Financial Analyst

Equifax • St. Louis, MO

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Equifax is where you can power your possible. If you want to achieve your true potential, chart new paths, develop new skills, collaborate with bright minds, and make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you. The Financial Analyst will be responsible for supporting key initiatives within Equifax Workforce Solutions, working closely with Finance Leadership to provide value-added, strategic financial and business reporting. This role will support consolidation efforts within Finance, such as the month-end close process, internal and external audit requests, budgeting, forecasting, investor relations requests, Executive-level presentations and financial reporting governance. What You'll Do: Prepare local business unit presentations in coordination with appropriate key contacts within Equifax Workforce Solutions, such as: Monthly business updates with Equifax Workforce Solutions Leadership, Monthly financial reviews with the Equifax business unit Presidents, business unit SFOs, CFO, and CEO Quarterly business updates with Equifax Senior Leadership and Equifax Workforce Solutions Leadership, Board presentations with Equifax Workforce Solutions Leadership and Board of Directors Prepare monthly financial presentations and provide supporting documentation for communication to business partners and Senior Executives Execute with Corporate Accounting and local finance team on the closing process; coordinate with Corporate Accounting and local finance team on internal and external audit processes Assist with the local business unit budgeting and forecasting consolidation with support of the finance team; govern financial data hierarchical structures to ensure consistency with financial reporting Utilize financial query system (Hyperion Essbase) to provide adhoc requests to support business partners and Executives Apply analytic reasoning to draw out insights in alignment with business priorities, explain the logic and reasoning to stakeholders, and deliver recommendations in alignment with strategy Extract, transform and blend a diverse data set of data sources from systems and relational databases (e.g., CRM, SQL, Adobe Analytics) using tools such as Google Sheets, Alteryx, SQL and Tableau Prep Flag and monitor data quality to ensure confidence in the data used for analysis

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required, in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, or Engineering preferred; MBA preferred
• 2-4 years of relevant work experience

Nice To Haves

• Financial governance experience preferred
• Hyperion Planning and Essbase experience a plus
• Interactive data visualization software experience (preferably Tableau)
• Experience in transforming raw data sets into compelling and meaningful visual illustrations
• Detail-oriented and organized

Responsibilities

• Prepare local business unit presentations in coordination with appropriate key contacts within Equifax Workforce Solutions, such as: Monthly business updates with Equifax Workforce Solutions Leadership, Monthly financial reviews with the Equifax business unit Presidents, business unit SFOs, CFO, and CEO Quarterly business updates with Equifax Senior Leadership and Equifax Workforce Solutions Leadership, Board presentations with Equifax Workforce Solutions Leadership and Board of Directors
• Prepare monthly financial presentations and provide supporting documentation for communication to business partners and Senior Executives
• Execute with Corporate Accounting and local finance team on the closing process; coordinate with Corporate Accounting and local finance team on internal and external audit processes
• Assist with the local business unit budgeting and forecasting consolidation with support of the finance team; govern financial data hierarchical structures to ensure consistency with financial reporting
• Utilize financial query system (Hyperion Essbase) to provide adhoc requests to support business partners and Executives
• Apply analytic reasoning to draw out insights in alignment with business priorities, explain the logic and reasoning to stakeholders, and deliver recommendations in alignment with strategy
• Extract, transform and blend a diverse data set of data sources from systems and relational databases (e.g., CRM, SQL, Adobe Analytics) using tools such as Google Sheets, Alteryx, SQL and Tableau Prep
• Flag and monitor data quality to ensure confidence in the data used for analysis

Benefits

• comprehensive compensation and healthcare packages
• 401k matching
• paid time off
• organizational growth potential through our online learning platform with guided career tracks

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level