Financial Analyst

City of Roanoke, Virginia•Roanoke, VA

19d•Onsite

About The Position

The City of Roanoke is seeking a Financial Analyst to perform a wide variety of analytical activities focused on re-engineering financial/retirement processes to maximize quality of service and cost effectiveness. General areas of responsibility include financial/retirement administration (defined benefit and defined contribution), budgeting, compensation, and process improvement, and ancillary service provider vendor management (ie. investment consulting, actuarial, and recordkeeping). This is an exempt position.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university in accounting, finance, management, business or public administration, or a related field
Five to seven years' experience directly related to and/or training or any equivalent combination of education and experience
Proven track record of having demonstrated strong interpersonal, analytical and creative problem solving skills
Technical writing skills
Ability to work well with metrics, numbers, and trends
Excellent computer skills
Ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly-changing environment
Self-starter
Able to work independently with little direction
Effective at juggling multiple projects
Past work experiences emphasize team play
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents
Ability to respond effectively to inquiries orally and in writing
Ability to make effective presentations to city council, management, and/or public groups
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
Ability to interpret and deal with an extensive variety of variables
Ability to think logically

Responsibilities

Conceptualizing and developing innovative solutions to address complex financial/retirement administrative issues
Gathering, documenting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions on complex financial, asset investment and retirement operational issues/data and information
Identifying internal and external shifts within business processes and financial and retirement administrative related objectives, and reporting back on relevant trends and solutions
Analyzing long term employee compensation and workforce trends as it relates to actuarial assumptions and expectations and recommend appropriate scenarios and strategies to maintain benefits sustainability
Defining problems and scope, developing recommendations, and coordinating implementation of solutions
Developing, recommending and writing administrative procedures
Analyzing results of current benchmarks and maintain comparative analysis of peer financial/retirement programs and recommending changes to the program(s) to maintain organizational objectives and competitive position in the marketplace
Researching, analyzing and developing recommended modifications to financial/retirement programs to meet identified organization objectives and needs
Advising and educating financial staff on key issues and compliance related processes
Acting as an analytical resource to the Department of Finance and City departments
Assisting in the preparation and management of the financial/retirement budget
Analyzing reports on the budget and actual spending
Determining, developing, tracking, analyzing and communicating appropriate financial/retirement metrics
Ensuring best practices are consistently upheld throughout the department
Providing professional input into ad hoc projects
Performing ad hoc reporting and participating in special projects, as needed