Principal Financial Consultant

Discover; Riverwoods (IL); On-site; USD 91,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company where you can contribute to meaningful work from Day 1. This role involves providing essential financial and business analysis support, driving revenue initiatives, and collaborating with various business partners to enhance financial forecasts. You'll have the opportunity to grow and make a significant impact in a company dedicated to creating a brighter financial future for millions. With a culture that values compliance and risk management, your contributions will be vital in shaping strategic insights and decisions. Don't miss the chance to build your future with us!

Benefits

Paid Parental Leave

Paid Time Off

401(k) Plan

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Short and Long Term Disability

Life Insurance

Recognition Program

Education Assistance

Commuter Benefits

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in financial services or consulting.
• Strong analytical skills for financial projections and analyses.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial and business analysis support.
• Develop financial projections for planning and investment.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Business Analysis

Risk Management

Forecasting

Variance Analysis

Education

Bachelor's in Finance

Master's in Finance

Job description

Discover. A brighter future.

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies.We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description:

What You'll Do

• Responsible for providing financial and business analysis support for one of Discover's business units.

• Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

How You'll Do It

• Drives revenue generating and expense efficiency initiatives by understanding business economics and effectively leading and influencing business.

• Develops financial projections to support planning and investment decisions. Provides advice and financial analyses to leadership for investment decisions, pricing changes, and the development of new products and offers. Monitors and assesses the return on financial investments. Leads an analytical approach to proactively develop insightful financial analyses.

• Develops and leads financial planning activities including budgeting, short and long-term forecasting, revenue and expense driver analysis.

• Conducts variance analysis and consolidation activities.

• Collaborates with business partners (e.g, marketing, and operations) to develop robust financial forecasts and drive insightful analysis.

• Continuously improves and streamlines standard work processes.

• Creates and maintains models to understand long-term profit and loss impacts and drive business decisions.

• Performs detailed competitive analyses to drive strategic insights and actions.

Qualifications You'll Need
The Basics

• Bachelors Finance, Business Administration and Management, or related

• 4+ years Financial Services, Consulting, Investment Banking or related

Physical and Cognitive Requirements
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by federal, state, and local laws:

• Primarily move about the work environment.

• Occasionally move about the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job.

• Primarily performed indoors in an office setting.

• Ability to operate office equipment such as but not limited to computer, telephone, printer, and calculator.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Masters Finance, Business Administration and Management, or related

• 6+ years Financial Services, Consulting, Investment Banking or related

Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

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Application Deadline:

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on May-07-2025. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.

Compensation:

The base pay for this position generally ranges between $91,000.00 to $153,400.00. Additional incentives may be provided as part of a market competitive total compensation package. Factors, such as but not limited to, geographical location, relevant experience, education, and skill level may impact the pay for this position.

Benefits:

We also offer a range of benefits and programs based on eligibility. These benefits include:

• Paid Parental Leave

• Paid Time Off

• 401(k) Plan

• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account

• Short and Long Term Disability, Life, and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurances

• Recognition Program

• Education Assistance

• Commuter Benefits

• Family Support Programs

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Learn more at mydiscoverbenefits.com .

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

All Discover employees place our customers at the very center of our work.To deliver on our promises to our customers, each of us contribute every day to a culture that values compliance and risk management.

Discover is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status. (Know Your Rights)

Discover complies with federal, state, and local laws applicable to qualified individuals with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to search for a position, to complete an application, and/or to participate in an interview, please email [e-mail] .Any information you provide regarding your accommodation needs will be kept confidential and will only be used to determine and provide necessary accommodation.

At Discover, we are committed to creating an inclusive and equitable workplace through our Fair Chance Hiring practices. Fair Chance Hiring means that we base our hiring decisions on an applicant’s qualifications rather than their criminal record. All our positions are subject to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Our applicants go through a background check, and we follow all applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance (LA County Fair Chance).

Positions marked as remote eligible are limited to remote locations within the country in which the position is based.

Applicants must be 18 or older at the time of hire.