Financial Accountant

Gateway Group Personnel; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Gateway Group Personnel in the United States seeks a Financial Analyst to support reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and projections, assembling spreadsheets and financial models. This role reports to the Director of Accounting and Financial Reporting and offers direct exposure to senior leadership.

You will analyze variances, develop models for the loan portfolio, and prepare ad hoc analyses to inform management decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business (Accounting, Finance, or Economics preferred).
• Advanced Excel skills are required.
• Strong math and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Conduct financial and operational analyses.
• Monthly compilation of statistical and financial reports.
• Analyze budget vs. actual monthly statements.
• Produce ad hoc reports and analyses for management.
• Extract data from multiple sources for reports.
• Assist in quarterly review of operational bonuses.
• Develop models and analytics for loan portfolio ROI and other outputs.
• Prepare annual budgets for branch, territory and company.
• Aggregate data from multiple systems for cohesive reports.
• Present results and insights from analyses.
• Collaborate with accounting to embed statistics into software.
• Support Director of Accounting and leadership with tasks.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Data extraction tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business (Accounting, Finance, or Economics preferred)

Job description

An established company with a multi-state branch network is seeking a Financial Analyst. Reporting to the Director of Accounting and Financial Reporting, this key member of the team will have an active role in reporting analysis, ad hoc reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and projections. The ideal candidate will possess the skills to efficiently assemble various spreadsheets and financial models.

This position offers direct exposure to senior leadership, including the CFO, CEO, and COO.

Essential Job Functions:

• Perform financial and operational analysis
• Compile various statistical and financial reports on a monthly basis
• Analyze budget vs. actual monthly financial statements
• Perform ad hoc reports and analysis as requested by management
• Extract data from various sources for reports and analysis
• Participate in the quarterly review of operational bonuses
• Develop models, analytics, and assumptions related to the loan portfolio, management performance, ROI, and other outputs important to the company
• Produce branch-level, territory-level, and company-wide annual budgets
• Develop efficient methods of combining data from multiple systems to produce cohesive management reporting
• Communicate results and findings of various analyses
• Partner with the accounting department on further implementation of operational statistics and metrics into the accounting software
• Perform various accounting and other tasks in support of the Director of Accounting and Financial Reporting and executive leadership

Qualifications:

• Advanced knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Excel
• General knowledge of and experience with data extraction tools
• Bachelor's degree in Business required (Accounting, Finance, or Economics preferred)
• Exceptional math and problem-solving skills