Financial Analyst

Balfour Beatty plc; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance

401(k) with company match

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

A leading construction firm is seeking a Financial Analyst to work in Dallas, TX. The role includes preparing financial reports, developing projections, and supporting audits. A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance is required, along with 1-3 years of relevant experience. Ideal candidates will have strong analytical skills, proficient in Excel, and experience with tools like Power BI and Hyperion. This position offers a hybrid work schedule, with three days in the office and two from home.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of financial analysis or audit experience.
• Strong analytical skills to identify trends.
• Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Prepare month-end close deliverables.
• Support planning and forecasting processes.
• Create ad hoc reporting for management.

Skills

Analytical skills

Strong Excel skills

Communication skills

Detail-oriented

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field

Tools

Hyperion

Power BI

JD Edwards

Job description

As an industry leader Balfour Beattyoffers employees a comprehensive benefits package with competitivesalaries and more including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent & Medical Reimbursement)
• Vacation Time
• Sick Time
• Holidays
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Referral Bonus

Summary

Balfour Beatty is seeking a Financial Analyst to join our team in Dallas, TX. This individual will work a hybrid schedule (three days per week in the office, two from home) and provide financial reporting and analysis. Customer service and relationship management skills are extremely important to be successful in this position.

Essential Functions

The successful candidate demonstrates a commitment to add value to our business by providing timely and accurate reporting and analyses key to management decisions. The Financial Analyst position has the following responsibilities in their role:

• Prepare various month-end close deliverables and reconciliations
• Perform quarterly, half year, and year end responsibilities
• Construct projection files based on Division inputs for P02, P05, and P08 (budget)
• Support planning and forecasting processes, including work performed within PBCS
• Prepare data for various industry surveys
• Create Ad Hoc reporting for management and other corporate departments
• Manage processes efficiently with others to meet deadlines
• Support interim and year-end external audits, as well as tax-related requests and deliverables
• Ability to navigate data sets efficiently and work with various systems/tools with the goal of process improvement
• Hyperion product experience a plus, particularly HFM and PBCS. Power BI experience a plus. Strong Excel skills –VLOOKUP function and Pivot Tables required.
• Familiar working in an ERP system and booking month-end journal entries as needed. JD Edwards experience a plus

Promote Customer Relations

• Builds effective relationships with internal and external customers that reflect and support company

core values

• Strives to continually seek feedback and improve services/tools/department deliverables to internal customers

Culture, Leadership and Employee Development

• Promotes our Creed. Communicates our vision and purpose through Service, Talent, and Choices
• Serves as a role model and promotes professional behavior
• Participates in and supports company training programs and commits to self-development

Working Conditions

• The majority of work is completed in an office setting with intermittent sitting, standing and walking. This is a hybrid position (three days per week in the office, two from home).

Education, Experience, and Knowledge

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field with 1 to 3 years of financial analysis or audit (external and/or internal) experience. Experience in the Construction industry and/or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) knowledge is a plus but not required.
• Demonstrates a strong work ethic with a “Will Do” attitude to meet tight deadlines particularly around month-end close
• Strong analytical skills demonstrating the ability to identify unique or unusual trends and drive issues through to resolution
• Strong communication skills including ability to clearly and concisely obtain and relay information both verbally and in writing timely
• Self-motivating, high energy, confident personality that can interact with all levels including senior management
• Demonstrates proficiency using personal computer (PC) and company communication tools, such as email, internet, accounting applications and Microsoft Office products (e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook)

About us

Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way.Through Zero Harm®, we are challenging the construction industry’s assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.

Consistently ranked among the nation’s largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).

Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by federal, state or local law.

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