Senior Financial Analyst

Crystal Clean (CC) is one of the nation’s leading privately held companies in the environmental waste services industry. We are seeking highly motivated individuals with a strong work ethic to join our rapidly growing company. Crystal Clean offers competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and opportunities for advancement.

Purpose: The Senior Financial Analyst is primarily responsible for overall financial planning and analysis support for Patriot Environmental Services, A Crystal Clean Company and will play an integral role in the annual planning/budget process. The position will also include financial modeling and reporting projects.

This role will take the lead in working with Patriot Sales and Operation Management on the annual planning process, periodic forecasting, and re-design of the Company’s planning and forecasting tools.  The role will work closely with business unit leaders within the Patriot business, as well as the corporate accounting and FP&A team.

Essential Duties:

FINANCIAL PLANNING

• Support the annual planning/budget process with accounting/finance department, Senior Management, and various department heads
• Understand the key drivers of business performance in each business area and incorporate that knowledge into business planning
• Learn the current planning models and develop new planning models (sometimes using a “clean sheet of paper” approach) to plan each business area
• Review and analyze P-Card spend within Patriot
• Re-forecasting
• Develop a capital spending forecast process
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• Drive the budgeting process based on business metrics and measure the same for Actual vs. Plan.
• Develop methodologies, dashboards, and models for lines of business budgeting and reporting.
• Assist with preparing presentations and analytical material to be presented to Senior Management and the Board of Directors
• Oversee and manage the continued development of planning tools, business modeling, and dashboard reporting

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

• Identify cost reduction opportunities
• Work with business leadership to analyze business opportunities, process improvement programs, and research of various industry/company trends.
• Evaluate potential capital projects, by working with the capital requesters within Patriot and the corporate the FP&A team to provide cost-justification analysis and support ROI analysis.
• Perform post-investment reviews (acquisitions, capital investments) and even pre-AFE approvals (ROI, NPV, etc.)
• Take initiative to continuously improve the quality of information and provide a certain the level of detail at which the information is presented to different department heads.
• Prepare a variety of routine and specialized reports for management for use in analyzing efficiencies and profitability.
• Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses and capital expenditures
• Supporting Senior Management Team and Departments heads with analysis as requested
• Other duties as assigned

Position Qualification Requirements:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The following requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Core Competencies

• Capability to conform to established schedules and deadlines
• Leadership and professionalism
• Ability to read and comprehend detailed financial statements
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities
• Excellent attention to detail and problem solving skills.
• Present a positive image of Heritage-Crystal Clean to fellow employees, external contacts, and the general public
• Highest standards of accuracy and precision; highly organized.
• Ability to think creatively, highly-driven and self-motivated
• Demonstrated ability to roll-up sleeves and work with team members in a hands-on management capacity
• Ability to interpret complex data.
• Must be able to prioritize.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines.

 Work Experience

• 10 to 15 years of work experience in Accounting/Finance, preferably with exposure to financial planning & analysis processes and systems

Education, Certificates, Licenses, or Designations

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• CPA, MBA, or CFA a plus

Specific Skills

• Excellent data mining skills required
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential to interface with Senior Management on a regular basis
• Financial analysis and budgeting skills
• Development of business planning models a strong plus
• Cost management experience a strong plus
• Expert proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Intermediate knowledge of other Microsoft Office applications
• Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains) experience a plus

Crystal Clean LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Crystal Clean expressly values diversity, equity, and inclusion, and encourages the applications of individuals from diverse backgrounds, so that Crystal Clean reflects the communities and customers that we serve.

The anticipated salary range for this position is $100,000-$130,000, and includes benefits such as the following:

• Health, Dental and Vision insurance
• Wellness Program
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance
• Long-Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement