Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A

About ACA:
 

ACA Group is the leading governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) advisor in financial services. We empower our clients to reimagine GRC and protect and grow their business. Our innovative approach integrates consulting, managed services, and our ComplianceAlpha® technology platform with the specialized expertise of former regulators and practitioners and our deep understanding of the global regulatory landscape.

Position Summary

The individual in this position is responsible for supporting business leaders by providing insights into financial and operational results. The Sr Analyst is key to analyzing, reporting and forecasting financial and operating metrics that help the business make decisions.

Job Duties

Collaborate with business leaders to develop annual budgets and complete monthly forecasts
2. Review monthly financial and operational results, investigate variances to budget/forecast, and provide 
detailed commentary for business leaders
3. Provides financial insights to department leaders around sales to revenue conversion, labor costs, and 
expenses.
4. Works with department leaders to update monthly forecast (revenues, headcount, expenses).
5. Collaborate with Billing & Revenue team to project revenues at department level from recurring and nonrecurring engagements.
6. Work closely with the Accounting team during monthly close on operating expense review
7. Perform ad-hoc analysis/special projects as necessary to support ACA on various client and internal 
initiatives
8. Contributes to production of monthly financial reports for management team and board of directors.
9. Assists Finance management develop the company’s medium to long term financial and strategic plan.
10. Make recommendations to enhance and streamline current Finance processes.

Required Education and Experience 

1. 4+ years of related FP&A experience
2. Bachelor’s degree with a major in business administration, accounting or finance
3. Strong analytical, problem solving, and modeling skills
4. Experience using financial and budgeting applications
5. Thorough knowledge of accounting and financial management principles

Preferred Education and Experience

1. CPA or CFA
2. Experience Workday/Adaptive/Salesforce/Excel platform(s)


Required Skills and Attributes

1. Ability to exercise discretion and make independent judgments on matters of significance
2. Demonstrated professional integrity
3. Dependable, flexible, and adaptable to new ACA initiatives and changing client needs
4. Ability to work well in a fast-paced, small-team environment 
5. Ability to work independently, multi-task and prioritize effectively 
6. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and clients
7. Highly motivated and goal oriented; proactive in one’s own education and career progression; volunteers 
for and shows initiative on both internal and external projects and tasks 
8. Dedicated to upholding ACA’s high-quality standards and customer service focus
9. Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with attention to detail 
10. Strong oral and written communication skills 
11. Proficient with Microsoft Office applications, Adobe Acrobat, and the Internet