FINANCIAL ANALYST (CHICAGO, IL)

Compass Group•Chicago, IL

9d•$70,000 - $75,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Financial Analyst supports the Chartwells Higher Education finance team by updating and analyzing internal financial reports on a weekly and monthly basis, supporting forecasting and the annual budget process, and contributing to the development of a data warehouse solution and Power BI dashboards.

Requirements

High proficiency in Excel.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret financial reports and legal documents.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Strong communication, organization, and time management skills.

Nice To Haves

3 or more years of work experience preferred.
Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university in Accounting, Finance, Data & Analytics, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Prepare and analyze monthly management reports.
Consolidate, analyze, and distribute weekly Business Owner Reports.
Consolidate in-month projections through Anaplan.
Compile and analyze budgets and forecasts, monitor variances, identify trends, and consider what-if scenarios to suggest improvements to the Chartwells Finance Team.
Provide accurate and timely reporting on the financial activity of individual projects.
Create and design reports and spreadsheets, and create and maintain a database to organize, collect, and upload data into required reporting formats.
Design, develop, and maintain Power BI dashboards to support business reporting needs, including enhancing existing reports.
Understand the flow of data from enterprise data warehouses to Power BI dashboards and ensure accurate data representation.
Use foundational relational database knowledge to write SQL queries, including joins, filters, and fundamental data transformations.