Senior Financial Analyst, Welocalize
Reporting and Project Analysis
$110-115k
Translation & localization for global businesses
Job no longer available
Translation & localization for global businesses
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$110-115k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To bridge language and AI to power global success in even the most complicated and regulated environments.
Role
Who you are
- At least 5-7 years of Corporate Finance analyst experience
- Bachelor’s degree in finance required, CPA or MBA a plus
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and possess a strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Advanced Excel and Financial systems skills
- Understanding of financial reporting processes and basic accounting knowledge
- Willingness to accept ownership, responsibility, and accountability
- Ability to interact effectively with all levels of management
- Able to consistently meet deadlines in a dynamic work environment
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Knowledge of Workday Financial systems and Adaptive Planning
- A well organized and self-directed individual who can successfully navigate large organizational politics, is a team player and has an appropriate professional image. An intelligent and articulate individual who can relate to people at all levels of an organization and possesses excellent communication skills. A decisive individual who possesses a "big picture" perspective and is well versed in systems
What the job involves
- Prepare the monthly and quarterly financial materials to support the Monthly Performance reviews
- Provide variance explanations and analysis of Revenue and Costs to understand the Gross Margin trends and drivers. Work with the leaders to identify opportunities for improvement
- Use financial data to provide insights into the historical trends related to customer performance
- Apply data interrogation and system analytics (ERP and operational systems) to identify the underlying causes of business problems and to help support service line improvement actions
- Understand the pricing environment for the service lines that are being supported and the unit economic framework underlying those pricing decisions
- Develop pricing, compensation, and expense models (including documentation of underlying assumptions and deliverables) that ensure profitability of investment business cases, applying Shareholder value metrics (DCF, IRR Cash Payback) to the modeled cash projections
- Develop and improve specific financial reports (Workday and Adaptive) and create dashboards for Service Lines, squads, customers, and operations to measure key drivers and results
- Develop budgets, forecasts, and projections using Adaptive Planning in collaboration with the business areas
- Conducts sound assessments of business drivers with their effects on financial performance, creates financial models/analyses and analyzes key drivers of business problems. Works with operational leadership to formulate potential solutions and to track implementation of solutions to ensure accountability and measure success
- Performs market, customer, competitor, cost and risk analysis on projects and programs as requested
- Provides support on presentations, ad-hoc analysis, and other strategic initiatives as requested
- Develops a high degree of business functional knowledge
- Performs other duties as assigned
Our take
According to the CSA, while only 16% of the global population speaks English as their native language, approximately 60% of the top 10M websites are in English. With over 250 language options, Welocalize enables companies to unlock business opportunities at a global scale by transforming and localizing its clients’ online websites and content.
The company has made an impressive number of strategic acquisitions over the years, widening its reach across a range of industries including digital content marketing, litigation support, and healthcare, and is a trusted multilingual solution for 2,000+ global company clients (including Disney, Uber, Dell, TNT, and Blackboard).
Founded in 1997, the company is currently the 4th largest language service provider in North America and the 9th largest provider globally. Welocalize is well-positioned to see continued growth as it furthers its market-leading presence, including by making moves to strengthen its leadership team moving forward.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
28% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Nov 2010
$34m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $34m
Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
Leadership
Paul Carr
(CEO)Prior to joining Welocalize in 2023, Paul was a President at Third Bridge Group for 4 years and a President at Axiom for 10 years. He also spent 4 years at American Express as a VP and Head of Strategy/GM of International Insurance Services.
Chris Grebisz
(CTO)Chris joined Welocalize in 2002, leaving the team in 2008 to work in leadership roles at various Software Development companies. He then returned to Welocalize in 2013 and has since led operations in the Americas and now oversees the companies digital transformation and technology development worldwide.
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