Overview

The Senior Financial Analyst is a critical role within the Finance organization. This individual will provide the essential data points needed to assist senior management in making decisions around profitability and help drive the strategic direction of the business. This will be accomplished through utilizing complex financial models to better understand the impact of macroeconomic variables on our lending and deposit products. The ability to extract and understand the interrelationships of systems and data from the Core system is a critical component of this role.

They will work closely with the lines of business to provide direction with the monthly forecast and help challenge assumptions, as well as perform ad-hoc profitability analysis. As such, the ability to collaborate cross-functionally within all levels of the organization in order to obtain a wholistic view is essential.

The Senior Financial Analyst will regularly participate in highly visible, strategic projects. They will support Patelco's vision and mission, and the department's focus on service, quality, efficiency, and teamwork. Importantly, this role is essential to Patelco's strategic goal of crossing the next regulatory hurdle, the $10 billion threshold.

Position is in-office at our Dublin,California Headquarters.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties

• Fundamentally, the FP&A team will utilize their technical acumen to elevate the team by providing next level analytics, dashboards, and presentations
• Develop, maintain, and enhance complex financial models for forecast, and planning processes
• Utilize macro-economic forecasts to perform sensitivity analysis of portfolio drivers and how portfolios are impacted by key indicators
• Ensure accuracy and consistency of finance and accounting reports based on knowledge of systems and GAAP reporting standards
• Partner with business units across the organization to provide recommendations on strategic changes to the business by utilizing summarized financial data modeling tools
• Lead model validation and process documentation efforts on behalf of the finance team
• Oversee the monthly maintenance and analysis of budget software; make recommendations regarding income and expense allocation and ensure that the GL and planning databases are in sync. Near term project includes the implementation of a new budgeting system, Empyrean.
• Analyze internal and external drivers of credit union performance and trends; make recommendations for alternative performance measures based on in-depth understanding of Patelco's goals. Provide insightful commentary to executive leadership.
• Inspect performance-to-date metrics and assess potential risks and opportunities
• Provide additional ad-hoc analysis as needed for departmental and/or organizational projects

Functional Competencies

• Continuously look for opportunities to improve processes throughout the organization and ways to positively impact the financial health of our members through increasing profitability
• Demonstrate the ability to use "big picture thinking" to suggest ideas and solutions to challenges
• Willingness to work independently, think objectively, and interpret meaningful and insightful narratives from both quantitative as well as qualitative data
• The desire to help elevate more junior members of the team with a mentorship relationship.
• Ability to work efficiently and prioritize multiple simultaneous requests with limited guidance, under tight deadlines while maintaining a quality output
• Understand and support organizational metrics that are used to measure success
• Exhibit the technical skills to bring together data from sources such as Snowflake and SQL Server in order to drive data analytics
• Effectively communicate internally and externally; develop communications and presentations for senior management, committees, and other financial institutions.
• Results oriented with willingness to roll up the sleeves and dive into data, processes, and analytics.
• Ability to break down and solve complex problems with strong business acumen and data-driven techniques

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) from a four-year college or university with a concentration in accounting or finance. MBA or other graduate degree desirable
• 5+ years of experience in FP&A or finance division, preferably within the financial services industry
• Ability to create and manipulate SQL databases with Python to extract Core data
• Regular use of Empyrean and Prologue, or other planning tools and general ledger systems
• Ability to navigate and communicate statistical results
• Proficient in understanding the budgeting and forecasting process with in-depth knowledge of deposit or lending products
• Superior Excel and PowerPoint skills working with large volumes of data, validate, using v-lookups and pivot tables, also formatting data in a clear, presentable way

Physical Activities/Requirements

• Must be able to sit for extended periods of time
• Position is located in Dublin HQ

Target Base Pay

$105,004- $131,259 / yr

Compensation at Patelco

Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Patelco Credit Union considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer. We offer a competitive total rewards package including a Short-Term Incentive (STI) program for all regular positions and a wide range of medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits.

We Offer

• Physical Health:
  
  • Exceptional Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance benefits
  • Onsite fitness center at HQ and rewards for completing wellness related activities
  
  Financial Health:
  
  • Competitive compensation packages with bonus opportunity
  • 401(k) with 3% Safe Harbor and 5% employer match
  • Discounts on loan products
  • Tuition reimbursement
  
  Emotional Health:
  
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • PTO for part-time and full-time positions
  • Paid holidays
  
  Personal Development:
  
  • On-the-job training and skills development
  • Internal transfer opportunities for career growth
  • Volunteer work
  
  Flexible work arrangements available for specific positions