Sr. Financial Analyst

Are you are a talented Sr. Financial Analyst with a strong ability to take lots of data and distill it into a forward looking story for senior level executives? Do you possess advanced Excel and cost modeling skills with experience in both creating models from scratch as well as enhancing existing models? Are you looking for a new opportunity to grow your career with a company that truly cares about its employees and customers? HomeAway is looking for a talented Sr. Financial Analyst to join our Financial Planning and Analysis team! 

HomeAway, a member of the Expedia family of brands, based in Austin, Texas, is the world’s leading online marketplace of vacation rentals, with sites representing more than 1M paid vacation rental home listings throughout 168 countries. HomeAway® offers an extensive selection of vacation homes that provide travelers with memorable experiences and benefits, especially more room to relax, for less than the cost of traditional hotel accommodations. The company also makes it easy for vacation rental owners and property managers to advertise their properties and manage bookings online. 

The ideal candidate has experience efficiently & expeditiously handling and analyzing large amounts of cost data and is able to synthesize it into actionable recommendations, solutions and predictive output. This person will have solid and proven experience monitoring, analyzing and forecasting headcount and cost in a high volume, ever changing environment. Additionally we are looking for experience with OLAP based financial planning software such as Hyperion, Adaptive Planning, or Cognos. A general understanding of accounting processes and concepts including USGAAP accounting. The candidate must be comfortable with working in an entrepreneurial organization where processes are not always well-defined due to the fast-paced business environment which requires agility and quick adjustments. Despite the pace, this person needs to bring process, automation, scale and predictability in the solutions they drive. The ideal candidate will know how to analyze data to uncover trends, use them in a predictive environment and report on progress against key metrics with respect to headcount and expense. The candidate will have a strong appetite for professional growth, development and real time feedback along with a desire to progress in the FP&A organization at HomeAway. Handling multiple priorities and managing the interests of multiple stake holders is a must. This person must be able to take leadership and ownership beyond their area of responsibility, driving the business strategically and improving productivity and efficiency by connecting the dots across the various functions of the team and business. The ideal candidate will be excited to join a team of hard workers, and know how not to take them self too seriously while bringing their own sense of fun to our US office and worldwide FP&A team. 

Responsibilities:

The Sr. Financial Analyst will be a member the business side of the Financial Planning and Analysis team and reports to the Global Cost Manager based out of Austin, Texas. The FP&A team serves both corporate and regional business partners by effectively monitoring this seasonal business using analytics to predict financial outcomes including weekly tracking of head count and spend cadence, monthly reporting and trending, quarterly detailed reforecast and annual budgeting. This analyst will be the right-hand person for all things R&D related, including ROI analysis, capital spend, and planning. This person will be responsible for building strong working relationships with R&D leaders as well as 2 C-suite executives. Additionally the analyst will develop & require a deep understanding of our global cost structure in terms of metrics, productivity, seasonality and key cost drivers. The analyst will need to forge solid relationships with local finance colleagues to understand and remain plugged into local operating models, processes and procedures. In this capacity, this person will be able to identify, analyze and communicate current global trends and most importantly their impact on forward looking financial forecasts.The Sr. Financial Analyst will work throughout the regular forecast and budget processes as well as with special projects as they arise. This person will also work proactively with R&D budget leaders to share actual-budget variances, and with counterparts in Austin (global HQ), Europe & Australia to ensure consistent, best-in-class financial processes are employed, leveraging our FP&A system, as well as Excel. Finally this person will drive efficiencies in the Finance organization by identifying process deficiencies, offering viable and scalable solutions and driving cross-departmental collaboration to implement those solutions. 

Requirements:

- 8+ Years of experience in financial analysis, including executive level partnership and an emphasis in cost and head count or R&D resource planning.

- Proven experience utilizing advanced Excel skills to solve business problems, including such tools as VLookUp, HLookUp, SumIf, SumProduct and IndexMatch.

- Proven experience analyzing large volumes of data with an ability to synthesize it into trends and actionable recommendations. 

- Experience forecasting head count and expense, managing to budget for multiple departments.- Dynamic financial modeling skills to drive actionable productivity recommendations.

- Exceptional communication and time management skills for working globally and achieving multiple priorities on time and in a quality fashion.

- OLAP based financial planning software experience such as Hyperion, Adaptive Planning, Cognos.

- Good foundational understanding of accounting processes and concepts including USGAAP.

Benefits:

- Great Medical & Dental Plans

- Competitive Salary

- Target Annual Bonus

- Company Stock (RSUs)

- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

- 4-weeks Paid Vacation

- Discounted Vacation Rental on a yearly basis (taxable benefit)

- 401(k) matching

- Ability to work up to two weeks in any of our offices around the world on a yearly basis

- Free Listing on HomeAway.com

- Free snacks and beverages

- Electric adjustable stand up desk