Financial Analyst 2

Position Details

Role: Financial Analyst 2 with Power BI capabilities. Location: Hybrid remote in Portland, Oregon 97208. This is a 12-month contract with potential extensions up to five years. Compensation ranges from $43.13 to $45.50 per hour.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and analyze monthly financial operations reports to support decision making.
• Assemble spreadsheets and generate charts and graphs to illustrate technical findings.
• Compile, code, categorize, calculate, tabulate, audit, and verify data and information.
• Assist in analyzing past and current financial operations and evolving business conditions to forecast future revenues and expenditures for budgets, forecasts, and ad hoc analyses, providing recommendations and periodic reports to management.
• Conduct monthly and annual financial closing activities.
• Enter, transcribe, record, store, and maintain financial documentation.
• Assist in delivering accurate and timely financial information, including financial statements, flash reports, and unit-specific reporting.
• Reconcile transactions by comparing data and correcting discrepancies.
• Prepare and deliver ad hoc analyses as requested.
• Identify trends in data and normalize data for inclusion in a centralized format.
• Perform market research and data mining activities.
• Collect and maintain financial data for modeling and data analysis projects.
• Utilize computer systems to enter and manipulate financial data, set up functions, and process information.
• Support and facilitate assigned projects as needed.
• Maintain awareness of developments in business, finance, and economic theory.

Position Requirements

Education and Experience

A bachelor’s degree in finance or a closely related field is preferred. Five years of progressively responsible experience in financial analysis, data analysis, or business intelligence is required. Experience should include proficiency in developing reports, performing financial modeling, and collaborating with business partners.

Required Technical Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of hands-on experience building dashboards and reports with Power BI, including knowledge of DAX and data modeling.
• 3+ years of experience performing data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) from enterprise systems, including writing and interpreting SQL queries.
• 3+ years of experience developing and maintaining financial models in Microsoft Excel and conducting quantitative analyses to support budgeting and forecasting.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience in government, utility, or finance organizations.
• Experience with Oracle EPM (Enterprise Performance Management) Financial Planning software and PeopleSoft Financials.
• Familiarity with federal government or utility industry accounting, budgeting, and financial management practices.
• Experience working within an Agile or project management framework to track and deliver analytical projects.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Short-term disability
• Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Referral bonus program
• Paid sick leave, vacation, and holidays
• Health and welfare fringe benefit

Equal Opportunity

Everest Consultants is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state, or federal civil rights laws.