Principal Financial Analyst

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AOL Corporate supports the entire business in attaining our common goals. From finance to marketing, technology to legal, analytics to human resources, we provide the vision, support and analysis that allow each business unit to achieve its mission. Our Finance team employs world-class professionals that enforce a strong culture of expense controls and enables the pursuit of key strategic goals. AOL's Finance Team is looking for a Principal Financial Analyst to support the Corporate & Technologies groups.

* Advanced working knowledge of spreadsheet applications and databases. * Works with managers to create, revise and reforecast annual plans. * Works with managers to create, revise and reforecast Capital investment plans * Researches complex financial and economic trends and developing short-term forecasts. * Forecasts revenue, expenses and expenses based on historical and current business information. * Tracks and analyzes actuals vs. budgeted departmental expenses. * Communicates more complex financial related information to a wide variety of executives and teams. * Project lead with lower level analysts. * Creates highly complex reports and summaries on regular or adhoc basis. * May perform economic research and studies in the areas of rates of return, depreciations, working capital requirements, investment performance and impact of governmental requirements.

* Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Statistics or Mathematics; CPA or MBA preferred * 7+ years relevant experience in an FP&A environment. * Expert in managing and prioritizing multiple projects while producing insightful, relevant, and reliable quantitative analyses and reports in a deadline oriented work environment. * Advance knowledge of Microsoft Excel and working knowledge of Word and PowerPoint. * Knowledge of US GAAP. * Experience using financial systems; Hyperion and SAP a plus * Extreme attention to detail and outstanding organizational skills * Excellent communication and presentation skills * Must be a self-starter and able to work with minimal supervision