Financial Analyst - Lease Accounting

Kforce has a client in Phoenix, AZ that is seeking a Financial Analyst - Lease Accounting that supports their department by providing reporting, assistance on project management, and other analysis for both internal and external customers. This role will measure, manage and analyze metrics related to the business and related initiatives and make recommendations where appropriate to increase the effectiveness of processes and policies, based on in-depth analysis and thorough understanding of existing processes. Responsibilities:

• Provides financial analysis and helps support ongoing operational initiatives
• Generates standard and ad hoc reports, applying skill, judgment, understanding and explanation of operational information
• Demonstrates strong understanding of business metrics and data points in order to perform meaningful analysis
• Supports ongoing initiatives and helps develop metrics and tools to facilitate accountability
• Presents and interprets various analyses related to the impact of improvement opportunities

Using data, identifies prevalent issues and root causes and makes recommendations to management for resolution, as appropriate

• Coordinates and interfaces with management and field divisions regarding process improvements or other related ad hoc analysis
• Translates system data into scalable and easily understood solutions for internal/external customers and vendors
• Participates and leads team projects as needed Manages special projects requiring financial knowledge to ensure projects achieve overall objectives and meet expectations in terms of cost, scope and schedule
• Assists in creating, documenting, optimizing and implementing durable processes to fit with business objectives
• Contributes to the design, creation and implementation of best practices and training materials for team and departmental processes
• 1+ years of financial analysis, accounting or business analysis experience
• Experience with analyzing data from various source systems.
• Experience with systems such as Oracle, Tango, Arriba, and LQ
• Ability to generate macros using Excel and/or SQL in order to streamline repetitive tasks or reporting as requested by management
• Ability to effectively and coherently convey financial information to senior leadership in order to assist with decision making
• Demonstrates analytical/problem-solving solutions and ability to generate and offer solutions independently
• Ability to effectively manage multiple activities or sources of information
• Understanding of SOX requirements
• Intermediate or expert level knowledge of MS Excel