Financial Analyst (Inventory)
Job Description
Job Description
GA Group is one of the nation's leading financial valuation firms providing a unique collection of services made up of Advisory, Real Estate, Retail, and Wholesale & Industrial solutions, in a combined breadth of expertise to offer tailored results across industries. From operational efficiency and restructuring to growth initiatives, we are committed to converting challenges into strategic advantages and enhancing value for our clients.
GA Group employees enjoy competitive salaries, access to our 401(k) profit sharing retirement plan, and other benefits including paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, voluntary group medical, dental, and vision insurance, and company paid life and disability coverage.
GA Group is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with offices across the U.S.
POSITION SCOPE
Within our Inventory practice, our valuation work is a key piece of diligence helping financial institutions prepare asset-based loans for a variety of companies within a broad range of industries, including Retail and Consumer Products, Food, Wine and Spirits, Metals, Energy, Building Products, and Automotive, among others. The Financial Analyst's primary role is to provide analytical support to a project team through work on multiple appraisal assignments each month ensuring project deadlines are met. Each inventory appraisal provides GA Group's clients with a valuation for each subject company's inventory, based on key financial metrics, tailored to meet the requirements of the client's intended use.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
- Ability to assist with three to four appraisals per month in a supportive role, demonstrating conceptual and technical proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Analyze company provided data and perform item-level analysis to uncover historic and emerging financial trends
- Effectively set priorities and work in an organized manner while managing multiple moving deadlines
- Perform due diligence, monitoring and communicating open data items with subject companies to ensure fulfillment of open diligence requests
- Maintain high level of internal communication with deal team as well as external communication with client/company contact
- Perform industry research and maintain a database of industry-specific information related to appraisal subject companies
- Ability to travel for on-site visits to review operational procedures and nature of inventory as needed; travel could represent one to three times a quarter once training is completed
- Gain the qualitative and quantitative analytical and administrative skillsets required to transition into a project leadership role
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, with a concentration in Finance, Economics, or Accounting preferred
- Advanced knowledge of financial statements and understanding of accounting terms
- Ability to balance and work on multiple projects at once and continue to provide high quality product
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrate excellent level of MS Excel operations and other Microsoft Office applications.
- Demonstrate coachability and a strong eagerness to learn and apply GA Group’s appraisal methods and practices.
WHY GA GROUP?
- Growth opportunities with training and internal path to promotion
- Encouragement to contribute your valuable ideas to improve our company, products, and services
- Regular communication with senior management of companies in a wide range of industries, providing frequent opportunities to expand your business knowledge.
Visit us at https://gagroup.com/ to learn more!
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive and the employee will also perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required. Great American reserves the right to revise or change duties as the need arises. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.