Financial Analysis - Senior Associate

Testing Site - JPMC; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Financial Analyst Senior Associate in the Partner Finance team to provide financial and strategic analysis, oversight, and coordination of budgeting and forecasting.

You will analyze accounting and technical data, prepare reports, and help streamline cycle times through automation and process improvements for senior management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a technical field.
• 4+ years of experience in Accounting, Finance, Planning & Analysis, Marketing Analytics or Business Management.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; proficient with Essbase.
• Data mining/gathering and manipulation of data sets.
• Inquisitive, enthusiastic and diligent, with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage annual/continual financial planning activities for product areas, including month-end performance and forecasting.
• Prepare efficiency reporting, analytics and strategy including location strategy and reporting.
• Create financial business cases supporting initiatives.
• Report and monitor key metrics; drive data quality across the product area and define future needs.
• Develop and track performance metrics; create presentations for senior management.

Skills

Excel & PowerPoint

Essbase

Data mining

Verbal & written communication

Ad hoc reporting

Variance analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Essbase

Job description

Join Partner Finance, supporting the Amazon General Management (GM) team, for an exciting opportunity to provide financial and strategic analysis, oversight, and coordination of budgeting and forecasting. Our Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) teams are responsible for a wide range of activities including financial control, forecasting and budgeting, analysis of financial/business metrics, delivery of regular management reporting, development of new reporting capabilities, and advising the line of business CFOs on how to increase profitability and efficiencies.

As a Financial Analyst Senior Associate in the Partner Finance team, you will analyze, prepare, and reconcile accounting and technical data as well as prepare reports, while always thinking of and devising ways to streamline and minimize cycle times through automated applications and process improvement. You will also help develop recommendations effecting business procedures and operations and maintain financial and reporting systems. In addition, you will assist the department and other team members with special projects or components of other projects as needed.

Job responsibilities

• Manage annual/continual financial planning activities for product areas, providing business rational and decisions for all month-end financial performance and forecasting, conducting reviews and analysis on product financial performance, consumption/demand planning, budgeting, billing, trends, and exception reports
• Prepare efficiency reporting, analytics and strategy including, but not limited to location strategy, span of control, reporting and analytics
• Create financial business cases supporting business initiatives
• Report 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 generally provide financial analysis on a variety of topics to senior management
• Perform variance analysis to understand the key drivers of the results and presentcommentary to senior managers, explaining changes from prior forecasts/budgets
• Help design new reports and dashboards to efficiently deliver the 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 nature
• 4+ years of work experience in Accounting, Finance, Planning & Analysis, Marketing Analytics or Business Management
• Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint and proficient with Essbase
• Proficiency with data mining/gathering and manipulation of data sets
• Inquisitive, enthusiastic and diligent, and capable of challenging peers
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex issues clearly
• Ability to create ad hoc reporting for senior management
• Proven track record for executing on special projects / assignments with often little lead time or information
• Team player with the ability to build relationships and be a trusted partner for the Business, internal and external stakeholders, Finance, and other cross-functional Teams
• Highly motivated self-starter with excellent time management/prioritization skills and ability to able to thrive under pressure and tight deadlines
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with ability to analyze large data sets and present conclusions concisely

Additional Information

• To be eligible for this role, you must be authorized to work in the United States. We do not offer any type of employment-based immigration sponsorship for this role. Likewise, JPMorgan Chase & Co. will not provide any assistance or sign any documentation in support of any other form of immigration sponsorship or benefit, including optional practical training (OPT) or curricular practical training (CPT).
• This role requires the ability to physically work in our offices 5 days a week
• Final Job Grade level and corporate title will be determined at time of offer and may differ from this posting
• This role does not provide relocation assistance so all candidates must be local to the work locations listed in the job posting or willing to relocate on their own immediately upon hiring