Senior Financial Analyst

International Finance Bank

$75K — $95K *
Miami, FL 33186In-Person
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Specialized or postgraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business Administration.
  • 4-5 years of relevant experience in finance or accounting roles.
  • Experience in banking, financial reporting, regulatory reporting, or public accounting is preferred.
  • Bilingual in English and Spanish is advantageous.
  • Strong analytical skills, particularly in financial statement and general ledger analysis.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze monthly financial results and budget-to-actual variances to summarize key business impacts.
  • Prepare and maintain financial reporting packages and dashboards for management and board review.
  • Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities and reconciliations.
  • Gather documentation for regulatory, audit, and tax inquiries while ensuring accuracy and compliance.
  • Assist with annual budget preparation and revenue/expense trend analysis.
  • Enhance financial models and reconciliations for reporting and profitability analysis.
  • Identify opportunities for accuracy and efficiency improvements in financial reporting workflows.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional departments to resolve financial reporting discrepancies.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to influence financial accuracy and efficiency within the organization.
  • Exposure to a wide range of financial functions including regulatory compliance and reporting.
  • Engagement with multiple departments, enhancing cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Potential for significant contributions to budgeting and financial forecasting processes.
  • Work in an environment that promotes process improvement and strategic alignment.
Full Job Description
How You'll Make an Impact

This position supports the Finance/Accounting function by preparing and analyzing financial results, variance explanations, reconciliations, and accounting data used by management, auditors, and regulators. Helps ensure the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of financial reporting; supports month-end close, budget/forecast analysis, audit and exam requests, and process improvement initiatives aligned with U.S. GAAP, internal controls, and the Bank's strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

  1. Analyze monthly financial results, balance sheet and income statement trends, and budget-to-actual variances; summarize key drivers and business impacts for management review.
  2. Prepare and maintain recurring management, board, committee, and departmental financial reporting packages, dashboards, and analytical schedules.
  3. Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities through general ledger analysis, account reconciliations, journal entry support, accrual review, and variance explanations.
  4. Support regulatory, audit, tax advisor, and exam requests by gathering supporting documentation, reconciling balances, and documenting financial reporting support and control evidence.
  5. Assist with annual budget and periodic forecast processes, including departmental assumptions, revenue and expense trend analysis, and preparation of supporting schedules.
  6. Maintain and enhance financial models, account schedules, and reconciliations used for financial reporting, profitability analysis, and KPI tracking.
  7. Evaluate data quality, reporting, and control issues; identify opportunities to improve accuracy, efficiency, automation, and consistency across Accounting and finance reporting workflows.
  8. Collaborate with Treasury, Operations, Lending/Credit, Risk/Compliance, and other business units to validate financial data and ensure timely resolution of reconciling items and reporting questions.
  9. Other duties: Perform other duties as assigned by leaders.


Requirements

Required Education: Graduated professional with specialization or postgraduate degree

Possible Degrees: Accounting, Finance, Economics or Business Administration

Other Education: Banking, financial reporting, regulatory reporting, or public accounting experience preferred.

Required Years of Experience in Position: 4-5 Years

Languages: English and Spanish (Preferred)

Technical Knowledge and Skills
  1. Ability to analyze financial statements, general ledger activity, account reconciliations, variance trends, and banking performance metrics.
  2. Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, bank accounting, internal controls, and financial or regulatory reporting requirements.
  3. Ability to prepare clear written analyses, explain financial results to management, and support audit, tax, examination, and regulatory inquiries.
  4. Strong attention to detail, confidentiality, problem-solving, and collaboration across departments; ability to manage multiple deadlines.


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