LanceSoft, Inc. is seeking a Junior Financial Analyst to support their Corporate IT Financial Management function. The role involves tracking, analyzing, and reporting on IT costs, ensuring accurate budgeting and forecasting, and collaborating with various stakeholders to improve cost transparency and governance.
Responsibilities:
- Assist in tracking IT spend (operational & projects), vendor invoices, and financial actuals to support cost transparency and governance
- Work with cost center owners and invoice owners to update forecast based on timing
- Assist with month end accounting updates and reclasses
- Support monthly forecasting cycles by consolidating inputs, processing monthly finance feeds, reviewing variances, and preparing new forecast submission files
- Perform analyses related to IT spend variances, OpCo cross charges, manual accruals, and amortization schedules
- Maintain financial models, dashboards, and reporting used for leadership updates and forecast vs actual tracking
- Collaborate with IT, Finance and Accounting partners to gather data, verify financial assumptions, and improve cost reporting processes
Requirements:
- Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in Finance and Accounting (required)
- Strong analytical and Excel/financial modeling and planning skills (required)
- Detail oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast paced environment. (required)
- Effective communication and collaboration skills to work across IT and Finance organizations. (required)
- Curiosity, problem solving mindset, and willingness to learn IT financial management processes. (required)
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field is preferred
- Strong analytical and Excel/financial modeling and planning skills (preferred) with IT budgets
- Familiarity with ETL and power query, financial systems, budgeting and reporting tools is a plus
- Knowledge and experience working with Power BI, Dynamics365 and Limelight would be a plus