Financial Analyst

Who We Are

BankUnited (NYSE: BKU) is a national bank headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida with banking centers in Florida, the New York metropolitan area, Dallas and Atlanta. BankUnited has two subsidiaries, Pinnacle Public Finance headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona and Bridge Funding Group headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland. We pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial and collaborative culture encompassing the best minds, the brightest talent and the boldest decision makers.

BankUnited is ranked #4 as one of America's Most Trusted Companies in the Banking industry and is honored to have been included on the Newsweek and Statista America's Most Trusted Companies Award List!

Our Culture

At BankUnited, we foster a diverse and inclusive environment where all employees have the opportunity to advance, grow and achieve their goals. Our rally cry is to GO FOR MORE™, a call to action to go above and beyond to provide the best customer experience to every client and to GO FOR MORE in your career.

Why BankUnited

Working for BankUnited offers you exciting challenges and opportunities to advance your professional development, while empowering you to deliver and be your best. We are happy to report the average tenure according to LinkedIn insights is 8.3 years. We strive to provide a competitive benefits plan to our employees and are proud to have been ranked #13 as one of the 2021 Healthiest 100 Wokplaces in America by Springbuk and awarded HEALTHIEST EMPLOYER by the South Florida Business Journal for three consecutive years since 2020.

As a company, we believe we are only as successful as our people and are committed to providing training and innovative resources that prepare you to reach your full potential. That's why in addition to tuition reimbursement, we provide our employees with exciting career coaching, courses and training through our own GO FOR MORE™ Academy and mentoring opportunities through our iCARE™ (Inclusive Community of Advocacy, Respect and Equality) program.

At BankUnited, we strive to provide our employees with a work life balance. Specifically, retail branches operate 5 days a week Monday - Friday, excluding evening and/or weekend hours. For many of our positions, we offer a hybrid work environment, as well as a remote work environment for designated positions.

If you thrive in a fast-paced collaborative work environment, Apply Now and start your journey with BankUnited today!

Job Description

SUMMARY: As a leader in the banking industry, BankUnited is a fast paced, dynamic company driven by a keen entrepreneurial spirit. We are currently rebuilding our Financial Planning and Analysis team to help take Corporate Finance to the next level in our evolution, and we are looking for talented individuals who are eager to be a part of building something new and cutting edge. If you thrive in a constantly changing environment, are excited by the opportunity to think outside the box and challenge the status quo and excel at multi-tasking and working under pressure, then this might be the perfect role for you! Financial Analysts focus on maximizing bottom line opportunities for our organization by partnering strategically with their business lines to provide support on decision making, revenue generation opportunities, expense management and performance management. Financial Analysts partner with the Business Intelligence and Reporting team to design, develop and maintain comprehensive reporting packages and robust dashboards for their business units that provide enhanced performance and financial health reporting with value-add analytics. Financial Analysts also collaborate with Business Line management to identify trends based on both historical and forward looking data to develop actionable management forecasts and budgets. Financial Analysts should also recommend improvements to align business needs with enterprise goals and to promote continuous improvement and operational efficiency.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties and special projects may be assigned.

• Work independently, with limited direct supervisory oversight in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with continuously evolving business needs, job requirements and responsibilities.
• Support all phases of financial planning and analysis for assigned business lines, including forecasting, analytics and reporting.
• Provide business line management with predictive and performance analytics to facilitate informed decision-making.
• Partner with business lines to provide senior management team with potential revenue generating opportunities and new products and services, while predicting financial risks and establishing mitigation plans.
• Actively assist in the development of annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, quarterly leadership reviews, and 3-year strategic plans.
• Partner with line executives to oversee designated business lines' financial resources to drive profitability, appropriately manage spend and achieve the year's financial targets.
• Provide information to executive management clearly, accurately and consistently by assembling and summarizing data and preparing/presenting findings, analysis and recommendations on an on-going basis.
• Gather and develop business requirements to create interactive KPI dashboards, and help manage data sets that support BI models designed to track performance of business lines by comparing and analyzing budgets and forecasts with actual results, trends, and variances.
• Build financial models and perform valuation analysis as needed to evaluate products, customer relationships, portfolio segments and new business opportunities.
• Work closely with the accounting team to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Work on ad-hoc projects as needed.
• Adheres to and complies with applicable, federal and state laws, regulations and guidance, including those related to anti-money laundering (i.e. Bank Secrecy Act, US PATRIOT Act, etc.).
• Adheres to Bank policies and procedures and completes required training.
• Identifies and reports suspicious activity.
• Adheres to and complies with applicable, federal and state laws, regulations and guidance, including those related to anti-money laundering (i.e. Bank Secrecy Act, US PATRIOT Act, etc.).
• Adheres to Bank policies and procedures and completes required training.
• Identifies and reports suspicious activity.

EDUCATION

Bachelor's Degree- Finance, Accounting, Economics, Statistics or related field are preferred majors required

EXPERIENCE

• 2-4 Years of progressive analytical experience working in a fast-moving, complex and high pressure environment required required
• Financial industry experience, requisite experience in other industries will be considered preferred
• Experience working with business intelligence and data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau preferred