Operations Financial Analyst

Overview

As a Financial Analyst, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping our financial landscape by spearheading the analysis, reporting, and forecasting the expenses of LoanCare’s operating and support functions. This dynamic position calls for an analytical thinker with a proactive approach, collaborating closely with business units to drive financial awareness, identify savings opportunities, and optimize overall profitability.

Responsibilities

• Take the lead in analysing, reporting, and addressing departmental variances to budget/forecast.
• Analyse key vendor spend and identify opportunities for savings.
• Lead reporting, analysis, and forecasting of for selected expenses for the organization.
• Monitor and report Capital expenditure for the organization assisting with ROI analysis as needed.
• Produce monthly performance reports for operational teams, communicating results to Senior Leadership.
• Analyse headcount related expenses with special attention to volume, rate and mix drivers.
• Act as a vital member of the Financial Planning and Analysis team, reporting directly to the VP of Financial Planning & Analysis.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Data Analytics, or Statistics
• Strong EXCEL skills and experience in data warehouse queries
• Proficient in Microsoft applications
• Detail-oriented, organized, with excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience in an FP&A role
• Familiarity with the mortgage industry and mortgage servicing or sub-servicing
• Experience or transferable skills leveraging digital tools such as Power BI, SQL with demonstrated ability to succinctly analyse large amounts of data

WORK CONDITIONS

Working conditions are normal for an office environment. Ability to attend work and be productive during normal business hours and to work early, late or weekend hours as needed for successful job performance. Over time required as necessary. Essential functions are the basic job duties that an employee must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people is saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Sitting up to 95% of time
• Walking up to 5% of time
• Occasional standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching and reaching

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICY

LoanCare is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.