Senior Financial Analyst - Denver CO

Senior Financial Analyst

As a Senior Financial Analyst at Convera, you will be reporting to and supporting the Director, Sales FP&A and responsible for supporting the business analytics, decision support, reporting and planning activities for Convera’s Sales team. 

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive FP&A support to commercial sales teams, including financial analysis, supporting sales forecasting, and performance reporting, to drive revenue growth and optimize commercial strategies
• Take the lead in developing analytical FP&A tools using PowerBI, Tableau, to automate data flows, create dashboards of important KPIs, develop new KPIs to support US Distribution teams
• Update, maintain, and evolve financial and commercial operating dashboards to ensure accurate and timely representation of key performance metrics, leveraging tools such as Excel, Power BI, and SAP Analytics Cloud to provide actionable insights for stakeholders
• Analyze flash, actual, budget and forecast information submitted by sales operations and handle consolidation reporting and analysis
• Lead creation of insightful analyses, reports and presentations on relevant operating and financial metrics in an easy-to-understand format to senior executives to influence decision-making
• Provide financial leadership and strategic support to business development initiatives, including financial modeling, due diligence, and evaluation of potential growth opportunities to drive informed decision-making and business expansion
• Assess and evaluate financial performance of organization with regard to operational strategic goals, identification of opportunities and mitigate risks and collaborate with senior management to set KPIs
• Collaborate with accounting team in monthly close process, including performing analysis, ensuring financial information is recorded accurately to reflect the business performance, provide insightful information to management and aligned with business & finance policies
• Collaborate, build and maintain strong relationships with commercial team, related Finance and management teams, accounting group, global tax office and various internal/external groups
• Be an integral part of the Finance team and help structure/improve Finance processes

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 5+ years of finance experience in public and/or private, management consulting, or banking required
• Effective communicator with exceptional written and verbal communication skills; adept at writing, facilitating, and presenting analyses
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail with an ability to effectively manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced and time sensitive environment.
• Prior experience in FX Currency/Sales Finance/Fin Tech is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or other relevant field that demonstrates quantitative orientation; MBA preferred
• Strong understanding of accounting guidelines (IFRS)
• High proficiency with MS Excel & PowerPoint with advanced level modelling skill
• Experience in ERP system (i.e. Oracle) is a plus
• Strong experience using financial systems eg Excel (pivot tables, vlookups, etc.), PowerPoint, etc.
• Possess a “can-do” attitude for all situations, no task too big or too small to handle.
• Collaborative, team player, and ability to flex style and approach
• Critical thinking & demonstrated experience in problem solving, making decisions influenced by data, and business insights utilizing financial modeling
• Great judgement and decisiveness when dealing with deadline-driven, finance-related issues and concerns
• Ability to think outside the box and to challenge status quo when required by highlighting new trends and improving existing processes; open to sourcing those ideas from others
• Must thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess a high level of intellectual curiosity
• A strong comfort level with analyzing large datasets and drawing meaningful conclusions/results that add value to the business
• This is a hybrid role that will require some time in the office and will require some travel 

About Convera

Convera is the largest non-bank B2B cross-border payments company in the world. We leverage decades of industry expertise and technology-led payment solutions to deliver smarter money movements to our customers – helping them capture more value with every transaction. Convera serves more than 30,000 customers ranging from small business owners to enterprise treasurers to educational institutions to financial institutions to law firms to NGOs.

Our teams care deeply about the value we bring to our customers, which makes Convera a rewarding place to work. This is an exciting time for our organization as we build our team with growth-minded, results-oriented people who are looking to move fast in an innovative environment.

As a truly global company with employees in over 20 countries, we are passionate about diversity; we seek and celebrate people from different backgrounds, lifestyles, and unique points of view. We want to work with the best people and ensure we foster a culture of inclusion and belonging.

We offer an abundance of competitive perks and benefits including:

• Market competitive monthly gross salary
• Great career growth and development opportunities in a global organization
• A flexible approach to work. This is a work from home role, with only occasional office attendance required. You may choose to work from our Denver office if you prefer.
• Paid holidays, time-off, and leave policies for life events (maternity, paternity, adoption)
• Paid volunteering opportunities

There are plenty of amazing opportunities at Convera for talented, creative problem solvers who never settle for good enough and are looking to transform Business to Business payments. Apply now if you’re ready to unleash your potential.