Senior Analyst - FP&A

With roots dating back to the 1800s, our Customer is a global professional services firm HQ’d in New York City with businesses in insurance brokerage, risk management, reinsurance services, talent management, investment advisory, and management consulting. Today, they are a unique group of businesses with many enduring competitive advantages. Among them are the quality of their colleagues, deep client relationships, vast global footprint, depth of intellectual capital, and cohesive and collaborative culture.

We are seeking a Senior Analyst - FP&A on a contract basis to support our Customer’s business needs. The Finance Analyst will assist in high visibility global project focused on transitioning global real estate financial
management into Corporate Finance. This role is a hybrid setup with 3 days remote and 2 days onsite in Chicago, IL.

What You'll Do

• Assist in a Global real estate project, perform special research and projects as required to help make key decisions
• Assists with all aspects of financial reporting and the preparation of financial forecasts/budgets/restatements
• Assists with annual and monthly financial statements and other reports and projects, as necessary
• Assist with cross functional allocations
• Knowledgeable of the month-end close process (e.g., monthly duties assigned to facilitate timely close, including reporting)
• Identify and develop reports to help establish and track key metrics
• Provide input to ensure accounting systems and processes are continually streamlined via process improvement to achieve greater efficiencies and accuracy
• Set up cost centers for all locations transitioning. Leads multi-country projects such as reallocation of spend between departments, (including but not limited to) long range planning, tracking and reallocation of spend, staffing planning, and capital assets preparedness

Must-Haves

• A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business
• At least 3 - 5 years of solid FP&A experience in a fast-paced dynamic environment
• The ability to lead and work effectively on a team and with other functional areas and customers throughout the organization is required
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, and be proactive, resourceful, and results oriented
• Strong written and oral communication skills with some exposure to project management
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, planning, and organizational skills
• The candidate should have the ability to meet deadlines, handle multiple priorities, and perform job responsibilities with minimal supervision
• Experience with Oracle and Essbase
• MS Office experience with emphasis on intermediate to advanced Excel skills is required (e.g., index/match, pivot tables, multiple if statements)

Perks are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements)
Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life (including spouse & child), 401k, STD/LTD, AD&D, and Commuter Benefits program.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.