Financial Analyst II

Summary

Join Rackspace's Private Cloud Product Finance Team as a Financial Analyst II and play a pivotal role in supporting Private Cloud Product and Professional Services business partners. You will analyze financial metrics, manage expense structures, and develop forecasts. This role involves working closely with Directors and VPs, developing annual budgets, and making recommendations. Daily tasks include analyzing operating results, creating cash flow projections, and evaluating department performance. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, detail-oriented, and able to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment. A strong understanding of financial concepts is essential.

Requirements

• Bachelors in Business Administration/Finance/Economics
• Technical knowledge of budgeting, financial statements, cash management, and financial analysis processes
• Self-starter that takes ownership of issues and drives them toward a conclusion
• Able to succeed in a fast, high-growth and fairly unstructured work environment
• Ability to dig into details as well as analyze data from a high level view
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal/networking skills
• Team player with an open and internal customer focused approach
• Works under minimal supervision. Provides updates of work performed as needed

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to Product and PS departments with regards to expense budgets and forecasts
• Owning full life cycle of annual budget to monthly forecast to actual results with variance analysis and reporting throughout
• Help drive expense reduction efforts through quality information management and advice
• Constantly improve processes & reporting to meet the needs of senior business partners
• Maintain and improve forecast to actual reporting
• Ensure that business leaders are taking healthy financial decisions and that the company’s overall financial targets are achieved
• Evaluate profitability and margins for the organization through objective and data-driven analysis
• Improve tools enhancing the understanding of financial performance by the business
• Analyzing and evaluating the department's operating results and financial position to summarize, report, and influence key financial decisions
• Develop/review forecasts for accurate and timely cash flow projections, expense projections, headcount, department performance, and direct expenses
• Developing department’s annual budgeting process: plans, develops, prepares, inputs, and maintains company’s budgets and monthly forecast

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree and/or Chartered Accountant with 1-2 years of relevant working experience
• Advanced Excel skills and Power BI