Support Chase Lending finance organization as a lead for strategy reporting and forecasting

As a Senior Associate in Lending Finance, you will partner across the firm to provide financial and strategic analysis, oversight, and coordination of budgeting and forecasting. You will also support cross functional workstreams with other Connected Commerce pillars of Payments and Loyalty. Additionally, you will be responsible for one of our key Ultimate Rewards redemption types where you will be expected to deliver value-added financial reporting and analysis, and assist with strategic direction and decision making. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Financial budgeting, reporting, forecasting and analysis
• Analytics and strategy - including, but not limited to – stakeholder recommendations, customer behavior, and analyzing card business
• Creating financial business cases supporting business initiatives
• Developing and tracking performance metrics, creating presentations, and generally providing financial analysis on a variety of topics to senior management
• Leading the process to deliver month-end results, the forecast for the remainder of the year, and the budget for future years.
• Performing variance analysis to understand the key drivers of the results and presenting commentary to line of business Chief Financial Officers explaining changes from prior forecasts/budgets.
• Helping design new reports and dashboards to efficiently deliver the financial results to senior management
• Enhancing controls and streamlining processes, introducing automation where possible

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a subject of a technical nature
• 3 years of work experience in Financial Services and/or accounting/consulting background
• Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex issues clearly
• Highly motivated and able to thrive and think clearly under pressure and tight deadlines
• Integrity in handling highly sensitive and confidential information
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with ability to analyze large data sets and present conclusions concisely

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Team player with the ability to be respected as a trusted partner for the Business, Finance, and key partners
• Willing to learn new technical skills and applications
• Highly motivated self-starter with excellent time management/prioritization skills
• Inquisitive, enthusiastic and diligent, and capable of challenging peers