About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst.

In this role, you will:

• Lead or participate in moderately complex initiatives as a technical professional
• Provide a broad expertise and unique skills used to develop company objectives and standards
• Contribute to large scale planning such as economic research in support of management decision making for a business unit
• Research key forecasting projections as well as management of financial reporting to support monthly and quarterly forecasting
• Perform work on significant and unique issues involving data and evaluation or highly complex situations
• Develop strategies and make recommendations for forward financial planning
• Lead team to meet the implementation of complex projects impacting one or more lines of business
• Establish effective and efficient reporting delivery that meets brand standard and internal control standards
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals

• 4+ years of Finance experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

• MBA (or) Cost & Management Accountant (or) Chartered Financial Analyst with 12-14 years of post-qualification experience.
• Candidate should have strong FP&A expertise and has experience in working with senior leaders providing strategic solutions.
• Candidate must have hands on experience in LOB / segment / product reporting / management reporting / dashboard / presentations / Analytics / commentary.
• Candidate should have good hands on experience on handling end to end aspects of project financials / reporting / forecasting / analysis and plan support.
• Candidate should have good exposure to handling work flow applications, be good with BO and or BI Tools and or similar applications. Good expertise in Data Lineage, data flow / architecture and data quality.
• Candidate should have good financial modelling, template building, dashboard and presentation skills as this will really help in transforming the reports to the next level.
• Candidate should have essbase, Hyperion, Cognos and should be a subject matter expert in data retrievals from different cubes. ( Must to have)
• Ability to work both independently and within team environment. Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to perform complex analyses, build financial models, draw conclusions, and communicate recommendations to business leaders.
• Prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment with critical deadlines.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel, Macros, Business Intelligence tools and Power point.
• Good understanding of Accounting and preferably knowledge of US GAAP is an additional advantage.
• Financial Services (brokerage in particular) Industry experience strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of Tableau, Power BI or other reporting tool.

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills combined with strategic business focus and ability to lead from the front.
• Reputation for being a highly responsive individual who thrives on achieving results in a large, complex, diverse organization; who respects the culture, is flexible and adaptable.
• Candidate should be a subject matter expert on FP&A and should be good with the numbers, ability to break the information into meaningful data points, good story writing and commentary skills.
• Candidate should be conversant with all the headcount, FTE related reports and should be able to bring in high quality analytics and insights on the same.
• Candidate should possess very strong KPI, metrics related reporting and should be able to independently deliver all metrics (financial and non -financial) related data and analytics.
• Candidate should have good stakeholder engagement skills and should have excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Candidate should have good financial acumen and come out with good strategic/ go forward data /analytic support and support the business teams.
• Capable of conducting in-depth research of large data (financial & non-financial) using various tools and providing insightful solutions to stakeholders.
• Interact / coordinate with different teams to proactively raise any specific issues or challenges around the business and work independently with the concerned teams to resolve issues.
• Candidate should ensure faster turnaround time on query handling and ad-hocs if any, with good understanding of change management and its likely impacts and consequences. Provide detailed analysis, trend analysis and high level recommendations. Should proactively call out for issues / challenges and come out with solutions.
• Candidate should be good with financial modelling, understand process changes and be good with research and query handling.
• Candidate should have good automation and transformation skills, especially in the space of reporting tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or other business intelligence applications.
• Performing variance and trend analyses; communicating and providing guidance to business partners regarding relevant financial policies