Finance Data Analyst (100% Remote Any Timezone)

TEKsystems
$35.00 - $50.00 / hr
life insurance, sick time, 401(k), retirement plan
United States, Oregon, Beaverton
Jan 22, 2025
Description Title: Financial Data Analyst (Data Validation & Data Quality) Location: 100% Remote, anywhere in the US Duration: initial contract until 5/31/2025, strong likelihood to extend Who We Are Looking For We're looking for a Finance Data Analyst (Data Validation & Data Quality) to join the Global Finance Transformation & Strategy team! This person will play a meaningful role in providing financial data analysis and validation to support crucial decisions in performance managing a broad portfolio. This person will be a self-starter who is proactive and continually motivated to learn what drives the business forward. Finance employees play a key role in that progress by identifying and capitalizing on opportunities to drive value for every shareholder. They manage accounting and reporting for multi-billion-dollar global investment portfolio, debt and equity instruments, and other Treasury activities. They strategize, forecast, audit, analyze, budget, research and lead important decisions. Across diverse geographies and businesses, Finance employees deliver far more than just the numbers. What You Will Work On In this role, you will report to the Director of Enterprise Performance Management (EPM). You will work closely with Finance Leads and Analysts in support of long-range planning deliverables. Project: Finance Transformation EPM project to globally centralize and organize financial planning and forecasting system through new cloud-based software (Anaplan) Lead to the accomplishment of key goals across consumer and commercial analytics functions. Work with key stakeholders to understand requirements, develop sustainable data solutions, and provide insights and recommendations. Document and communicate systems and analytics changes to the business, translating complex functionality into business relevant language. Validate key performance indicators and build queries to quantitatively measure business performance. Communicate with cross-functional teams to understand the business cause of data anomalies and outliers. Develop data governance standards from data ingestion to product dictionaries and documentation. Develop SQL queries to fulfill ad-hoc analysis requests and ongoing reporting needs leveraging standard query syntax. Organize and transform information into comprehensible structures. Use data to predict trends and perform statistical analysis. Use data mining to extract information from data sets and identify correlations and patterns. Monitor data quality and remove corrupt data. Evaluate and utilize new technologies, tools, and frameworks centered around high-volume data processing. Improve existing processes through automation and efficient workflows. Build and deliver scalable data and analytics solutions. Work independently and take initiative to identify, explore and solve problems. Design and build innovative data and analytics solutions to support key decisions. Support standard methodologies in reporting and analysis, such as, data integrity, unit testing, data quality control, system integration testing, modeling, validation, and documentation. Financial analysis and executive presentation support as necessary Analyzes complex business problems and issues using data from internal and external sources to provide insight to decision-makers. Constructs forecasts, recommendations and strategic/tactical plans based on business data and market knowledge. Creates reports for management/leadership on business performance and develops metrics to measure various characteristics of the business. Defines problems, collects data, establishes facts, and draws valid conclusions Job Requirements Bachelor's Degree with 5+ years of overall professional work experience Minimum 2 years experience in corporate financial planning and analysis, public accounting, investment banking, and/or consulting Sophisticated level proficiency using SQL and Microsoft Office Excel Proven ability to conduct Root Cause Analysis for variances in financial reports, and definite corrective action plans to avoid reoccurrence Proven understanding of data profiling, financial data analysis, budgeting, financial modeling, and reporting Strong process improvement, attention to detail and analytical skills. Investigative personality. Nice to have: knowledge of ETL processes (this is not an integration developer position, but the analyst should have a general understanding of ETL and its potential for introducing data discrepancies in reports) Nice to have: proficiency in data governance/MDM principles Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to effectively communicate in a simple manner across management levels and cross-functional teams Ability to escalate issues when a discrepancy is identified, and suggest appropriate solution(s) Systems used: Snowflake, Cognos. Anaplan experience is preferred About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services www.teksystems.com We're TEKsystems, a global business and technology services company. We help our clients achieve their business transformation and customer experience goals. We are formally recognized by the world's leading technology platforms in Cloud, Data and Digital. Our expertise in Strategy, Design, Execution and Operations allows you to unlock business value through a range of technology and capacity solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and driving positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company. Must Have Skills* SQL, Data analysis, Financial analysis, data validation, data quality, Microsoft excel, data integrity, root cause analysis, Anaplan or other alike EPM tools Pay and Benefits The pay range for this position is $35.00 - $50.00 Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: * Medical, dental & vision * Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital * 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available * Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) * Short and long-term disability * Health Spending Account (HSA) * Transportation benefits * Employee Assistance Program * Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Workplace Type This is a fully remote position. Application Deadline This position will be accepting applications until Feb 1, 2025. About TEKsystems: We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.