Senior Financial Analyst
Buckingham Search
- North Chicago, IL
Job Description
This position reports to the Finance Manager, Legal FP&A – supporting month end close, LBEs and annual Plan process with a focus on legal fees. This role will help drive system integrations and enhancements. You will work with cross-functional stakeholders including other finance teams, attorneys, legal operations, accounts payable and outside legal vendors. A successful candidate possesses clear communication skills, both oral and written, is highly organized, has strong attention to detail and drive for accuracy.
Major Responsibilities:
- Supports to month end close activities including preparing journal entries, reporting for internal finance teams and VP-level summaries, and reconciliations
- Leads the monthly HC Reconciliation and quarterly financial reporting to 2nd line leadership for Legal functions
- Supports monthly LBE and Annual Plan process by managing large data sets, communicating with attorneys to understand and finalize numbers, and inputting forecasts into TM1/ Aspire
- Supports the integration of one system to another
- Lead for Insurance-backed legal matters including maintaining summaries of life-to-date impacts and provide invoice support to insurance carriers when requested
- Backup for system invoice reviews as needed
- Performs Ad-hoc analysis as required
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration
- 4+ years of relevant experience
- Effective communication skills (oral and written)
- Ability to work with large data sets, maintain organization, and ability to adapt quickly to changes
- Ability to work independently and possesses solid problem-solving skills
- Develop strong relationships with cross-functional stakeholders
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Knowledge of SAP a plus, not required
- This is not a remote position. In office 3-4 days with flexibility when need
Posted On: Thursday, March 9, 2023