Financial Planning Analysis Jobs in USA with Visa Sponsorship

GENERAL SUMMARY:

This individual manages and has leadership role in one of the current finance functions; Budgeting, Profitability, Policy Committee, and Practice Group Reporting. The Manager will take responsibility to develop the team, strengthen processes and provide high-quality financial analysis for effective decision making. The position reports to the Director of Financial Planning and Reporting; and requires management experience in a fast paced, pressure filled environment. The Finance Manager will fully lead critical initiatives, manage key projects and must possess strong financial analysis and data mining skills. Additional requirements are ability to clearly communicate analysis and insights in both verbal and written formats to executive management, and efficiently use resources to meet deadlines. Concurrently, the manager will be managing, mentoring and developing subordinates.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Supervise, develop and provide leadership to the team of Senior Financial Analyst and Financial Analyst.
• Develop and manage reporting processes to analyze financial results against budgets and forecasts on monthly basis for practice groups, infrastructure and location management.
• Leadership role in the development, implementation and maintenance of new and existing finance tools (e.g. Clarity Budget Software, Profitability).
• Implement and manage an effective monthly financial results package for insights into financial performance of the firm and for risks & opportunities against budget.
• Build models to assist in making various ad hoc business decisions.
• Responsible for conducting and documenting complex financial analysis projects.
• Manage the profitability analysis, financial analysis and report generation activities designed to meet reporting requirements and effectively plan for financial needs of the firm.
• Manage and allocate resources to achieve the deadlines set for policy committee reporting, financial reporting, and requested projects.
• Utilize expertise and strong managerial skills to improve effectiveness and to implement successful ideas.
• Manages the performance and administrative issues of the team’s analysts through goal setting and ongoing assessment.
• Continue to enhance customer-orientation and quality work product.
• Work successfully within a team environment; demonstrate flexibility in assisting and contributing to the efforts of entire team as we deliver services to our customers.
• Performs any and all other duties as necessary and as assigned by your supervisor for efficient functioning of the Department, Office and Firm.

QUALIFICATIONS / KSAs:

• Bachelor degree in Finance/Accounting or MBA equivalent.
• 7-10+ years of relevant experience.
• Excellent skills in data mining, modeling, and data analytics.
• Understanding and experience with financial statements, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Detail oriented, careful, thoughtful, and analytical.
• Customer service-oriented with high quality standards.
• Ability to organize & manage people and projects against demanding deadlines.
• Must show initiative and motivation towards continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication skills required to interface with fellow managers, senior management and partners.
• Expert in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. Database experience a plus.

PHYSICAL EFFORT / WORK CONDITIONS

For Other Exempt Staff

This position operates in a professional office environment which is generally free of hazards and exposure to adverse environmental conditions. This position requires regular attendance on-site at a Dechert location with some travel to different sites using various modes of private and commercial transportation. Incumbents may be required to work extended hours including evenings and weekends. This position routinely operates standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopy machines, fax machines and filing cabinets, and requires frequent communication with the firm’s employees and partners as well as third parties. This position is mainly sedentary. Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; to read, sit and type for sustained periods of time; to walk, stand, reach, and bend; to open and close filing cabinets and access and retrieve materials in file rooms; to lift, carry and move files or other items of light to moderate weight; to operate equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination; and to verbally communicate to exchange information. This position requires a normal audio range, with or without correction. It also requires the normal visual range, with or without correction. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.