Financial Analyst – Expense Oversight & Compliance

Focused on employment and labor law since 1958, Jackson Lewis P.C.’s 1,000+ attorneys located in major cities nationwide consistently identify and respond to new ways workplace law intersects business. We help employers develop proactive strategies, strong policies and business-oriented solutions to cultivate high-functioning workforces that are engaged and stable, and share our clients’ goals to emphasize belonging and respect for the contributions of every employee.

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Job Summary (basic description)

A Financial Analyst within the Strategic Planning & Analysis team is expected to create, review, and analyze expense reporting to track office expenditures throughout the year ensuring alignment with the approved budget and compliance with Firm policy.  The focus of the position is to create and analyze reports, ensure policy compliance, identify trends or outliers and work with leadership to refine policy as appropriate to manage Firm financials. This role will report into the Data Strategist.

Essential Functions

• Demonstrate expertise in the Firm’s financial cubes and systems and apply this knowledge to the support the development, execution, and improvement of financial reporting and analysis activities across the Firm
• Define and develop new reports using our internal systems to monitor and track office expenses
• Define and develop reporting that will highlight expense outliers/exceptions for review on a monthly basis.
• Establish a process to ensure that monthly office expenses are in compliance with Firm expense policy
• Assess office spend to identify trends across offices and make suggestions to leadership on spend categories to review and establish stronger guidelines around
• Perform a monthly random sample audit of select employee expense reports to confirm compliance with firm policy
• Support the efforts to meet business partner and internal stakeholder needs
• Manage relationships with other business services areas and internal clients
• Actively participate in multiple projects by completing and maintaining project documentation, managing project scope and timelines, determining daily priorities, and ensuring efficient and on time delivery of milestones
• Identify process design changes – with a focus on quality improvement, data management, and compliance
• Support the Strategic Planning & Analysis team with the Firm’s yearly budget preparation

Qualifications/Skills Required

• Between 2 – 4 years of experience
• Financial data collection and analysis skills including managing large volumes of data while maintaining the integrity of the data
• Highly organized and able to manage daily workload priorities and deliver quality results on time
• Strong Excel skills are a must
• Prior experience with Concur and Cognos reporting preferred
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment
• Possess a high degree of integrity and the ability to work with sensitive or confidential information
• Proactively approach challenges with a problem-solving mentality
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Maintain a positive attitude and ability to be flexible with different projects/workload
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
• Excellent reporting, time management, general math, analysis, and data management skills along with superior attention to detail
• Ability to report research results accurately

Educational Requirements

• BA/BS in accounting or finance.

For New York Metro area, the expected salary range for this position is between $33.50 hourly and $38.50 hourly.   The actual compensation will be determined based on experience and other factors permitted by law. 

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristics protected by law.