What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Finance Analyst position at Hoxton Circle?
We're working with a client seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join a lean, high-performing Finance team supporting insurance finance and regulated financial services operations. This role sits at the intersection of financial operations, FP&A, and finance analytics, ideal for someone who thrives working independently, digging into complex data, and translating findings into real recommendations for the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Support core finance operations including monthly close, reconciliations, and internal control processes
- Build and maintain complex, repeatable financial workpapers and analyses in Excel
- Analyze large data sets, validate results, and identify root causes behind variances or discrepancies
- Convert financial and operational findings into clear, actionable recommendations for leadership
- Partner cross-functionally with other departments, employees, management, and clients to support finance transformation and process improvement initiatives
- Prepare polished, presentation-ready materials in PowerPoint for leadership and stakeholder review
- Work independently within a lean Finance team, taking ownership of assignments and consistently identifying opportunities to improve on the initial scope of the work
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Data Analytics, or a related field
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in finance operations, accounting, FP&A, finance analytics, finance transformation, insurance finance, or regulated financial services
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including the ability to structure complex analyses and build accurate, repeatable workpapers
- Strong PowerPoint capabilities for stakeholder-facing reporting
- Strong understanding of financial statements, general ledger data, monthly close, reconciliations, internal controls, and transaction-based Finance workflows
- Demonstrated ability to analyze large data sets, validate results, identify root causes, and convert findings into actionable recommendations
- Excellent organizational, communication, and business-partnership skills
- Demonstrated initiative, intellectual curiosity, and strong attention to detail
- Proven ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across departments, with employees, management, and clients