Senior Financial Analyst
Posted on: 23 Oct 2021
Riverwoods, IL
Job Description
Job Description
This high-impact Finance position provides key financial support for the Discover Student Loans Business. The individual will partner with the senior leadership, focusing on expense management initiatives, providing timely financial insights and influence decision making. We are seeking a highly motivated, result driven individual, who is able to focus on the details while finding creative ways to solve big picture challenges.
What You’ll Do
Provide financial and business analysis support.
How You’ll Do It
Use and enhance profitability analyses and projections for business partner(s).
Analyze customers behaviors and product profitability trends to understand financial implications and influence actions.
Enhance current financial models, improve forecasting accuracy, and drive business insights.
Provide management with strategic advice and financial analyses for investment decisions, pricing changes, and channel and segment expansions.
Perform competitive analyses to drive strategic insights and actions.
Lead financial planning activities, including budgeting, short- and long-term forecasting.
Conduct variance analysis and management reporting activities.
Collaborate with business partners (e.g., Marketing, and Operations) to develop robust financial forecasts and drives insightful analysis.
Qualifications You’ll Need
The Basics
Bachelor's degree in finance, business, or related field
1+ years of experience in financial services, consulting, investment banking, or related field
Bonus Points If You Have
Master's degree in finance, business, or related field
2+ years of experience in financial services, consulting, investment banking, or related field
Strong financial modeling and communications skills
Discover
Riverwoods, IL
Discover Financial Services, through its subsidiaries, operates as a direct banking and payment services company in the United States. The Direct Banking segment offers Discover-branded credit cards to individuals; and other consumer products and services, including private student loans, personal loans, home equity loans, and other consumer lending, as well as deposit products, such as certificates of deposit, money market accounts, savings accounts, checking accounts, and individual retirement arrangement certificates of deposit.
The Payment Services segment operates the PULSE network, an automated teller machine, debit, and electronic funds transfer network; Diners Club International, a payments network that issues Diners Club branded charge cards and provides card acceptance services; and Discover Network that processes transactions for Discover-branded credit and debit cards, as well as provides payment transaction processing and settlement services. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Riverwoods, Illinois.
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IndustryBanking/Financial Services
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No. of Employees16,600+
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Website
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Jobs Posted458
