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Principal Financial Consultant

Discover
Riverwoods, IL, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 26 Feb 2024
💰 $149,300/yr($88,500/yr$149,300/yr)

About the role

Discover. A brighter future.

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description:

Responsible for providing financial and business analysis support for Discover's Card Business area. Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

Responsibilities

  • Drives revenue-generating and expense-efficiency initiatives by understanding card business economics and effectively leading and influencing business.

  • Provides advice and financial analyses to leadership for investment and strategic decisions, pricing changes, and the development of new products and offers. Monitors and assesses the return on financial investments. Leads an analytical approach to proactively develop insightful financial analyses. Concisely communicates findings to executive leadership. 

  • Collaborates with business partners (e.g., marketing, credit, analytics and operations) to develop robust financial forecasts and drive insightful analysis.

  • Continually improves and streamlines standard work processes.

  • Creates and maintains models to understand long-term profit and loss impacts and drives business decisions.

  • Performs detailed competitive and industry analyses to drive strategic insights and actions.

  • Develops financial projections to support planning and investment decisions.

  • Develops and leads financial planning activities, including budgeting, short- and long-term forecasting, and revenue and expense driver analysis.

  • Conducts variance analysis and consolidation activities.

Minimum Qualifications

At a minimum, here’s what we need from you:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related field

  • 4+ years of experience in Finance, Accounting, or related field

Preferred Qualifications

If we had our say, we’d also look for:

  • Master's Degree in Business, or related field

  • 6+ years of experience in Finance, Accounting, or related field

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Application Deadline:

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Mar-02-2024. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.

Compensation:

The base pay for this position generally ranges between $88,500.00 to $149,300.00. Additional incentives may be provided as part of a market competitive total compensation package. Factors, such as but not limited to, geographical location, relevant experience, education, and skill level may impact the pay for this position.

Benefits:

We also offer a range of benefits and programs based on eligibility. These benefits include:

  • Paid Parental Leave

  • Paid Time Off

  • 401(k) Plan

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account

  • STD, Life, LTD and AD&D

  • Recognition Program

  • Education Assistance

  • Commuter Benefits

  • Family Support Programs

  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Learn more at MyDiscoverBenefits.com.

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

All Discover employees place our customers at the very center of our work. To deliver on our promises to our customers, each of us contribute every day to a culture that values compliance and risk management.

Discover is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Discover is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status.

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