Finance Analyst

In this role at Citizens, you’ll experience new things, create new opportunities, think beyond your role, and make an impact.

As a Finance Analyst supporting the Consumer Lending business, you will provide financial analytics, reporting, and budgetary awareness with a high focus on expense management. You will work collaboratively with other members of the finance team as well as business and other key partners.

Additionally, you will be a key player in providing insight and recommendations to key business leaders to ensure the business line is staying within budget forecasts and general targets. As part of our team, you’re made ready for a fulfilling career with exciting new challenges and opportunities to stretch yourself!

• Develops monthly financial reports, annual budget, and monthly forecasts. Provide transparent reporting, highlighting significant assumptions, opportunities and risks. Distill conclusions into succinct, impactful analysis and commentary appropriate for executive management.
• Provides insight and makes recommendations to key business leaders to ensure the business line stays within budget forecasts, and general targets. Continuously consults externally for updates from business partners and researches trends in the business or customer base to ensure forecasts and recommendations are up to date.
• Evaluate financial projections in light of environment, historical performance, initiatives and external market expectations. Preparation and coordination of monthly variance analysis during month end closing process. Research and analysis of variances to determine underlying business reasons.
• Identifying and driving process improvements, including improvement in management / organization of metric data for business line, creation of standard and ad hoc reports. Includes determination of appropriate approach, resources required, schedule for completion and monitoring of project progress.
• Design of format and content of presentation, quality review of accuracy, and recommendations provided to management.

• Required Qualifications
  • Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting or related field
  • Work experience in financial analysis, FP&A, or accounting
  • Ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously and within tight deadlines
  • Strong to Advanced Excel skills
  • Proficiency in Power Point and Word
  • Detail oriented with strong organizational and analytical skills
• Preferred Qualifications
  • Consumer Lending or Banking experience
  • Working knowledge of Hyperion Essbase/Smart view

• Hours per Week: 40
• Work Schedule:
  
  M-F Hybrid 4 days in office, 1 day remote

• The salary range for this position is $73,000-$101,000 per year, plus an opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus. Actual pay is based on various factors including but not limited to, the budget, work location, and relevant skills and experience. We offer competitive pay, comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, maternity/paternity leave, flexible work arrangements, education reimbursement, wellness programs and more.
  
  Note, Citizens’ paid time off policy exceeds the mandatory, paid sick or paid time-away policy of every local and state jurisdiction in the United States. For an overview of our benefits, visit  .

This role is not eligible for new employer sponsored or current H-1 B visa holders. Applicants, including current OPT, L and other visa holders, must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for new employer sponsorship for themselves or their spouses now and in the future.

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