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TerraPower Senior Financial Analyst in Bellevue, Washington
TITLE: Senior Financial Analyst LOCATION: Bellevue, WA TerraPower is a nuclear energy technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At our core, we are working to raise living standards globally. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, the company originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower's mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. TerraPower is committed to bringing sustainable, affordable and safe energy to address global issues. As a result, the company's activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications. TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development, and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape. Senior Financial Analyst This role is part of the Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis team supporting company wide teams for projects and corporate services. The ideal candidate is able to build relationships, is highly motivated and eager to collaborate in a fast paced, rapid growth and data driven environment. This is an on-site position based in Bellevue, WA and open to local candidates or those willing to relocate. Responsibilities Assist in the annual and interim budget planning Support the annual budget process including: Participating in the development of planning templates and instructions Participating in the review and analysis of completed templates from projects and corporate Quality check of data consolidate o Perform indirect cost allocations Provide business leaders data insights to manage headcount and expenses Create and distribute monthly dashboard reports to provide budget to actual variance visibility to the corporate support team and projects. Monthly close of project module in Oracle and resolve any deviations; works with A/R, A/P and fixed assets teams. Collaborate with finance team and key business leaders to create, develop, and improve budget and analytical reports. Update process documentation Ability to Explain accounting and finance principles to non-finance business partners in a simple and straightforward manner. Ad hoc projects including supporting Oracle Cloud Phase 2 implementation. Work with technical staff, PMO (project management office), corporate support team to track actual cost compared to budgeted cost, and detailed variance analyses. Provide data insights, communicating forecasts, budgets, and variance analyses. Actively participate in monthly, and annual dashboard reviews. Compare budget and actual costs including monthly forecast and annual budgets. Document current processes and identify internal control and process improvement opportunities. Prepare financial presentations for quarterly and ad hoc business review meetings. Key Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Finance. Minimum of 10 years progressive experience in a financial or accounting role with strong preference for experience supporting operations. Proficient with Excel as a business tool (pivot tables, data manipulation/importing, index, VLOOKUP, etc.) and other database and/or reporting tools such as Access / S