Sr Financial Analyst (Power BI)

What makes Gartner a GREAT fit for you?

When you join Gartner, you’ll be part of a fast-growing team that helps the world become smarter and more connected. We’re the leader in our industry, achieving double-digit growth by helping clients make the right decisions with business and technology insights they can’t find anywhere else. Our associates enjoy a collaborative work environment, exceptional training, and career development — as well as unlimited growth potential. If you like working with a generous, supportive, high-performing team, Gartner is where you want to be.

About this role:

As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will be a business partner in this exciting, world class organization and support Gartner's continued growth and success. This position will perform a key role in providing financial business analysis, decision support and thought leadership. This includes developing financial forecasts and analyses, generating internal management reports, monitoring key performance indicators, and driving the scaling and automation of financial processes. We are looking for ambitious individuals with outstanding, proven analytical capabilities and intellectual curiosity who enjoy partnering with business leaders to grasp large complex financial data and develop clear business solutions. You are a well-rounded problem solver with the ability to drive results in a high-energy growth environment.

What you’ll do: 

• Utilize an advanced understanding of multiple data structures, sources, and tools to guide business partners in the development of Power BI reports, which may include data visualization, business intelligence, or data collection

• Ability to extrapolate linkages between large amounts of financial and operational data, generate insights and distill complex concepts into actionable information

• Engage in cross-team collaboration with multiple business units, and with individuals with varying levels of analytical experience within those business units

• Collaborate with business users to help develop new reports and predictive modeling while automating and streamlining existing reports

• Interview with internal business clients to obtain new analytic requirements and communicate required data model enhancements to IT

• Ensure proper BI standards, policies and procedures are followed in the design, development, and testing phases

• Lead and/or support the periodic reporting, forecasting, and budgeting process for short term and long term business planning

• Ensure timely and accurate analysis of key variances in monthly and quarterly KPIs

• Assume responsibility for the daily and monthly reporting jobs

• Engage in ad-hoc analyses and other special projects to understand business performance

• Identify ways to streamline internal financial processes and reduce the time burden for internal employees

• Deliver all assignment work within quality standards and on time, often within tight deadlines

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree is required. Major in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Engineering preferred. Masters or advanced degree a plus

• Industry knowledge of BI landscape and latest emerging tools supporting descriptive to perspective analytics

• Four years of corporate experience in financial planning and analysis, forecasting, and reporting capacity with at least 2 years of work experience leveraging Power BI

• Superior financial modeling and data analysis skills using Microsoft. Working knowledge of Hyperion Enterprise/Planning or other OLAP tools is a plus (Oracle/Essbase)

• Proficiency with DAX, Power Query(M)

• Strong communication skills, effective communication, presentation and influencing skills in a matrixed organization

• Ability to extrapolate linkages between large amounts of financial and operational data, generate insights, and distill complex concepts into actionable information

• Able to work independently and within a team structure to consistently deliver flawless work solutions within aggressive (and changing) time constraints

• Ability to work effectively on multiple projects at the same time

• Knowledge of US GAAP is a plus

Who you are:

• A professional with at least 2 years of work experience leveraging Power BI and 4+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis, forecasting, and reporting capacity

• Comfortable speaking in front of groups and leadership

• Enthusiastic about automation, learning and sharing new techniques

• Self-motivated and able to independently complete assignments with little to no oversight, as well as leverage resources when applicable

• Consistently high achiever marked by perseverance, humility, and a positive outlook in the face of challenge

What we offer:

• In addition to an outstanding work environment with rapid advancement potential, you will be part of a team that is extremely collaborative and creative. Gartner associates enjoy exceptional compensation and benefits, including:

• Competitive base salary

• Flexible work environment

• Great work culture