Protos Security, LLC Hiring for Senior Financial Analyst/Finance Manager at Norwalk Full Time

Company: Security Services Holdings LLC dba Protos Security

Job Title: Senior Financial Analyst/Finance Manager

Reports to: Vice President of Finance

FLSA Code: Exempt; Full-time

Location: Norwalk, CT/On-site

Security Services Holding’s subsidiary, Protos Security (“Protos”), is the largest technology-enabled Security Officer Management company in the U.S. The company, headquartered in Norwalk, CT, has offices in New York, NY, Katy, TX, Daleville, VA, Chicago, IL, Los Angeles, CA, and Norcross, GA, is a game changer in the security and software industry. We are revolutionizing the way security is managed and delivered, making the world a safer place.

The Senior Financial Analyst/Finance Manager role is responsible for a wide range of financial analysis and reporting activities at Protos, including root cause analysis, development and maintenance of metrics, executive management, and execution dashboards, ensuring that all internal and external reporting is accurate and complete. The Senior Financial Analyst/Finance Manager will be a focal point for all queries of transactional activities in the various lines of business and entities throughout North America. The Senior Analyst/Finance Manager will also participate in and/or lead various “continuous improvement initiatives” that support the overall organization.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Partners with the line of business executive team or department head to develop financial objectives and business plans.
• Translate plans & objectives into a quarterly forecast working with FP&A and Accounting teams.
• Helps identify and implement strategies and tactics to achieve targets and/or address profitability shortcomings or gaps relative to plan.
• Develops metrics that, in partnership with Operations, help provide oversight of performance.
• Partner with VP to review monthly financial results with Executive and Senior Management, including: line of business executives, CEO and CFO.
• Work with Accounting teams to synthesize financial data to highlight trends, potential variances/gaps to plan, resource implications.
• Assist line of business leadership, sales, and operations in identifying and managing financial and operational risk associated with new business proposals, in-flight work and new business opportunities.
• This role is across all major projects and process improvements initiatives for all lines of business and functions to ensure that they have commercial viability (e.g., ROI, Gross Margin, EBITDA impact, SG&A % of Rev/Gross Profit, etc.).
• Interface with Accounting, Sales, HR, Operations, etc. to help ensure:
  • Accurate revenue recognition and revenue projection.
  • Sound cost estimating and related practices are applied.
  • Proposals are profitable and within pricing strategies.
  • Variances relative to forecast/plan are identified, communicated, explained, and addressed.
• Working across the Management team, to identify, share and pursue opportunities to improve forecasting strategic planning, P&L management, contract life-cycle management, risk management and ongoing financial management practices and process, etc.
• Collaborate in the development and management of: Treasury & Cash Flow Management, Relationship with Banks/Lenders, Insurance & Enterprise Risk Management, and Retirement Plan Fiduciary.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field; MBA a plus but not required
• 5+ years of experience in FP& A.
• Expertise within cash flow management and cash flow reporting.
• Strong knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), financial statement presentation and profitability reporting.
• Hands-on financial professional that possesses outstanding technical, analytical, communication, and influencing skills.
• Ability to work in an organized, detailed manner under tight deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to influence business decisions by carefully crafting and communicating impactful financial/operational analyses.
• Demonstrated ability to drive change in an organization through creation of new or enhancement of existing processes and procedures.
• Advance MS Excel skills a must (Logical formulas, Lookups, Pivot Tables, Indirect).

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:

• Must be able to lift and carry at least 10 lbs. at times.
• Must be able to sit at a computer for long periods of time.
• Manual dexterity to use keyboard and input information.
• Must be able to understand the speech of another person and speak clearly.

Benefits:

At Protos Security, we believe that happy employees are productive employees. That’s why we offer a range of perks to keep our team members engaged and motivated, including:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Health, Vision, Life, and Dental Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Flexible Spending Account / Health Savings Account.
• Retirement Plan 401(k) with Employer contribution.
• Excellent Paid Time Off package (24 days).
• A fun and collaborative work environment.

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Protos Security provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.