Senior Financial Analyst

About the Business

Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management.

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The Corporate Finance Decision Support team develops and supports the analytic technologies to provide our internal customers structured access to data that is timely, accurate, and actionable. We collaborate in a fast-paced environment, contributing to innovative solutions, and demonstrating meticulousness.

A Senior Financial Analyst is a decision support role focused on the Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) market within the Business Services organization. This role will be responsible for performing financial analysis, financial modeling, business insight development, and process improvement. A core function is developing monthly forecasts and annual budgets. This position requires working through complex issues and developing creative solutions. This position will be hybrid in Alpharetta, GA.

• Independently gathers, interprets and analyzes information, makes assessments, and completes reconciliations
• Learn the Financial Crime Compliance market and the value propositions of its products and business
• Gain a deep understanding of our financial systems and processes
• Analyze large sets of data and extract valuable insights to share with finance team and business partners
• Leverage AI to analyze large data sets to gain quicker insights
• Support month-end close activities, prepare and analyze schedules and reports and understand their impact on the overall financials
• Identify problem areas when looking at information seeing patterns, trends, or missing pieces, and identify the similarities. Question inconsistency in financial data elements. Make recommendation to resolve
• Identify improvements and enhancements, document and recommend appropriate course of action, and assist with implementing new processes
• Support and provide guidance to other functional areas, help with questions, and assist them with solutions
• Provide guidance to other analysts in the department
• Ad hoc analysis as needed
• Perform all other duties as assigned

• 3+ Prior experience of substantial diverse financial analysis and accounting
• BA/BS, Accounting/Finance
• Advanced computer skills including Excel, Essbase, Hyperion
• 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 skills, and proven time management skills
• Proficient communication and presentation skills
• Analytical Thinking, inclusive of problem assessment and recommendation
• Planning and organizational awareness
• Conceptual Thinking / Decision Making (Problem Solving)
• Ability to complete financial analysis with minimal direction
• Basic to intermediate AI Finance understanding preferred

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Health benefits:
  
  Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
• Retirement benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Wellbeing:
  Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and time-off programs
• Short- and long-term disability, life and accidental death insurance, critical illness, and hospital indemnity family benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Health savings, health care, dependent care and commuter spending accounts
• In addition to annual paid time off, we offer up to two days of…