Senior Finance Analyst – (Deposit & Payments Finance Horizontal team / Regional Banking & Wealth Management)

Job Description:

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Job Description:
This job is responsible for serving as a finance partner to specified Lines of Business (LOBs) and providing financial analysis and guidance to support key decisions and initiatives. Key responsibilities include performing forecasting, profitability analysis, expense efficiency, pricing, financial reporting, and generating value creation ideas and new investment business cases. Job expectations include preparing insights to guide management's decision making and evaluating financial performance versus plans, forecasts, and prior periods.

Additional Information:

The Deposits Finance Horizontal team is a subset of the broader Regional Banking & Wealth Management CFO organization and is responsible for the support of strategic analysis, forecasting and financial reporting related to Deposit products and associated fees.  The team delivers comprehensive financial support to the Checking/Savings Accounts, Balances/NII, Service Charges, and Debit Card/Payments BFO and LOB teams.  Team responsibilities include analyzing strategic business decisions, financial performance and forecasting of multiple products, creating higher level consolidated reporting, presenting to multiple levels of business and finance audiences, etc.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluates Lines of Business (LOB) financial performances and assists with decision making by synthesizing key trends, assessing current and future business risks, and preparing, analyzing, and reporting on financial results and key metrics
• Develops financial management reports, presentations, and ad hoc analyses for LOBs and/or finance partners
• Creates forecasts and budgets by comparing current performance against plan, prior periods, prior forecasts, and budgets and evaluating current and future performance trajectory
• Supports reporting and analysis for key constituents and management, which may include Board of Directors, Investor Relations, and/or various regulatory agencies
• Collaborates with teams across the Finance division to ensure integrity of the financials, sound controls, and efficient and effective procedures
• Supports new and ongoing projects and strategic initiatives by creating processes to automate key reporting capabilities and delivering on process improvements and simplifications to enable increased focus on strategic priorities

Additional Responsibilities:

• Responsible for more complex finance activities involving forecasting, stress testing and financial reporting for the Deposit Balance portfolio and associated Net Interest Income. 
• Partners with the Deposit line of business team, Corporate Treasury (Balance Sheet Management and Funds Transfer Pricing) and other Finance teams, as it is a critical source of funding for the firm. 
• Develops a thorough understanding of deposit interest rates and the relation to various market rates (Fed Funds, LIBOR, Money Funds) as well as understanding how Corporate Treasury values the deposit portfolio through the FTP process.
• Gains exposure within the Deposits and Consumer & GWIM Finance and LOB organizations while improving/developing the following skills: financial and business acumen, attention to detail, analytical and strategic thinking, planning and forecasting, financial modeling, communication and relationship management.

Required Qualifications:

• Well organized and strong attention to detail
• Demonstrates strong technical and analytical skills
• Strong communicator (verbal and written) with ability to influence
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
• Approaches work with curiosity and interest to drive continuous process improvement
• Adaptable, ability to work independently in a fast paced, results driven environment with cha