Financial Analyst

We are looking for a Financial Analyst who will approach work with a sense of possibility and see challenges as opportunities for creative problem solving; take initiative to explore issues and find innovative solutions. This person will report to Senior Finance Manager.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintaining various financial trackers (revenue, billing, burn reports, etc)
• Assist in preparation and maintenance of employee utilization reports
• Assist in month end closing processes
• Time analysis, adjustments, and due diligence
• Journal entry preparation
• Updating budgets with month-end actuals
• Preparing top down financial reports for management
• Support practice groups by providing financial data as needed
• Partner closely inter-departmentally to ensure proper and accurate recording and reporting of financial and accounting transactions
• Proactively document, follow up on, and close out in a timely fashion any revenue, budgeting, billing, invoicing, or payment issues that pertain to Client(s)
• Assist in the creation and preparation of annual budget & quarterly forecast
• Monitor jobs, estimates and rate cards to ensure accuracy
• Monitor project activity to ensure job codes are opened/maintained/closed accurately and in a timely manner in accordance with the SOW in coordination with client service team and biller
• Partner with client service teams to ensure monthly financial schedule is followed, including but not limited to WIP management, billing, % effort complete
• Serve as reliable and forward-thinking business analytics resource on dedicated accounts
• Special project as assigned
• Collaborate closely with the Account lead to review work in progress (WIP) reports and implement necessary adjustments for billing purposes.
• Collect and organize vendors invoices for the client invoice package
• Assist to resolve Client’s inquiries
• Validate all vendor invoices prior to Account Payables’ processing
• Ensure all transactions are in compliance with client contract.
• Facilitate transfers and ensure that billing is completed accurately and promptly.
• Maintain and update WIP and billing status tracker
• Work with Account leads and Billers to set up and initiate job closures timely
• Ensure that Account teams and Project Managers have access to the accurate and necessary information they require.
• Notify Account teams and Project Managers of the assigned job numbers once the jobs have been successfully set up.
• Regularly update and maintain Job tracker for all ongoing jobs
• Continuously monitor the scope of work request repository and verify that accurate rates are utilized in the creation of the Statement of Work (SOW).
• Diligently maintain the billing tracker, meticulously documenting each step from the WIP report to billing, and ensuring that all actions are accurately recorded and followed up on.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting with 2+ years of experience
• SAP and Hyperion background preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office with very strong excel skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to effectively work and communicate with finance and non-financial people, alike
• Ability to effectively manage workload, prioritize and streamline tasks to ensure accuracy and, take “ownership-mentality” in work/clients
• Able to anticipate problems, analyze situations and proactively come up with solutions
• Agency experience preferred

Salary range: $60,000 - $70,000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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