Entry Level Analyst

Description We have a pressing need for a flexible and determined Financial Analyst for this entry-level role in Stamford, Connecticut. Are you an achievement-oriented critical thinker with an excitement for analysis? This is a great Financial Analyst position. In this role, you will provide daily support to the accounting and finance departments as well as perform routine assignments and solve routine/standard problems with limited discretion. The Financial Analyst role demands a flexible individual comfortable with large amounts of information and adept at managing expectations. Submit an application today! This is a long-term contract / temporary role.
Key responsibilities
- Federate and analyze budgets and income statement forecasts
- Be instrumental in ensuring adequate controls and procedures
- Help out in the devising of monthly financial reporting and other business data
- Explore and query an immense amounts of data
- Design innovational alternatives and new ways to reduce costs and reform financial performance of a company
- Back a few different aspects of the monthly/quarterly/annual close process (i.e. journal entries, account reconciliations, expense analysis, and trend analysis, variance analysis)
- Support internal and external auditors during financial and operational audits
- Examine conclusive results at the corporate and division levels
- Reinforce the monitoring and maintaining internal accounting controls to ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley requirements
- Help in annual budgeting process
- May be required to teach non-financial staff members on complicated financial subjects in special assignments Requirements - Less than one year of experience required
- Great attention to detail
- Excellent verbal, written, and social skills
- Able to work independently with a minimal amount of oversight
- BA/BS degree in finance or a related field
- Firm understanding of problem solving through statistical analysis or with large data sets highly preferable (such as in derivatives, structured finance, or business analytics or in a similarly demanding and analytical role)
- Solid understanding of Microsoft Excel
- Solid computer skills including word processing, spreadsheets and presentation software, as well as databases and customer database systems
This position needs to be filled immediately! If your skill set matches the requirements, contact us today!
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