Title:Sr. Financial Analyst
ID:JREQ043030
Description
Primary Objective(s)
Provide accurate and timely reporting and analysis of sales for the FindLaw business, and also the corresponding expense, capital, and FTE resources that support the Sales organization. As part of the FindLaw Finance team, the Senior Financial Analyst will be expected to partner cross functionally and vertically within the organization to execute a deliberate set of accountabilities that support the overall goals of the FindLaw business. Primary responsibilities include the supporting of monthly reporting and analysis, expense and cost center management, planning and forecasting, sales exceptions, and other ad hoc analyses.
Division/Group/Role
- FindLaw FinanceKey Responsibilities
- Provide and support the monthly analysis and reporting on FTE’s, sales, expenses, and capital spend for the FindLaw Sales organization.
- Partner across the organization (Finance, Sales, Sales Ops, Product, Performance, Account Management, Commissions) to drive enhancements and simplification into all processes.
- Identify historical trends, and develop planning and forecasting assumptions based upon historical trends and business assumptions. Maintain and update financial planning models and templates based upon these trends and assumptions.
- Identify risks and opportunities to the financial plans and forecasts.
- Maintain and streamline/enhance sales metrics reporting (attainment, performance by tenure, new product sales, etc.).
- Prepare monthly journal entries, drive the close process, and analyze financial results.
- Assist with creating management presentations and monthly business review presentations. Highlight key financial and operational insights.
- Validate and compile historical data to develop trending analyses and other key business metrics.
- Drive for simplification in the sales exceptions process. Review and remediate pre- and post-sale exceptions.
- Lead the calculations and subsequent variable compensation payments for levers maintained outside of Varicent. Keen eye for details to ensure payments are administered accurate and timely.
- Complete special projects as defined by the needs of the business. We are the leading source of intelligent information for the world's businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. We deliver this must-have insight to the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization.
Qualifications
Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance plus applicable business experience required
- 3+ years demonstrated progressive financial experience and responsibilities
- Excellent communication, presentation, and organization skills. Proven ability to communicate with and present and relate to various levels of management internal and external to the organization
- Highly-motivated, independent, professional, self-starter with proven ability to collaborate, streamline, influence based on common objectives, and drive results in a fast-paced, global environment
- Strong business and financial acumen
- Strong functional understanding of financial reporting (SAP and BW/BEX preferred) and planning/forecasting systems (Cognos and Hyperion preferred)
- Strong streamlining focus as part of your core mindset with demonstrated ability to identify and implement effective and meaningful solutions
- Detail oriented with excellent analytical, quantitative, and investigative skills
- Ability to effectively, efficiently, and collaboratively work with partners across time zones
- Highly accustomed and adept at preparing professional presentations and related content
- Highly proficient in Excel and PowerPoint
- Highly flexible and adaptive to changing business needs and prioritiesAt Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 60,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
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According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the H-1B visa cap has been met for the 2015 fiscal year (October 1, 2014-September 30, 2015).
Job: Accounting & Finance Family Group
Primary Location: Eagan, MN, US
Other Locations:
Organization: Legal Finance
Schedule: Full-time
Education Level: Bachelor's Degree (±16 years)
Job Type: Standard
Shift: Day Job
Travel:
See Full DescriptionMay 26, 2015 at 03:00AM from Thomson Reuters - Finance Jobs
ID:JREQ043030
Description
Primary Objective(s)
Provide accurate and timely reporting and analysis of sales for the FindLaw business, and also the corresponding expense, capital, and FTE resources that support the Sales organization. As part of the FindLaw Finance team, the Senior Financial Analyst will be expected to partner cross functionally and vertically within the organization to execute a deliberate set of accountabilities that support the overall goals of the FindLaw business. Primary responsibilities include the supporting of monthly reporting and analysis, expense and cost center management, planning and forecasting, sales exceptions, and other ad hoc analyses.
Division/Group/Role
- FindLaw FinanceKey Responsibilities
- Provide and support the monthly analysis and reporting on FTE’s, sales, expenses, and capital spend for the FindLaw Sales organization.
- Partner across the organization (Finance, Sales, Sales Ops, Product, Performance, Account Management, Commissions) to drive enhancements and simplification into all processes.
- Identify historical trends, and develop planning and forecasting assumptions based upon historical trends and business assumptions. Maintain and update financial planning models and templates based upon these trends and assumptions.
- Identify risks and opportunities to the financial plans and forecasts.
- Maintain and streamline/enhance sales metrics reporting (attainment, performance by tenure, new product sales, etc.).
- Prepare monthly journal entries, drive the close process, and analyze financial results.
- Assist with creating management presentations and monthly business review presentations. Highlight key financial and operational insights.
- Validate and compile historical data to develop trending analyses and other key business metrics.
- Drive for simplification in the sales exceptions process. Review and remediate pre- and post-sale exceptions.
- Lead the calculations and subsequent variable compensation payments for levers maintained outside of Varicent. Keen eye for details to ensure payments are administered accurate and timely.
- Complete special projects as defined by the needs of the business. We are the leading source of intelligent information for the world's businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. We deliver this must-have insight to the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization.
Qualifications
Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance plus applicable business experience required
- 3+ years demonstrated progressive financial experience and responsibilities
- Excellent communication, presentation, and organization skills. Proven ability to communicate with and present and relate to various levels of management internal and external to the organization
- Highly-motivated, independent, professional, self-starter with proven ability to collaborate, streamline, influence based on common objectives, and drive results in a fast-paced, global environment
- Strong business and financial acumen
- Strong functional understanding of financial reporting (SAP and BW/BEX preferred) and planning/forecasting systems (Cognos and Hyperion preferred)
- Strong streamlining focus as part of your core mindset with demonstrated ability to identify and implement effective and meaningful solutions
- Detail oriented with excellent analytical, quantitative, and investigative skills
- Ability to effectively, efficiently, and collaboratively work with partners across time zones
- Highly accustomed and adept at preparing professional presentations and related content
- Highly proficient in Excel and PowerPoint
- Highly flexible and adaptive to changing business needs and prioritiesAt Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 60,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
Intrigued by a challenge as large and fascinating as the world itself? Come join us.
To learn more about what we offer, please visit careers.thomsonreuters.com.
More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on thomsonreuters.com.
According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the H-1B visa cap has been met for the 2015 fiscal year (October 1, 2014-September 30, 2015).
Job: Accounting & Finance Family Group
Primary Location: Eagan, MN, US
Other Locations:
Organization: Legal Finance
Schedule: Full-time
Education Level: Bachelor's Degree (±16 years)
Job Type: Standard
Shift: Day Job
Travel:
See Full DescriptionMay 26, 2015 at 03:00AM from Thomson Reuters - Finance Jobs