We are looking for a detail-oriented Financial Analyst III to support program accounting activities in Englewood, Colorado. This is a Contract position focused on preparing network payments, recording accruals, and delivering financial reporting that helps ensure accurate month-end, quarter-end, and year-end results. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical capability, confidence working with large data sets, and the ability to manage priorities independently in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare monthly network payment calculations and accrual entries, ensuring amounts are accurate, timely, and properly supported.
- Reconcile payments, accrual balances, and related financial activity to identify discrepancies and resolve issues before close deadlines.
- Analyze large and complex data sets using database and query tools to produce payment support, performance insights, and transaction-based reporting.
- Create and maintain financial models, and assist leadership with budgeting, forecasting, and evaluation of financial trends and business results.
- Produce weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting packages that support financial close activities and complete financial statement reporting.
- Investigate budget-to-actual and forecast-to-actual variances, summarize key drivers, and communicate findings to stakeholders.
- Prepare and review journal entries during month-end and year-end close while maintaining compliance with accounting standards and internal controls.
- Identify process improvement opportunities, recommend standardization efforts, and support initiatives that reduce risk and improve operational efficiency.
- Review network audit submissions, research underlying issues, and help develop more efficient methods for tracking, analysis, and resolution.
- Complete ad hoc financial research, analysis, and special projects as assigned in support of the Program Accounting Department.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5-8 years of relevant experience in financial analysis, accounting, or a comparable corporate or public accounting environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret financial results and operational data.
- Experience working with large data sets and database tools, including Oracle, Teradata, SQL, or Microsoft Visual Studio.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel, as well as working knowledge of Word and Outlook.
- Familiarity with budgeting, forecasting, accruals, reconciliations, financial reporting, and journal entry preparation.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present findings clearly to business partners and management.
- Ability to organize workload independently, exercise sound judgment, and maintain reliability in a deadline-driven setting.