Financial Analyst / Accountant Cover Letter

Financial Analyst / Accountant Cover Letter

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8723 Piedad Locks
Port Roman, IN 22706
Dear Rowan Champlin,

Please consider me for the financial analyst / accountant opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for application support for the Oracle Finance Modules (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Oracle Incentive Compensation and Costing).

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

  • Be able to find the detail and then stand back and work out how to communicate the story of our business performance to senior management
  • Be competent with spreadsheets, especially working with large data sets and creating pivot tables (no need for macros or VBA) to create business reports
  • Have experience of using PowerPoint for making spreadsheet outputs into the presentations that go to the Board and senior management
  • Able to act autonomously
  • Experience in different financial disciplines (operations and calculations)
  • Knowledge of BPCS
  • Focused on detail, communication skills, verbal and written
  • Prints and mails checks

Thank you for taking your time to review my application.

Sincerely,

River Parisian

Responsibilities for Financial Analyst / Accountant Cover Letter

Financial analyst / accountant responsible for subject matter expertise in Oracle Applications, with a focus on Oracle Financial modules: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, Project Accounting, etc.;.

Proficient in Excel, other MS Office products
Strong computer skills, especially Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP)
Strong awareness of global accounting standards, preferably US GAAP and IFRS
Experience performing complex tasks providing general or specialized analyses in various accounting functions such as Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Cost and Accounting
Experience developing or modifying major segments of an accounting system including associated accounts, records, reports, and controls
Experience making daily decisions concerning the accounting treatment of financial transactions and recommends solutions to complex accounting problems
Preference to someone with experience from a mid-sized or large public accounting firm
Strong experience in Excel and preference to those who have used 1 or more ERP system

Financial Analyst / Accountant Examples

Example #1

Example of Financial Analyst / Accountant Cover Letter

5444 Graham Pine
Cleomouth, WV 29815-8366
Dear Sutton Dicki,

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the financial analyst / accountant position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for support on various projects and systems, including Fixed Assets and Project Accounting modules.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

  • Month-End closing entries
  • Fixed and Variable Cost
  • Inventory Transactions analysis, including Cycle Count
  • Inventory levels analysis
  • Analysis, Research and understanding of data
  • Provide Analysis and suggestions to Management
  • Intermediate level of analytical skills
  • Intermediate level of organizational skills

Thank you in advance for reviewing my candidacy for this position.

Sincerely,

Charlie Dach

Example #2

Example of Financial Analyst / Accountant Cover Letter

906 Doug Brooks
South Hector, GA 33434-8355
Dear Onyx Flatley,

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the financial analyst / accountant position.

Previously, I was responsible for direction and leadership to teams that manage and implement projects, solutions and enhancements for Capital, Project Accounting and related integration with the other Oracle modules.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

  • JDE/SAP (ERP) experience preferred
  • MBA, Master in Finance, CPA, CMA preferred
  • Consumer goods, food and beverage or retail experience preferred
  • Experience performing financial analysis, ad-hoc analysis, reporting on data
  • Intermediate to advanced MS Office user with knowledge of advanced Excel functions
  • Experience working for a high-growth company preferred
  • Prepare, produce and share results to key leaders and decision-makers inside and outside of Target
  • Proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, vlookups, etc)

Thank you in advance for reviewing my candidacy for this position.

Sincerely,

Charlie Stehr

Example #3

Example of Financial Analyst / Accountant Cover Letter

514 Krystyna Villages
Kendallshire, SC 55103-4576
Dear Briar Shanahan,

In response to your job posting for financial analyst / accountant, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In my previous role, I was responsible for functional guidance for the Oracle ERP modules (GL, AR, CM, FA, eBTax, AP, Payments (IBY), PO, iProcurement, iExpense and Projects).

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

  • Accounting designation or working towards a designation would be preferred, but is not mandatory
  • Experience working directly with senior leadership within the organization
  • Strong command of the English language in both oral and written communications
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access and web-based applications
  • Resilience, maturity and comfort with ambiguity
  • Capable of moderately complex troubleshooting
  • Knowledge of an MRP system, an asset
  • Advanced personal computer skills including spreadsheet, and other relevant applications

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Casey Schmeler

Example #4

Example of Financial Analyst / Accountant Cover Letter

32047 Fredrick Parkways
Stefanyberg, MN 27912
Dear Ryan Christiansen,

In response to your job posting for financial analyst / accountant, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In my previous role, I was responsible for oracle EBS support for the following modules: Fixed Assets, General Ledger, Cash Management, Project Costing and acting as global back-up to other modules as may be required.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

  • Owning the measurement and analysis of the Product Protection Plan (PPP) and modelling various scenarios including sensitivity analysis
  • Ensuring PPP accounting treatment continues to be in line with IFRS including the new revenue recognition standard IFRS15 including producing technical papers
  • Investigating PPP variances against budget and forecast, liaising with operational managers and the wider non Finance community
  • Timely month end reconciliation of commissions paid from 3rd parties
  • Working closely with the commercial teams to generate forecast models for financial planning and forming basis for the budget
  • Owning the transition from an excel based model to a more efficient BI platform
  • Assist in the collation of both external and internal information
  • Perform analysis on such information to draw out meaningful trends, insights and recommendations

Thank you in advance for reviewing my candidacy for this position.

Sincerely,

Spencer Corkery

Example #5

Example of Financial Analyst / Accountant Cover Letter

886 Rutherford Place
Waelchimouth, WV 50671-5601
Dear Hayden Leuschke,

In response to your job posting for financial analyst / accountant, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In my previous role, I was responsible for support to Finance modules such as Project Accounting, Accounts Receivable, and General Ledger, and Supply Chain modules such as Sourcing, Item Master, Supplier Master, iProcurement, Payables, Inventory and Order Management.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

  • Advanced skills in MS Excel and working knowledge of Access
  • Strong analytical skills and accounting technical knowledge
  • Month-end closing and journal entries
  • JDE (JD Edwards) knowledge
  • Familiarity with Federal Financial Systems including Momentum Financials
  • Demonstrated knowledge of Federal Business processes such as Fixed Asset accounting, and/or recording obligations and invoice data
  • Familiarity with Technology Business Management
  • Comfort working with multiple systems and large data sets

Thank you in advance for reviewing my candidacy for this position.

Sincerely,

Cameron Lind

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