Senior Financial Analyst

Confidential Employer; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Employer seeks an experienced FP&A professional to forecast and budget the Automobile Lease Portfolio, collaborating with accounting and senior management to deliver monthly, quarterly, and annual analytics.

The role involves preparing lease accounting data, supporting annual budgets, conducting variance analyses, and producing comprehensive financial statements. Strong SQL and Excel skills, confidentiality, and integrity are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of accounting or finance experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Proficient in SQL and Advanced Excel.
• Strong data collection, analysis, and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Forecast and budget financial resources for the Automobile Lease Portfolio.
• Prepare and review lease accounting records and supporting data.
• Assist in annual budgeting and monthly forecasting.
• Provide analysis and insight to improve profitability.
• Prepare ad-hoc reports as directed by management.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency in financial reporting.

Skills

SQL

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Job description

Position Summary: Responsible for forecasting and budgeting future financial results for the Automobile Lease Portfolio. Collaborates closely with accounting management and senior management to prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual analytics.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare and review the lease accounting records and supporting data to offer insight and additional metrics on how the data can be analyzed
• Assists in preparation of annual budget and monthly forecasting
• Provides both analysis and insight into the company’s operation to achieve more profitable results
• Prepares ad-hoc and other reports as directed by management
• Identifies ways to promote efficiency within the financial reporting process to implement and/or incorporate best practices
• Protects organization’s value by keeping information confidential
• Prepares variance analysis on a monthly and ad hoc basis
• Adherence to department policies and procedures
• Forecast and budget financial resources.
• Perform financial analysis and modeling.
• Allocate expenses accurately.
• Prepare comprehensive financial statements.

Other duties may be assigned, and responsibilities and activities may change

Experience

• Minimum 5 years previous experience in Accounting or Finance.
• Education Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Skills Required

• Collects and researches data, uses intuition and experience, identifies and resolves problems, gathers and analyzes information skillfully, and develops alternative solutions.
• SQL, Advanced Excel
• Speaks and writes clearly, listens and gets clarification, responds well to questions, edits work for spelling and grammar, presents numerical data effectively, and participates in meetings.
• Maintains confidentiality, listens without interrupting, keeps emotions under control, remains open to others' ideas, balances team and individual responsibilities, gives and welcomes feedback, and contributes to building a positive team spirit.
• Approaches others tactfully, treats people with respect, keeps commitments, works with integrity, follows policies and procedures, and upholds organizational values. Is consistently punctual, ensures responsibilities are covered when absent, follows instructions, takes responsibility for actions, adapts to changes in the work environment, and looks for opportunities to help.

Qualifications Preferred

• Experience Experience in the accounting and analysis of automobile leasing from the perspective of the lessor is strongly desired.
• Must have reliable transportation and live within a commutable distance to one of the following cities: Atlanta, GA; Dallas, TX; Detroit, MI; Houston, TX;