Financial Analyst 3

Title: Financial Analyst 3

Location: Beaverton, OR

• Duration: 6 month contract

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

What You Will Do

• The nature of the work is focused on the monetary affairs of the company.
• Participates in the timely, accurate, and efficient administration of the appropriate financial system to ensure accurate financial statements, appropriate internal controls, compliance with NIKE policies and delivery of value added information.
• Completes system documentation including standardized work instructions and operating procedures are up to date and available for all users.
• Ensures appropriate security access of end users to the applications supported consistent with NIKE Inc. policies.
• Perform periodic validation of system security to ensure compliance to policy.
• Ensures that there is appropriate training to business users of the systems supported and administrated.
• Provides advanced training as ""lead expert / super users"" to ""power users"".
• Participates in the preparation of timely and insightful financial ""lead expert / super users"" to ""power users"".
• Participates in the preparation of timely and insightful financial reporting of pertinent information to allow analysis of progress against strategic plan, budget and forecast, and to ensure integrity of the financial statements.

What You Will Need

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a Business, Finance or Accounting or combination of relevant education, experience and training.
• 3-5 years of proven financial planning and analysis
• Must be advanced in financial modeling skills using Excel. Experience with Nike financial systems (Anaplan, Voyager) preferable but not required
• Experience in a Fortune 500 consumer products, management consulting, or other multi-national firm is preferred
• Knowledge of wholesale distribution channels and related financial planning/management activities is preferred
• Self-starter that anticipates problems, identifies opportunities and provides creative solutions through operational improvements around process and execution
• Enthusiastic about working in a multifaceted business along with the passion and energy to drive results
• Team player with a positive attitude, open to learning other areas of the business and sharing team responsibilities