Apply for the Senior Financial Analyst position
Publicly traded company in Phoenix is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join their corporate team in Phoenix, Arizona. This is an in office position.
Job duties:
- Partner with Finance, understand their goals, and execute on opportunities to draw relevant insights and drive tangible impact
- Mine large datasets to develop actionable insights
- Present discoveries/insights and give recommendations to encourage data-driven decisions
- Complete the full analytics lifecycle from understanding the business objective and understanding the data to developing automated reporting and visualizations
- Extract, transform, and load (ETL) financial data from multiple sources, ensuring accuracy, integrity, and consistency
- Communicate complex financial concepts and analytical findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders effectively
- Research, recommend, and learn new analytics tools and platforms
- Automate existing manual processes and identify areas for further improvements
- Develop self-serve capabilities
- Perform in-depth analysis of financial data, identifying trends, patterns, and anomalies to provide meaningful insights and recommendations
- Identify possible areas of further investigation
Background Required:
- BA/BS in Mathematics/Statistics, Finance, Computer Science, Engineering, Operations Research, or other technical field, advanced analytics degrees preferred
- 5+ years of related experience as a Finance Analyst, Business Intelligence Analyst, or similar role, preferably in a SaaS or technology-driven organization
- Strong business acumen and an ability to present analysis in a compelling manner
- Expert in SQL, experienced in using data visualization tools (ex. Tableau)
- Well versed in utilizing Smartsheets
- Experience in building advanced statistical/Machine Learning based financial forecasting models is a plus
- Strong analytical skills for problem solving; can perform descriptive and diagnostic analysis
- Led projects from concept through completion
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment and manage multiple priorities effectively
- Ability to find answers to ambiguous problems
- Experience forming effective cross-functional partnerships