Overview
We are seeking an intellectually curious and self-motivated Financial Analyst to join our Washington Division’s finance team. The role will be responsible for day-to-day tasks, as well as being part of high visibility projects aimed at making our current processes more efficient while keeping scalability in mind. The ideal candidate would have a finance background, is eager to learn new things, and take on challenges while maintaining high quality work in a rapidly growing organization.
Duties/Responsibilities
- Work with and create complex Excel modeling tools to analyze new and ongoing real estate developments.
- Prepare and analyze competitive market analysis for home building projects.
- Prepare monthly project updates to facilitate actual-to-budget variance analysis.
- Work closely with the Corporate and Divisional finance teams to prepare and update the quarterly divisional business plans and associated financial reports.
- Recommend ways to automate reporting and streamline processes.
- Prepare project cash flow proforma and run proforma model sensitivities.
- Interpret and analyze results from data extractions to identify patterns and trends, including financial results.
- Identify user requirements and turn them into actionable information with accurate and understandable reports and applications.
- Identify areas of process improvements and manage change implementation.
- Learn and integrate new systems as needed.
- Possess excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, as well as superior problem solving, attention to detail and critical thinking skills.
- Prioritize and manage workflow and meet deadlines.
- Measure and synthesize critical financial metrics to drive more strategic analysis.
- Track KPIs and prepare associated financial reports.
- Perform other tasks based on company needs.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree; emphasis in business, finance and/or accounting.
- 3-5 years of experience within a finance group or equivalent.
- Excellent problem-solving, organizational skills and analytical thinking.
- Self-starter with the ability to work well independently.
- Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office including advanced skills in Excel including pivot tables, Inform XL queries, and the ability to learn new software applications.