You are a strategic thinker passionate about driving solutions in financial analysis. You have found the right team.
As a Financial Analysis Associate in our Finance team, you will spend each day defining, refining, and delivering set goals for our firm. You will partner across the organization to provide financial and strategic analysis, oversee budgeting and forecasting, and deliver management reporting. Your responsibilities will include analyzing, preparing, and reconciling accounting and technical data, as well as preparing reports to support business decisions. You will continuously seek opportunities to streamline processes and minimize cycle times through automation and process improvement. Additionally, you will develop recommendations to enhance business procedures and operations, maintain financial and reporting systems, and assist with special projects or components of other initiatives as needed.
Job responsibilities
- Manage annual and continual financial planning activities for product areas, provide business rationale and decisions for month-end financial performance and forecasting, and conduct reviews and analysis on product financial performance, consumption and demand planning, budgeting, billing, trends, and exception reports.
- Drive efficiency reporting, analytics, and strategy, including location strategy, span of control, and other reporting and analytics initiatives.
- Create financial business cases to support business initiatives.
- Report on and monitor key metrics, drive data quality initiatives across the product area, and help define future needs of the product area.
- Develop and track performance metrics, create presentations, and provide financial analysis on a variety of topics to senior management.
- Perform variance analysis to understand key drivers of results and present commentary to senior managers, explaining changes from prior forecasts and budgets.
- Design new reports and dashboards to efficiently deliver financial results to senior management.
- Enhance controls and streamline processes, introducing automation where possible.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a subject of a technical natureAdvanced skills in Excel and PowerPointProficiency with data mining / gathering and manipulation of data setsInquisitive, enthusiastic and diligent, and capable of challenging peersStrong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex issues clearlyAbility to create ad hoc reporting for senior managementProven track record for executing on special projects / assignments, often with little lead time or informationHighly motivated and able to thrive and think clearly under pressure and tight deadlinesStrong analytical and problem solving skills with ability to analyze large data sets and present conclusions conciselyPreferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
3+ years of work experience, preferably in Financial Services, and / or accounting / controller backgroundTeam player with the ability to be respected as a trusted partner for the Business, Finance, and FP&A TeamsHighly motivated self-starter with excellent time management / prioritization skillsWorking knowledge of Alteryx, Python is a plusSkills Required
Python, Data Mining, Powerpoint, Excel, Alteryx