What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Financial Analyst position at RELX?
About The Team
The corporate Finance FPR&A team is a dynamic and collaborative group dedicated to providing critical financial insights and support to drive the company's strategic objectives. We develop and support analytic technologies to provide our internal customers with structured access to data that is timely, accurate, and actionable. We collaborate in a fast-paced environment, contributing to innovative solutions, and demonstrating meticulousness.
About The Job
The FPR&A Lead Analyst role is focused on providing essential data-driven insights to guide executive level decision-making, collaborating across departments, and having a direct impact on financial performance. This role will be responsible for performing financial analysis, financial modeling, insight generation, and process improvement. Our ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, relishes working with big and complex data sets, and is passionate about financial analysis that provides actionable insights. This position requires working through complex issues and developing creative solutions while coordinating efforts across multi-functional teams and will lead projects as needed.
Primary Accountabilities
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The corporate Finance FPR&A team is a dynamic and collaborative group dedicated to providing critical financial insights and support to drive the company's strategic objectives. We develop and support analytic technologies to provide our internal customers with structured access to data that is timely, accurate, and actionable. We collaborate in a fast-paced environment, contributing to innovative solutions, and demonstrating meticulousness.
About The Job
The FPR&A Lead Analyst role is focused on providing essential data-driven insights to guide executive level decision-making, collaborating across departments, and having a direct impact on financial performance. This role will be responsible for performing financial analysis, financial modeling, insight generation, and process improvement. Our ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, relishes working with big and complex data sets, and is passionate about financial analysis that provides actionable insights. This position requires working through complex issues and developing creative solutions while coordinating efforts across multi-functional teams and will lead projects as needed.
Primary Accountabilities
- Independently gathers, interprets, and analyzes information, makes assessments, and completes reconciliations.
- Provides critical financial insights to the executive team by conducting in-depth analysis, scenario planning, and trend identification that guides strategic decision-making.
- Gains a deep understanding of our financial systems and processes.
- Analyses large sets of data and extracts valuable insights to present to leadership and business partners.
- Supports month-end close activities, preparing and analyzing schedules and understanding their impact on the overall financials.
- Identifies problem areas when looking at information, seeing patterns, trends, or missing pieces, and identifies the similarities. Questions inconsistencies in financial data and make recommendations to resolve.
- Identifies improvements and enhancements, documenting and recommending appropriate courses of action, and assists with implementing new processes.
- Supports and provides guidance to other functional areas, helps with questions, and assists them with solutions.
- Provides guidance and support to other analysts within the department.
- Perform Ad hoc analysis as needed.
- 5 Prior experience of substantial diverse financial analysis and accounting
- BA/BS, Accounting/Finance
- Advanced computer skills including Excel, Essbase, Oracle EPM
- Understanding of financial system structures and data flows
- Attention to detail, advanced analytical and problem-solving skills to identify problem areas when reviewing data/information and question inconsistencies to determine proper resolution
- Advanced organizational and time management skills
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
- Ability to complete financial analysis with minimal direction
We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.
Salary : $86,600 - $144,400