The Senior Financial Analyst for the Sales Finance Office is responsible for the creation and implementation of Retail Sales reporting for Cox Automotive (Dealer.com)  This position reports to the Director, Financial Planning & Analysis in the Sales Finance Office and is strategic and analytical in nature. This person must develop and maintain reporting and analyses for sales and performance management across Cox Automotive.

Responsibilities include maintaining pacing, sales performance modeling, and sales reporting.

RESPONSIBILITIES (including, but not limited to):

• Responsible for sales analytics and sales metrics reporting
• Maintain and evolve Retail Sales Performance Reporting
• Maintain daily sales reports across Cox Automotive brands
• Assist with building decks for weekly sales review calls
• Support in month end close for sales, working with each individual business unit for alignment
• Partner with Sales Business Office for continued reporting improvements and Target alignment
• Support Financial Analysis Director with process insights and recommendations
• Provide financial analysis and ad hoc reporting as needed.
• Have an ability to analyze large amounts of raw data and then repackage, simplify and determine key takeaways from the results.
• Build, sustain and leverage relationships with business partners.
• Develop new processes to provide clean and accurate data
• Assist with the development of management presentations for an executive-level audience.
• Assist with providing recommendations to increase our effective use of our financial systems and tools to meet our analytic and reporting needs.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 4 years of experience in an Accounting/Finance function.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting or an equivalent combination of educattion and work experience in a financial environment.
• MBA a plus.
• Motivated, resourceful, self-starter with strong interpersonal skills.
• Attention to detail while remaining results-oriented is critical.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment for interpreting financial data.
• Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced MS Excel skills required, including logical and reference formulas, financial functions, use of pivot tables, best practice in financial model structure/design, charting/graphing and formatting for executive presentations.
• Experience with Power BI/Tableau is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated ability to multitask successfully with flexibility and willingness to manage multiple, changing priorities in a deadline driven environment