Senior Financial Analyst - Virtual

We’re JLL. We’re a professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We help organizations around the world achieve their ambitions by owning, occupying and investing in real estate.

We’re a Fortune 500 company. We work across 80 countries, in 280 different offices, with a team of over 60,000 individuals. And we look after a property portfolio of over 4bn square feet, all on behalf of our clients.

Prepare budgets, re-forecasts, revenue / expense analysis and business trend analysis. Provide senior management with financial reporting and business trends used for business planning and strategic and tactical decision making.

• Lead the strategic planning, budgeting and forecasting activities; including facility expense, resource allocation reviews, and statistical and financial modeling of assumptive scenarios in support of key business decision-making.
• Identifies tactical and strategic opportunities, gaps, and financial risks through collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Evaluate financial and operational performance and provides suggestions for areas of improvement. Perform variance analysis.
• Participates in ensuring internal reporting compliance with company policies and procedures (i.e. SOX, SSAE16).
• Complete and support regular and ad-hoc reporting including informal and formal internal and client-ready documents, reports, graphs, charts and presentations.
• Collaborate with team to develop efficient reporting strategies including automation and simplification of reporting processes while preserving data integrity
• Special projects and other functions as required by manager or client.

• 5+ years of relevant work experience.
• Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance; MBA a plus.
• Excellent computer skills including proficiency in Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint. Experience with Microsoft PowerPivot and Access is a plus.
• Proficiency in computer-based accounting applications required. Experience with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (E1) platform is a plus.
• Strong organizational and coordination skills required.
• Self starter, team player, with ability to bring alternate points of view to the discussion and analysis.
• Strong financial/analytical skills with proven capabilities in financial modeling.
• Strong presentation and communication skills (oral and written) required.
• Demonstrates consistency in values, principles and work ethic.