Senior Financial Analyst

RELX; Alpharetta (GA); Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with match

Wellness platform and Headspace app

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst for its Corporate Finance Decision Support team in Alpharetta, GA. The role focuses on the Financial Crime Compliance market within Business Services, delivering financial analyses, modeling, and forecasting to support decision making.

The position is hybrid in Alpharetta, GA. The candidate will develop monthly forecasts, annual budgets, and provide insights through data analysis, working with finance and business partners to

Qualifications

• 3+ years of diverse financial analysis and accounting experience.
• BA/BS in Accounting or Finance.
• Advanced Excel, Essbase and Hyperion skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities; detail-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Gather, interpret, and analyze financial data; perform analyses and reconciliations.
• Develop and maintain monthly forecasts and annual budgets.
• Support month-end close processes and reporting.
• Analyze large data sets and provide insights to finance and business partners.
• Utilize AI tools to enhance data analysis and speed up insights.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive process improvements.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Time management

Education

BA/BS in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Excel

Essbase

Hyperion

Job description

About The Business

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at the link below, risk.lexisnexis.com

About The Business

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at the link below, risk.lexisnexis.com

About Our Team

The Corporate Finance Decision Support team develops and supports the analytic technologies to provide our internal customers structured access to data that is timely, accurate, and actionable. We collaborate in a fast-paced environment, contributing to innovative solutions, and demonstrating meticulousness.

About The Role

A Senior Financial Analyst is a decision support role focused on the Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) market within the Business Services organization. This role will be responsible for performing financial analysis, financial modeling, business insight development, and process improvement. A core function is developing monthly forecasts and annual budgets. This position requires working through complex issues and developing creative solutions.

This position will be hybrid in Alpharetta, GA.

Responsibilities

• Independently gathers, interprets and analyzes information, makes assessments, and completes reconciliations
• Learns the Financial Crime Compliance market and the value propositions of its products and business
• Gains a deep understanding of our financial systems & processes
• Analyses large sets of data and extracts valuable insights to share with finance team and business partners
• Leveraging AI to analyze large data sets to gain quicker insights
• Supports month-end close activities, prepares and analyzes schedules & reports and understands their impact on the overall financials
• Identifies problem areas when looking at information seeing patterns, trends, or missing pieces, and identifies the similarities. Questions inconsistency in financial data elements. Makes recommendation to resolve
• Identifies improvements and enhancements, documents & recommends appropriate course of action, and assists with implementing new processes
• Supports and provides guidance to other functional areas, helps with questions, and assists them with solutions
• Provides guidance to other analysts in the department
• Ad hoc analysis as needed
• Performing all other duties as assigned

Requirements

• 3+ Prior experience of substantial diverse financial analysis and accounting
• BA/BS, Accounting/Finance
• Advanced computer skills including Excel, Essbase, Hyperion
• Understanding of financial system structures and data flows
• Attention to detail, advanced analytical and problem-solving skills to identify problem areas when reviewing data/information and question inconsistencies to determine proper resolution
• Advanced organizational skills, and proven time management skills
• Proficient communication and presentation skills
• Analytical Thinking, inclusive of problem assessment and recommendation
• Planning and Organizational Awareness
• Conceptual Thinking /Decision Making (Problem Solving)
• Ability to complete financial analysis with minimal direction
• Basic to Intermediate AI Finance understanding preferred

Working For You

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
• Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
• Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
• In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice

U.S. National Base Pay Range: $71,600 - $119,400. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates. This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.

We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits.