The Financial Analyst is responsible for revenue and sales analysis/insights, budgeting and forecasting, as well as generating and maintaining KPI’s and reporting to drive operational, financial, and commercial operations. The role will report to the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer and have close links with Finance, Commercial and Operations leadership. It will be important for the role to understand the value of data collection, data accuracy, and data visualization in order deliver information and management insights to target audiences. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

•    Work with various functions to produce, enhance, and deploy financial reporting to facilitate management of business processes. Examples include customer business reviews, sales reporting, commission reporting, and executive dashboards. Reporting audience will include both internal and external stakeholders.
•    Work with internal stakeholders to establish and monitor KPI’s to ensure processes, resources and deliverables are managed/ optimized.
•    Develop a framework for identifying, analyzing, measuring, and resolving data quality issues. Work with business and IT stakeholders to address these issues. 
•    Create deliverables based on the appropriate audience. These can include reports, dashboards, PowerPoints, Excel documents. This will require timely creation, editing, and seeking appropriate approvals to meet deadlines and specifications.
•    The Financial Analyst will coordinate training activities for end users of reports and help maintain records for analysis and reporting logic.
•    Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

•    Strong analytical skills – should be comfortable maintaining tools for reporting and KPI management
•    Advanced understanding of Excel functions, tools
•    Foundational understanding of Power BI and/or other dashboarding tools
•    Understand the technical aspects of solutions, business systems, and software which includes data warehouse-based applications, and reporting tools
•    Demonstrated ability to extract key sales insights through data analysis
•    Service mentality, strong communication skills
•    Experience collecting and synthesizing business requirements from cross-functional users and translating into reports / dashboards
•    Maintaining data integrity
•    Detail oriented, an eye for quality control
•    Comfortable with uncertainty, creative problem solver
 

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

•    B.S. degree in Finance, Operations, Business Analytics, or related field.
•    1-2 years of experience working in data warehousing and data analytics environment, comfortable with data mining and using databases in a business environment with large-scale complex datasets
•    1-2 years of hands-on Business Analysis / Sales Operations experience, having worked in an organization supporting sales processes (preferably in a company that has a complex sales cycle)
•    Commanding experience with data analysis and data visualization tools such as Power BI and/or Tableau a plus
•    Experience with process improvement and project management a plus
•    Degree in Operations or Business Management preferred
•    Experience working in a Small Business/Start Up environment preferred
•    Healthcare industry / Pharma / Medical Device experience a plus

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

•    Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
•    Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds. 

ABOUT ACERA SURGICAL

Born from research and bold patient-focused innovation, Acera Surgical, Inc. is a growing bioscience device company commercializing a portfolio of synthetic hybrid-scale fiber scaffolds for regenerative medical applications. Acera Surgical is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.  The company offers competitive benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k), basic and supplemental life and AD&D, employee assistance program and more. Learn more at https://acera-surgical.com/.