Lead Financial Analyst
Highmark · United States · 2 mo ago
RemoteRemoteFinance$86k/yrFull-time
Essential Responsibilities
- Display effective communication skills.
- Cook with other departments, locations, and divisions.
- Coordinate with other departments and/or outside agencies to resolve problems.
- Communicate with management at the Organization, subsidiaries, affiliates, other third parties, etc. as to project status and completion deadlines.
- Advise management of expected outcomes, and recommend ways to improve the outcomes.
- Conduct presentation to all levels of management in order to provide a summary of analysis regarding financial results and trends.
- Communicate with management as to project status and completion deadlines.
- Perform financial and business related analysis.
- Analyze, evaluate and interpret appropriate financial and statistical data.
- Develop and/or document business policies, conduct special financial and business related studies and cooperate with other departments in the preparation of analyses.
- Conduct financial and business related analyses and research including the preparation of forecasts and/or analysis of trends.
- Analyze financial reports and records.
- Provide reasoning for variances and make recommendations relative to the accounting of reserves, assets, and expenditures.
- Advises management of expected outcomes, and recommend ways to improve the outcomes.
- Independently pursue fundamental problem solving and documents the recommendations to management.
- Facilitate analysis and reporting.
- Utilize computer to input, retrieve or display accounting information.
- Develop and maintain spreadsheets and databases.
- Utilize PC and/or mainframe based systems and software, compiles and prepares reports, graphs and charts of data developed.
- Serve as a project lead for special projects within the department.
- Led and documented financial analysis projects including the preparation of ad hoc reports; to include but not limited to; gathering of data, analysis, documentation of findings, and calculation of results and generation of reports for distribution.
- Cook with activities to ensure the project is advancing properly and to ensure the project is completed within the timeframes established.
- Include communication with Management at the Organization, subsidiaries, affiliates, other third parties, etc. as to project status and completion deadlines.
- Make recommendations based on findings when necessary.
Qualifications
- Minimum Bachelor’s Degree or relevant experience and/or education as determined by the company in lieu of bachelor's degree.
- 7 - 10 years of related progress experience in Accounting and/or Finance including experience in leading projects of varying size and complexity.
- Experience with various computer applications to include MS Excel and/or MS Access.
Skills
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Strong relationship building skills.
- Client focused with strong business acumen.
- Self-starter with the ability to work under pressure independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to think strategically and act proactively to create strong trust and confidence with business units.
- Strong innovative problem-solving capabilities.