees are included as covered employees in U.S. Presidential Executive Order 14042, which mandates COVID vaccines for federal contractors. Executive Order 14042 is currently not subject to enforcement by the Federal government. Therefore, Cherokee Federal has suspended application of the mandate and continues to monitor the government’s guidance on administration of any vaccine requirement.
ABOUT THE TEAM
Cherokee Federal is a collective group of subsidiary companies of Cherokee Nation Businesses (CNB). CNB is the economic engine of Cherokee Nation, the largest Native American tribe in the U.S. As a trusted partner, the Cherokee Federal team of companies manages nearly 2,000 projects of all sizes across the construction, engineering and manufacturing, and mission solutions portfolios – ranging from advanced data analytics and telehealth to cybersecurity, cloud and logistics.
Since 2012, our team of companies has won $6 billion in government contracts and completed more than 5,300 federal missions. Our 3,600+ employees work in 20+ countries, 50 states and 2 U.S. territories.
Why Cherokee Federal? Visit cherokee-federal.com to learn why you should join our team!
Compliance
Cherokee Federal is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to prohibiting discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, union affiliation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We conform to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations governing all aspects of the relationship between the Company and its employees, including, but not limited to, recruitment, employment, promotion, transfer, training, working conditions, wages and salary administration, employee benefits, and application of policies. The policies and principles of EEO also apply to the selection and treatment of independent contractors, personnel working on our premises who are employed by temporary agencies and any other persons or firms doing business for or with the Company.
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Job Type: Full-time

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