Senior Financial Analyst

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with match

Employee stock purchase plan

Headspace subscription

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst for the Corporate Finance Decision Support team.

Hybrid position in Alpharetta, GA, focusing on financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and process improvement within the Financial Crime Compliance market. Strong technical skills and independent work are essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of substantial financial analysis and accounting experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Advanced Excel, Essbase and Hyperion skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Gathers, interprets, analyzes information, makes assessments and reconciliations.
• Learns the Financial Crime Compliance market and value propositions of its products.
• Gains deep understanding of financial systems and data flows.
• Analyzes large data sets to extract insights for finance and partners.
• Leverages AI to analyze large data sets for quicker insights.
• Supports month-end close, schedules and reports, and their financial impact.

Skills

Financial analysis

Financial modeling

Forecasting

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Problem solving

Planning & organization

Independent work

AI finance understanding

Education

BA/BS in Accounting/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 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 are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.