Senior Financial Analyst

Position Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for management reporting, financial modeling, budgeting and forecasting, benchmarking and peer analysis, and other value-added financial analysis to assist the organization in making financial and strategic decisions.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Customer Service - Adheres to The Busey Promise of service standards – Service excellence in everything we do for our Pillars.
• Functional Knowledge and Technical Skills - Skilled in job-specific knowledge that is necessary to provide the appropriate quantity and quality of work in a timely and efficient manner.
• Accountability - Work behaviors demonstrate responsible personal and professional conduct, which contributes to the overall goals and objectives of Busey.
• Interpersonal Relations (Teamwork) - Interacts effectively with others to establish and maintain smooth working relations.
• Attention to Detail – Working in a conscientious, consistent, and thorough manner.
• Information Gathering and Processing – Locating and collecting data from appropriate sources and analyzing it to prepare meaningful and concise reports that summarize the information.
• Verbal & Written Communication – Communicating ideas and information in a clear and concise manner to ensure that information and messages are understood and have the desired impact.
• Initiative – Dealing with situations and issues proactively and persistently, seizing opportunities that arise.

Education & Experience

Knowledge of:

• Financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, and financial modeling.
• Banking industry accounting and financial concepts
• GAAP and financial principles
• Excel spreadsheet proficiency
• Understanding of the internal control and risk environment

Ability to:

• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
• Extremely strong analytical, problem-solving skills and business acumen
• Analytical ability to interpret data and present it in a meaningful and easily understood form while providing recommendations
• Act as a trusted partner to bank leadership

Education and Training:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting or equivalent work experience; MBA preferred
• 5+ years in finance or accounting roles (Level: Senior)
• Requires proficient usage of Microsoft Office products; PowerBI experience preferred; Axiom financial software knowledge preferred

Benefits and Compensation

Salary offered is based on factors, including but not limited to, the job duties, required qualifications and relevant experience, and local market trends. The role may be eligible for bonus or incentives based on company and individual performance.

(Base Pay Range: $80,000 - $110,000/year)

Busey provides a competitive Total Rewards package in return for your time, talents, efforts and ultimately, results. Your personal and professional well-being—now and in the years to come—are important to us. Busey’s Total Rewards include a competitive benefits package offering 401(k) match, profit sharing, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance and long-term disability, supplemental voluntary life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness incentives and an employee assistance program. In addition, eligible associates may take advantage of pre-tax health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts. Visit Busey Total Rewards for more information.

Equal Opportunity

Busey values a diverse and inclusive workplace and strives to recruit, develop and retain individuals with exceptional talent. A team with diverse talent, working together, is essential to Busey’s commitment of delivering service excellence. Busey is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets. Visit Busey.com/Careers to learn more about Busey’s Equal Opportunity Employment.

Unsolicited Resumes

Busey Bank, and its subsidiaries, does not accept any liability for fees for resumes from recruiters or employment agencies (“Agency”), without a binding, written recruitment agreement between Busey and Agency describing the services and specific job openings (“Agreement”). Busey may consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume and explicitly reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the Agency, unless an Agreement is in place. Any email or verbal contact with any Busey associate is inadequate to create a binding agreement. Agencies without an Agreement are requested not to contact any associates of Busey with recruiting inquiries or resumes. Busey respectfully requests no phone calls or emails.