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Who We Are

Robert Half, one of FORTUNE’s World’s Most Admired Companies and a Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For is hiring for a Financial Analyst II to join the Financial Planning and Analysis department.

What You’ll Do

+ Aggregate and validate datasets: Compile financial data from cross-functional sources, ensuring inputs meet established accuracy and consistency standards.

+ Resolve data inconsistencies: Investigate and independently address validation errors, ensuring data quality for reporting and analysis purposes.

+ Enhance data alignment with governance: Collaborate with governance teams to apply FDM (Financial Data Model) standards and ensure adherence to compliance requirements.

+ Streamline data preparation processes: Identify inefficiencies in workflows and introduce solutions to improve speed and accuracy of data aggregation.

+ Incorporate global data considerations: Utilize an understanding of global, intercompany, and intersegment metrics to prepare datasets for enterprise reporting.

+ Generate Comprehensive Financial Reports: Independently create and validate recurring reports for regional and business unit leaders, focusing on accuracy and adherence to corporate metrics.

+ Enhance Data Accuracy Across Systems: Collaborate with IT, Treasury, and Data Governance teams to identify data inconsistencies, propose solutions, and ensure alignment with KPIs and FDM standards.

+ Refine and Automate Reporting Processes: Evaluate current workflows for routine reporting and propose process improvements, including the use of automation tools, to enhance efficiency and accuracy.

+ Support Strategic Insights: Analyze validated data outputs to identify trends and variances, offering foundational insights to FBPs and senior leaders to inform operational decisions.

+ Assist in Enterprise-Wide Exercises: Work closely with senior analysts on enterprise reporting exercises, such as Compensation Plan Analysis, providing accurate data preparation and reconciliation to ensure timely delivery.

+ Aggregate and Consolidate Regional Forecast Data: Independently compile and reconcile datasets from regional and departmental sources to support quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting processes.

+ Analyze Variances in Forecasts: Conduct intermediate-level variance analyses to identify deviations in quarterly forecasts compared to prior submissions or actual results, presenting findings to FBPs and leadership.

+ Coordinate Quarterly Forecast Adjustments: Partner with FBPs and Finance Intelligence & Innovation teams to implement updates to rolling forecasts, incorporating changes in market conditions or operational priorities.

+ Refine Forecasting Templates: Collaborate with FBPs to improve forecasting templates and processes, ensuring alignment with corporate standards and enhancing user efficiency.

+ Implement Budget Guidance into Models: Assist in preparing and incorporating approved budget and forecast guidance into templates and reporting models, ensuring seamless alignment with corporate objectives.

+ Develop Tactical Models: Independently build and refine financial models for routine operational use, such as forecasting short-term resource allocations, evaluating pricing scenarios, and assessing the financial impacts of small-scale initiatives. Collaborate with FBPs to ensure alignment with regional and departmental priorities.

+ Validate Model Assumptions: Perform comprehensive reviews of inputs and outputs to verify accuracy, identifying and resolving discrepancies. Coordinate with Finance Intelligence & Innovation teams to update model assumptions based on real-time data.

+ Contribute to Cross-Functional Analysis: Partner with Regional Sales and Operations teams to gather relevant data and provide scenario outputs that inform tactical decisions. Offer insights to FBPs to support business recommendations.

+ Streamline Processes: Recommend and implement enhancements to modeling templates and workflows to improve timeliness and accuracy.

+ Test and Implement Efficiency Enhancements: Participate in testing system updates and enhancements to financial workflows, ensuring accuracy and seamless integration across teams. Perform user acceptance testing (UAT) to validate alignment with operational goals.

+ Improve Reporting Tools and Workflows: Analyze current reporting tools and workflows to identify inefficiencies and propose enhancements that align with corporate objectives. Collaborate with FBPs and FD&A to implement approved changes.

+ Collaborate with Global Teams: Work with regional and global teams to ensure process improvements align with financial compliance standards and corporate policies.

+ Document and Communicate Process Changes: Create detailed documentation of process updates, sharing insights with senior analysts and FBPs to ensure smooth adoption across teams.

+ Deepen Technical Expertise: Pursues advanced training in financial tools, methodologies, and systems to support increased responsibilities within the team.

+ Support Team Collaboration and Growth: Drives team collaboration by sharing insights gained from project work and training, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

What You’ll Need

+ Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.

+ 2–3 years of experience in Corporate FP&A or a similar role. Exposure to public companies or Fortune 500 environments is strongly preferred.

+ Demonstrates a solid understanding of financial reporting and data preparation workflows.

+ Advanced Data Handling and Reporting: Proficient in Excel (e.g., VLOOKUPs, INDEX/MATCH, basic pivot tables). Demonstrates knowledge of financial tools such as Adaptive Planning and DOMO.

+ Governance and Compliance: Understands foundational FDM concepts and applies corporate governance standards to data preparation and reporting tasks.

+ Process Optimization Basics: Identifies inefficiencies in reporting workflows and collaborates with team members to propose minor improvements.

+ Collaboration Skills: Works with cross-functional teams to collect, validate, and organize data for operational reporting.

The typical hourly pay rate for this position is shown below and is negotiable depending upon experience and location.

$28.37 - $42.31

Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, and dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit roberthalf.gobenefits.net for more information.

Robert Half Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/Disability/Veteran

As part of Robert Half’s Corporate Services facility employment process, any offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

Robert Half is committed to being an equal employment employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to apply for a position, please contact us by sending an email to [email protected] or call 1.855.744.6947 for assistance.

In your email please include the following:

+ The specific accommodation requested to complete the employment application.

+ The location(s) (city, state) to which you would like to apply.

For positions located in San Francisco, CA: Robert Half will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

For positions located in Los Angeles County, CA: Robert Half will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.