Budget Analyst

Budget Analyst Location: Hybrid onsite schedule in Culver City, CA Schedule : 40 hours Duration: 12 months Pay: $43-$45 DOE The Planet Group is looking for a Budget Analyst to join our well-known Fortune 500 client on a 12-months contract, working a hybrid onsite schedule in Culver City, CA. Budget Analyst | Qualifications: Bachelors Degree in Finance or Accounting. 5-7 years relevant experience in Finance, Accounting, or Budgeting. Solid understanding of Finance and Accounting concepts such as accruals, P&Ls, forecasting, fiscal planning. Superior analytical skills and the ability to form key, succinct insights and recommendations from comprehensive analyses involving large amounts of data. Ability to audit and reconcile large data sets in Excel from multiple data sources. Proven experience with business partnering and influencing cross-functional teams. Comfortable with ambiguity and able to solve problems independently in a highly matrixed organization. Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to clearly and concisely communicate information, policies, and deadlines to cross-functional stakeholders at varying levels. Ability to adapt to new tools and comprehend how data intersects within tools. Works independently with minimal supervision and takes the initiative to drive for results. Extensive Excel experience is a must. Flexibility with work schedule to virtually meet with partners in APAC and EMEA. Experience with working in a business, creative organizations, and/or marketing is preferred. Budget Analyst | Description: Own the budgets and relationships across our org and drive our processes. Drive meetings with key stakeholders. Forecast, manage, and report on budgets and actual spend for our cross-functional teams across multiple lines of business. Analyze large sets of data to understand P&L actuals each quarter, understand where we under or over spend against projects, and present variance explanations, key insights and recommendations. Meticulously audit and reconcile large data sets and identify issues to be addressed. Coordinate with multiple stakeholders to troubleshoot issues around budgets, invoicing, POs, etc. Implement process improvements impacting multiple stakeholders with competing priorities and needs. Document and train on processes for internal and partner teams. Work with minimal supervision to drive results and make decisions independently. Reconcile and track invoices against forecasted spend and PO balances. Ad hoc analysis, tasks, and projects as needed.