Job Title: Sr. Finance Data Analyst

Job Description

As the Senior Finance Data Analyst within our Finance Shared Services group, you will be a key enabler within an analytics team, supporting change and process re-engineering. You will assist the team from the inception to the execution of projects, providing data and analytics support for process owners, building automation solutions, and driving joint initiatives with IT or our Automation specialist teams. You will collaborate with various teams, including Continuous Improvement and Automation specialists, wider Finance teams, Commercial, and Operations. This role allows you to make a direct impact on the modernization of a group that supports all business functions while gaining valuable experience and exposure to accelerate your career.

Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed analysis on opportunities to eliminate, simplify, and automate processes.
• Recommend approaches or changes to streamline and integrate processes to improve overall efficiency based on business strategy and stakeholder needs.
• Facilitate automation of analytical and operational tasks and processes at scale, incorporating automation tools such as Alteryx, Power BI, Power Automate, or development of requirements for RPAs and IT-led projects.
• Analyze business requirements and processes to identify opportunities for improvement with technology solutions.
• Act as a key contributor within a team of mixed discipline resources to drive tangible change across key priority processes for productivity savings and enhanced customer/employee experience.
• Take ownership of financial data and analytics processes with a fair understanding of business processes to equip the team with proper data for advanced analytics and exploratory data analysis.
• Provide data management processes such as accessing raw data feeds, building queries, and designing reports that present status-at-a-glance visualization of business performance.
• Create user-friendly data visualizations to report complex business processes via related KPIs, benchmarking, statistical analysis, exception reporting, etc.
• Perform ad hoc and rapid data analysis.
• Work independently on a range of complex tasks, which may include unique situations and financial modeling.

Essential Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in accounting, economics, finance, statistics, data analysis or a related field of study.
• Minimum three years of experience in business process engineering, finance transformation, a top-tier management consulting firm, or as a data analyst within finance or business intelligence.
• Track record of data-driven analysis, linking data and analytics to business strategy, financial performance, and process improvement.
• Strong analytical background, including the ability to break down and work through complex problems in a structured manner using both quantitative and qualitative methods.
• Ability to create data visualizations to report KPIs and metrics, pull data from various data sources, direct querying, exploratory data analysis, financial modeling, and performing root cause analysis.
• MS Office proficiency: Excel power user, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint.
• Strong knowledge of and experience with databases (SQL, SnowSQL, etc.).
• Extensive experience with automation technologies and data visualization tools such as PowerBI, Power Automate, Smartsheet workflow, RPAs, Alteryx, or other BI tools.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Knowledge of data gathering, cleaning, and transforming techniques preferred.
• Knowledge of and hands-on experience with SAP S4/HANA is a plus.

Work Environment

The role reports to the Manager of Finance Operations. The team is newly assembled and growing, offering opportunities for career advancement. The work hours are from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM with some flexibility. This is a hybrid role, requiring presence in the Owings Mills office from Tuesday to Thursday.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $38.00 - $40.86/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Owings Mills,MD.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Apr 9, 2025.

About Aston Carter:

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® double diamond winner for both client and talent service.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Aston Carter, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent
• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com for other accommodation options.