Finance Analyst

loanDepot•Irvine, CA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Responsible for analyzing financial performance, business metrics, and sales performance for the company. Develops actionable reports and solutions to achieve company goals. Updates forecasts and budgets and provides proper variance analysis visibility. This position ensures the performance of all duties in accordance with the company’s policies and procedures, all U.S. state and federal laws and regulations, wherein the company operates.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in finance or accounting required
a minimum of one (1) + years’ experience in a Financial Analyst or Business Analyst role.
Experience in the Mortgage industry preferred.
Familiarity with relational databases (SQL, Oracle) including the ability to easily extract raw data is preferred.

Responsibilities

Architects reports using raw loan production and accounting data to influence decision making.
Assimilates raw data into actionable reports in support of departments within the organization.
Evaluates key company metrics and develops new measurements for success.
Identifies areas for process improvements and consistently strives to streamline existing processes and reports.
Conducts market research and performance analysis of new branch or referral partner opportunities.
Creates robust financial and production reporting packages for distribution across leaders within the sales organization under stringent deadlines to meet reporting turn times.
Develops a thorough understanding of production compensation plans and ensures payroll is executed accordingly.
Performs variance analysis and identifies the root cause of any discrepancies.
Supports Sr. Analysts and Management within Finance division.
Creates ad hoc reports or analysis as requested by senior management.
Works directly with the accounting department to assist with month-end closing process and other support functions as needed.
Performs other duties and projects as assigned.