Job Details
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor's degree
- Budgeting
- Computer skills
- Microsoft Excel
- SOX
- Word processing
Benefits
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
Job Description
Are you looking for a multi-faceted and stimulating role? If you're interested in working as a Financial Analyst in the Financial Services industry, this entry-level opportunity through Robert Half might be a great fit for you. This is a great opportunity to gain entry-level experience as a Financial Analyst. In this role you will provide daily support to the accounting and finance departments as well as perform routine assignments and solve routine/standard problems with limited discretion. This role would be best suited for candidates that are comfortable with uncertainty and are able to work with a considerable amount of information. If you are a solution-oriented critical thinker with a passion for analysis, this is the Financial Analyst opportunity for you! This is a long-term contract / temporary job opportunity.
Must be located in IOWA
Your responsibilities
- Stabilize and determine budgets and income statement forecasts
- Prepare creative alternatives and propositions to reduce costs and help financial performance of a company
- Help out with monitoring and maintaining internal accounting controls to ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley requirements
- On occasion, clarify tough financial subjects to non-financial staff members in special projects
- Assist internal and external auditors during financial and operational audits
- Examine and query a tremendous amounts of data
- Help out in the devising of monthly financial reporting and other business data
- Contribute to several aspects of the monthly/quarterly/annual close process (i.e. journal entries, account reconciliations, expense analysis, and trend analysis, variance analysis)
- Be engaged in ensuring adequate controls and procedures
- Analyze actual results at the corporate and division levels
- Assist in annual budgeting process
- Less than one year of experience preferred
- Practical knowledge in problem solving through statistical analysis or with large data sets highly preferable (such as in derivatives, structured finance, or business analytics or in a similarly demanding and analytical role)
- Well-founded grasp of investment financial analysis
- Knowledge of Analyze Financial Statements
- Applied Statistics experience highly desired
- Strong familiarity with Form 10-K
- Proven knowledge of Tax Accounting
- Solid understanding of Microsoft Excel
- Form 10-Q experience
- Capable of working independently with minimal oversight
- BA/BS degree in finance or a related field
- Great attention to detail
- Competent computer skills including word processing, spreadsheets and presentation software, as well as databases and customer database systems
- Strong communication and social skills
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