SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST (HYBRID)

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Job Summary

Compass is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst – Financial Reporting and Compliance to join our team. This role involves performing in-depth financial data analysis to ensure the highest standards of financial integrity and compliance. Key responsibilities include generating, analyzing, and reporting monthly IFRS-compliant financial statements for the UK and various internal stakeholders. The Senior Financial Analyst will collaborate closely with accounting teams across the organization to identify and implement process improvement initiatives. This position is based in our Charlotte, NC corporate office and offers a hybrid work schedule.

 

Responsibilities:

• Provide support in implementing oversight initiatives to ensure compliance with key financial controls 
• Conduct comprehensive balance sheet analysis to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of our financial statements.  
• Identify discrepancies or unusual trends in balance sheet accounts and assist with provided explanations or corrective actions in resolving issues where necessary.  
• Ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards 
• Prepare a monthly summary financial package as well as a full set of statements utilizing IFRS standards, for both internal senior management as well as to the Parent Company
• Facilitate the consolidation of SAP’s financial data to report into the Parent Company’s HFM reporting application
• Analyze monthly results for the USA, Alaska, and Gulf of Mexico for accuracy, including tie-outs, reconciliations, and supplemental detail schedules
• Maintain the SAP to GRA mappings, reflecting all monthly master data changes made in SAP
• Support requests for mid-year and year-end deliverables, including audit, internal and external ad-hoc requests 
• Assist in the preparation of annual financial statements for the US, Puerto Rico, and other US entities
• Completion of governmental surveys related to the business; monthly, quarterly, and annual surveys
• Act as a corporate liaison with the Parent Company and assist in answering questions as needed related to account variances, balance sheet movements, and other ad-hoc items.
• Develop and execute various process improvement initiatives across the financial reporting and balance sheet oversight function in collaboration with Group, various stakeholders, and financial functions of the organization 

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics (concentration in Accounting)
• CPA/CPA Candidate
• 5+ years of accounting/finance experience (public accounting and/or industry)
• Solid understanding of IFRS and US GAAP
• MS Office Proficiency
• Detail-oriented with excellent problem-solving aptitude
• Effective organizational and planning skills 
• Demonstrate initiative and self-motivation in accomplishing assigned projects and duties within a set time frame
• Proven interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills and service-oriented, collaborative approach to internal customer and peer relationships
• Prioritize and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Ability to work cross-functionally and cross-culturally (e.g. UK)

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced Knowledge of MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access
• Experience with data visualization and data analysis reporting
• SAP & Hyperion/Essbase experience
• Microsoft Power Platform 
   

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