Business Financial Analyst

Major Accountabilities / Essential Duties

• Own assigned areas of SPG’s monthly close, ensuring the general ledger is accurate, timely, and fully supported and that all close deadlines are met
• Record monthly revenue, sales tax, and related activity in the ERP with accurate account and event coding, capturing all activity for the period
• Own the expense classification and monthly accruals process, ensuring costs are recorded in the correct period and accounts with clear supporting documentation
• Prepare and post journal entries across accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, intercompany, and payroll, each supported by appropriate backup and approvals
• Maintain reserve and balance-sheet accounts and support cash application and monthly account reconciliations, resolving reconciling items on a timely basis
• Review general ledger activity, research variances, and investigate and resolve discrepancies before results are finalized
• Prepare monthly results, supporting schedules, and clear variance analysis, providing well-reasoned explanations to management
• Maintain accurate, audit-ready documentation in line with internal controls, and support internal and external audit requests

Qualifications

• Analytical Foundation: a finance, accounting, or business background and the analytical skills to turn day-to-day operational activity into clear, accurate financial reporting.
• Business Partnership: the willingness to roll up their sleeves and work directly with non-finance operators, event leads, and external partners to get the numbers right.
• Data and Reporting Skills: comfort compiling, validating, and analyzing large volumes of transaction-level data and building clear, reliable reporting from it.
• Excel Skills: strong Microsoft Excel skills — pivot tables, lookups, and working with large data sets — for everyday analysis, reconciliation, and reporting.
• AI and Automation: an interest in using AI tools such as Claude or Microsoft Copilot, and other automation, to work faster, reduce manual effort, and improve accuracy.
• Process-Improvement Mindset: a proactive approach to spotting inefficiencies and helping implement better, better-controlled, and more automated processes.
• Communication and Collaboration: clear written and verbal communication and the ability to partner effectively across teams and with external partners.
• Ownership and Multitasking: a detail-oriented, deadline-driven approach able to manage a high-volume workload and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.