Job Description: The Senior Financial Analyst serves as a key financial resource and consultant to senior management by participating in or leading the planning, communicating, reporting, analysis and integration of the highly visible and strategically critical projects for the Private Client Group. As an expert in the analysis of the units’ key drivers, performance metrics and operational processes, provides comprehensive analyses and reports enabling executive management in understanding current financial results, developing future expectations, and meeting strategic goals. Job Responsibilities: Leverages senior management time by managing projects to identify and implement changes to current business practices. Identifies affected parties; organizes, prepares agendas for, and runs meetings to develop consensus solutions; develops and monitors action plans to ensure project assignments are completed in a timely basis. Provides in-depth ad hoc analyses on a variety of complex financial issues and business opportunities. This includes determining the appropriate analytical methodologies, providing executive summaries of the results, presenting alternative solutions, and making recommendations to assist in managerial decision making. Acts as a consultant to senior management and help them understand key business drivers and the financial performance of the business. Responsible for the ongoing and monthly financial review of business line results. Includes identifying abnormal income statement items, determining causes of variances, and working with other Finance personnel to investigate the underlying business practices driving financial results, and to identify risks and opportunities regarding achievements of budgeted results. Continuously improves the processes and products associated with these plans. Coordinate with business leaders to provide data for the annual budget, forecast and five-year strategic planning processes. This involves working with senior management to set annual revenue, recruiting and profitability targets for the individual business units. Ensure deliverables meet corporate requirements and provide structure and communication to field management. Also involves developing and implementing analytical models and reports to interpret financial results and to identify risks and opportunities to the successful execution of plans, and making recommendations regarding the financial plans of the business.. Ensures project proposals receive appropriate approvals, uses analysis to adjust ongoing earnings expectations, and monitors projects for successful implementation. Job Requirements: Experience with Hyperion / Smart View Experience in annual budgeting and profit planning 5-6 years progressive analytical experience Experience with analysis of business lines or products including financial modeling/forecasting Sophisticated knowledge of financial analysis methodologies Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance Knowledge of banking processes Job Details: Company: RBC Vacancy Type: Full Time Job Location: Minneapolis, MN, US Application Deadline: N/A Apply Here vacanciesforyou.net