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SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST

The purpose of this job is to prepare and review a variety of complex financial data and assist in maintaining and updating company financial models and forecasts.  Performs analysis to support the forecasting process.  In addition, this position will be responsible for developing the cost and related pricing of new custom products or existing products for government and commercial application and submitting price proposals to potential customers.  This job may also require supporting proposal audits by both the customer or government auditors and supporting the Finance department or Business Development office in contract negotiations.

Responsibilities include:

  • Performs analysis to support forecasting of the company’s financial performance.
  • Assists in review of actuals vs. forecast and investigation of material variances.
  • Helps to develop tools for improving the forecasting and actual results reporting processes and rolls them out to the larger population.
  • Participates in forecast and planning cycles.
  • Performs ad hoc requests for analysis of financial data.
  • Helps to resolve financial issues that arise between various groups.
  • Developing value based pricing capabilities to support sales efforts across various product lines.
  • Prepare sound pricing recommendations that are properly balanced between the optimization of profitability and the creation of customer value.
  • Drive timely and accurate filing of proposals, working with the proposal team (Operations, Support Services, Business Development, HR, etc.).
  • Driving pricing process excellence (productivity, margin expansion, consistent methodologies and skill development) through the implementation of continuous improvements.
  • Assist product managers and Business Development in the development of profitable new products for specific customers or standard product lines, summarizing prices and computing costs as needed and reviewing proposals to customers and senior management.
  • Maintain and increase overall company margins thru pricing and mix at the customer, division (multiple) and product level and assist in projecting, measuring and explaining all variances from estimates/forecasts.  Position requires knowledge of all of the company’s sales channels and knowledge of the potential impact decisions may have on other sales channels or divisions.
  • Prepare monthly and "as needed" reports for analyzing sales and margins at the company, division, customer and product level for Finance, Management, and Business Development.
  • Develop positive working relationship with Business Development and Business Management teams.
  • Ensure compliance with government proposal and pricing regulations.

 

 

This position may periodically require travel (est. up to 10%) during certain periods of the year to our various office locations.

Basic Qualifications
     •   Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related discipline.
•   3-6 years of directly related experience performing profitability, cost or sales                               
     analysis.

Additional Qualifications
•   Demonstrated problem solving & analytical skills and strong capabilities in     
     Microsoft software suites.
•   Ability to create and utilize financial models to evaluate forecasting and pricing
     options.
•   Experience in financial modeling, cost accounting and pricing preferred.
•   Ability to develop effective working relationships through teamwork and
     influencing skills.
•   Strong written and verbal communication skills.  Ability to integrate pricing tactics
     with the broader product marketing strategies.
•   Demonstrated ability to improve processes.
•   Good math, analytical and problem solving skills.
•   Experience with estimating government proposals is a real plus.

Salary range $55-75k.





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