Buckingham Search is excited to partner with a Chicago-based Trading firm, who is searching for an Associate of Business Insights to add to their team!

This is a great opportunity being offered for someone with a year or two of public accounting experience to transition into a totally new role focused on creating actionable insights for the company. This is a non-audit, non-accounting role, where you can leverage your experience within audit or accounting into a totally new area without having to take a pay cut or start back at square one.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain currency of knowledge with respect to vendor relationships to drive understanding of risks and enhancements
• Proactively drive the issue resolution process with respect to misbilling against contracts and internal data
• Assist in managing datasets to support financial and data analysis
• Analyze data to drive monthly reporting to deliver actionable insights to the team on ongoing activity and identify potential areas for improvement
• Manage day-to-day activities such as periodic meetings, team communications, and provide appropriate reminders and follow-ups
• Identify opportunities and areas for process improvements and propose adjustments to enhance operational effectiveness
• Assist in drafting workflows and building consensus across stakeholders

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or other Business Related Field required
• At least one year or more of professional work experience, public accounting experience is highly preferred
• Excellent organizational skills, time management skills, and strong attention to detail
• Proven data management capability
• Strong written, oral and visual presentation skills
• Experience with excel, SQL, and python desired, but not required

 

Posted On: Friday, January 28, 2022