Financial Data Analyst - Chicago, United States - Momentum Resource Solutions

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    Job Description

    Our client,

    a global professional services firm, is searching for a Financial Analyst. This is a contract role located in Chicago that requires employees to be onsite 2 days per week.

    The job description is as follows:

    Location:
    Chicago, IL

    Job type:

    6 month contract

    renewable


    Qualifications :

    • Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business.
    • At least - 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.

    • This candidate must have excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, and be proactive, resourceful, and results oriented.
    • The ideal individual should possess 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 with emphasis on intermediate to advanced Excel skills is required (e.g., index/match, pivot tables, multiple if statements).
    • This is a hybrid role that will require you to work 2-3 days out of the week at our Chicago downtown office
    Job Summary
    The Finance Analyst will assist in high visibility global project focused on transitioning global real estate financial
    management into Corporate Finance. The transition will also include transfer of staff and capital assets and the

    responsibilities will include the following:

    • 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.

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