Financial Consultant

Job Title: Financial Consultant
Job Id: 28879
Location:7000 Central Ave NE Minneapolis Minnesota 55432
Duration: 06 months
Pay Rate: $50 - 55.00/hr on W2

Job Description:
What is the business title? Financial Consultant
Where is the work to be performed? (Please list preferred Client facility, if other please specify i.e. remote work, rural, etc.) If hybrid, what is the onsite structure? Client Rice Creek East. Team usually works 4 days in office (1 remote), mostly M-Th.

Can you please provide a summary of the project/initiative which describes what’s being done?
Work will be mainly around business partnering with our R&D team, supporting the Interventional and Visualase therapies. This entails month-end financial reporting for those therapies, being a partner on active and new R&D projects (supporting business cases, collecting / consolidating info, helping prepare presentations on the status of the project, etc), supporting business partners on any ad hoc requests that come up through the month. A major focus during the support period will be work on the annual AOP (fiscal year budget) preparation – working on project and cost center forecasts through collaboration with R&D business partners, as well as submitting the annual R&D project business models.

What does the team make-up look like – how many members and what is the break-down of the team’s skill sets (ex: 1 PM, 4 Developers, etc.)?
Full team in my manager’s team is about 7 HC, under me it’s just 2 HC. Team structure: my manager is Sr Dir, I’m Sr Mgr, we have one other Sr Mgr, 2 consultants 1 Principal, and 1 analyst. All in the Finance support world, partnering with different functions across the team.

What are the top 5 responsibilities for this position? (Please be detailed as to what the candidate is expected to do or complete on a daily basis)
Maintain relationships with business partners (responding to requests, providing needed info, etc), responding to requested ad hoc financial information from finance team, maintain R&D business case models, sit on R&D Core Teams as the financial representative, prepare month-end and AOP reporting for the Interventional and Visualase therapies.

What skills/attributes are a must have (Please be detailed as to number of years of experience)?
Overall, number of years of experience would be: Bachelor's degree with 6+ years of relevant Finance/Accounting experience, or advanced degree with 4+ years of relevant experience.

Skills/Attributes (must haves)
Strong FP&A / financial acumen
Business partnering / influencing
Analytical problem solving
Ability to translate finance into a business story
Advanced Excel / financial modeling
Communication / executive presence

What skills/attributes are nice to have?
Ownership / autonomy
Financial modeling / NPV / business-case experience
Neuromodulation / MedTech experience
Client experience
R&D / project finance experience
Systems experience (SAP, OneStream, PowerBI)

What are the work hours? (ex. 9am-5pm, day/night shifts, rotating shifts, etc)
Work hours are the normal 9-5, 8-4, or similar...stay the full 8 hours, but free to work remotely some of the day if it works best for their schedule – we’re not strict on having to be in the office full day.

What does the interview process look like?
How many rounds? Not defined, but most likely 2 rounds – probably one with me and one with my manager. We could certainly facilitate any desired peer interviews too if the candidate preferred it.
Video vs. phone? Video

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. Performs and analyzes financial modeling, economic research, trends and studies subjects such as rates of return, depreciation, working capital, cash flow, investments, and cost against budget, variance analysis, forecasting, financial planning and expense comparisons by analysis of profit and loss statements and/or income statements. Prepares reports of findings and recommendations, compiles and consolidates financial plans and provides insights to management. Develops, maintains, and establishes operational specifications for financial information systems considering such things as information flow, volume, ad hoc reporting, and analysis. May provide analysis on business development and may monitor business performance by unit, division or group. SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM: Typically an individual contributor with responsibility in a professional discipline or specialty. Delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering and overseeing the projects – from design to implementation - while and adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills normally acquired through advanced education. DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS Autonomy: Recognized master in professional discipline. Works independently to implement strategic goals and establish operational plans for job area. Assignments are often self-initiated Determines and pursues courses of action necessary to obtain desired results. Organizational Impact: Strongly influences the design of new products, processes, standards, or operational plans based on business strategy with a significant impact on functional results . Implements strategic goals established by functional leadership. Changes or may establish operational plans for job area with long-range impact on results. Innovation and Complexity: Faces problems that span a wide range of difficulty and unique issues across functions and / or businesses which may cause redirection . Develops solutions to unique issues Improves upon existing processes and systems using significant conceptualizing, reasoning and interpretation . Communication and Influence: Interacts with internal and external customers and vendors at various levels, including executive leadership, on significant matters. Conducts briefings with senior leaders within the job function. Negotiates with others to reach understanding or agreement. Leadership and Talent Management: Frequently provides guidance, coaching and training to other employees . Typically manages large, moderately complex initiatives of strategic importance to the organization, involving large cross-functional teams. Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires mastery level knowledge of specialty area and working knowledge of several other areas, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience. May have deep knowledge of project management. Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.