Please send resume should you be interested in the following Senior Financial Analyst position located in either Houston, Texas. This is a full-time, direct-hire position with a salary between 80-95K plus awesome benefits. If you're not interested, please pass along to your colleagues as we do pay referral fees.
Location: Houston TX
Salary: 80-95K
Work environment: 100% onsite
Parking: Paid by employer
Bachelor's degree required: YES
Team size: 15
Candidates MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE with Aderant (or Aderant Expert)
Candidates MUST HAVE Law Firm experience
Senior Financial Reporting Analyst. This individual will be a member of the Accounting and Finance Department and will report to the Controller. This position will work closely with the COO and Financial Controller to assist in the analysis of the firm's profitability and performance, as well as budgeting and reporting.
This role will involve developing content for COO, Managing Partner, Board of Directors, and Partners, and presenting that content in an effective way. The position requires a high level of diligence, as the reporting and presentations will be serving the executive management of the company.
The right individual will have strong analytical skills and work ethics, capable of executing to deadlines and requests. Also, the person should demonstrate solid grasp and understanding of financials and tax basis reporting.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Prepare accurate and timely financial statements and reports in compliance with accounting standards, bank loan covenants and legal requirements
Produce the firm's annual budget and perform monthly variance analyses against actual spending
Prepare financial slides for board and partners
Prepare partner promotion data
Prepare year-end law firm surveys
Perform spend analytics in a meaningful way that considers business understanding towards actionable insights
Perform regular predictive financial modeling, monitoring outcomes, and refining the model
Interpret financial results into insights and recommendations for presentation to executives
Provide financial modeling, analysis, and valuation support for scheduled and ad-hoc projects
Identify and implement reporting of key financial metrics that enable meaningful insights and improve the visibility to company's financial results
Prepare profitability reports from Iridium
REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor's Degree (Master's Degree, CPA, CFA preferred) - Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business-related degree preferred
8+ years of experience in Finance/Accounting for reputable firms
7+ years of experience in the legal industry
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, dashboards, data visualization
Strong analytical, financial modeling and reporting skills
Experience with Aderant Expert and BigHand Iridium
Expertise in project management
Experience with SSRS - SQL
Experience with Excel - Pivot Tables, V-lookup, what-if statements
Experience with Microsoft Office specifically Excel, Power Point and Word
Experience with Profitability/Performance analysis/Budgeting software know how relational databases work
Experience in budgeting for the legal industry
Experience to train and develop others in various reporting tools