Senior Financial Analyst

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with match

Wellbeing program

Paid time off & volunteering

Life & disability insurance

Job summary

RELX in Alpharetta, GA is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst for the Financial Crime Compliance market. You will perform financial analysis, modeling, and monthly forecasts, collaborating with finance and business partners to provide actionable insights.

The role requires strong Excel, Essbase, and Hyperion skills, high attention to detail, and the ability to improve processes while solving complex problems. This is a hybrid role in Alpharetta with competitive benefits and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of diverse financial analysis and accounting experience.
• Strong knowledge of financial systems, data flows and controls.
• Advanced Excel, data manipulation and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Gather, interpret, and analyze information; perform reconciliations.
• Develop monthly forecasts and annual budgets for FCC market.
• Analyze large data sets and provide insights to finance and partners.
• Support month-end close and relevant schedules/reports.
• Identify process improvements and implement solutions.
• Provide guidance to other analysts and ad hoc analysis as needed.

Skills

Financial analysis

Accounting

Excel

Essbase

Hyperion

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Education

BA/BS in Accounting/Finance

Job description

Alpharetta, GA

Full time

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:

• 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.

RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.

Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions.

Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company. Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate.