Finance & Business Management - Senior Associate

JPMorgan Chase & Co.•Columbus, OH

About The Position

As a Senior Associate, Finance Analyst in Business Banking Lending Finance, you translate lending performance into executive-ready insights that help us make better decisions. You will combine management reporting, dashboard design, and financial analysis to explain results and identify actions our leaders can take. You will work in a collaborative, high-visibility environment where curiosity, strong judgment, and attention to detail matter. You will help us improve how we measure performance by strengthening definitions, controls, and data quality while reducing manual work through automation.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in finance, business analytics, management reporting, financial planning and analysis, pricing analytics, portfolio analytics, or a related analytical role
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Analytics, Data Science, Statistics, or a related quantitative field
Demonstrated ability to perform root-cause analysis, connect financial outcomes to underlying business activity, and explain decision implications
Experience creating management reporting, dashboards, business reviews, or executive materials for senior stakeholders
Strong analytical judgment and business curiosity, with the ability to challenge surface-level explanations using data
Enthusiastic, self-directed, energetic, and personally motivated, with the ability to take ownership and execute improvements with limited direction
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
Experience with reporting and visualization tools (for example, Alteryx or Tableau)
Working knowledge of data querying tools, such as Structured Query Language (SQL)
Strong attention to detail and control mindset, including the ability to identify anomalies before results are shared with senior stakeholders
Strong communication, organization, and stakeholder management skills

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting lending, credit card, small business banking, commercial banking, consumer banking, or another financial services business
Familiarity with lending economics, including originations, balances, utilization, yield, fee income, credit losses, expenses, capital, profitability, or return metrics
Experience supporting CFO organizations, pricing teams, risk strategy, portfolio management, product strategy, or business performance teams
Experience analyzing the financial impact of pricing actions, credit strategy changes, customer behavior, portfolio mix, or product changes
Working knowledge of Python or modern data platforms (for example, Databricks or Snowflake)
Exposure to analytics automation, dashboard automation, workflow automation, or reporting modernization

Responsibilities

Lead and enhance management reporting and dashboards that provide clear visibility into results, trends, and key metrics for finance and business leadership
Analyze monthly and quarterly variances across originations, balances, pricing, credit, expenses, profitability, and portfolio trends to identify root causes and emerging themes
Develop executive-ready commentary and recommendations that summarize the key message, financial implications, and potential next steps
Partner with Product, Strategy, Risk, and Operations teams to validate conclusions, understand context, and pressure-test explanations
Deliver ad hoc strategic analyses on profitability, portfolio behavior, pricing impacts, credit strategy changes, forecast risks, and emerging business issues
Improve reporting processes by automating recurring work, standardizing metrics, strengthening controls, improving data quality, and documenting key definitions and procedures