Finance Coordinator - Chicago

Job Overview

The Finance Coordinator will provide comprehensive financial support to the Health, Life, and P&C practices to fully support their flash, invoicing, and financial reporting and analysis functions. This role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously. The Finance Coordinator will work closely with the regional leaders and other stakeholders to ensure accurate and timely completion of financial activities.

Manage monthly flash process for designated P&Ls

• Work with project managers each month to determine and record flash entries (current invoice, future invoice, bill ahead applied) by project and provide details of recognized revenue by project and in the aggregate
• Track WIP and foster timely invoicing of clients by project managers

Create and send invoices on a monthly basis within designated time frames

• Maintain compliance with internal policies and maintain proper documentation for all invoices (i.e., provide draft copies, obtain peer review, etc.)
• Track invoices and follow up on past due amounts to foster timely collections

Provide monthly reports to stakeholders detailing key business metrics (utilization, realization, project profitability)

• Provide other ad-hoc reports to stakeholders, as requested

Perform monthly analysis of key metrics and drivers

• Monitor monthly and YTD results against budgets; identify areas where results appear to be trending outside of acceptable levels
• Investigate and highlight utilization and profitability trends/issues
• Validate data feeds to OW Data & Analytics, as necessary

Create Excel reports to aid in the financial management of the practice

Manage payment requests, refunds, unapplied funds, and write-off requests

• Research and develop current procedures, establish best practices, and streamline existing processes

• BA or BS degree in Finance, Accounting, or equivalent experience
• Experience with the Flash process and invoicing
• 1-2 years’ experience in a financial or highly analytical role preferred, performing P&L reporting, forecasting and budgeting
• Must be comfortable working with and manipulating large amounts of data, creating reports and perform data analysis, including validating data feeds and generating financial management reports. Ability to learn Macros is preferable
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency with Microsoft Suite, including, Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point
• Experience with Tableau or other BI tools, Sales Force, Smart View a plus

• Strong financial and analytical skills
• Proven experience in a role requiring a high degree of organizational skill and attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to be productive, adaptive and to simultaneously manage multiple project priorities in a complex, performance-driven environment
• Skill in building relationships with stakeholders, understanding their needs, and providing ad-hoc reports or information as requested
• Can work effectively autonomously and in a team environment
• Is coachable and possesses a strong desire to learn and grow

The applicable base salary range for this role is $80,000 to $95,000.

We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.

Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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