Finance Analyst

Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance with 2+ years of relevant experience. High degree of confidentiality and ability to manage sensitive data responsibly. Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and automation tools including ChatGPT and Copilot. Demonstrated analytical ability and understanding of financial statements, budgeting, and forecasting concepts. Ability to organize and analyze detailed financial data, identify inconsistencies, and clearly communicate findings with explanations and/or proposed solutions in a clean and timely manner.

Salaries & Freelance Compensation: Own the reconciliation process of salaries and freelance costs as part of month end close by timely, completely and accurately comparing Payroll wage reports and general ledger (GL) balances to forecasted costs within Adaptive and subsequently investigating and resolving all exceptions as appropriate. This may require: Preparing journal entries for month end close including expense accruals and reclassification entries. Coordinating with Payroll and HR to resolve identified discrepancies. Updating forecast for hires, terminations, promotions, compensation changes, and other workforce activity. Maintaining supporting schedules used to forecast for salaries and other employee expenses. Partnering with the Controller and Employee Relations in review of the severance accrual. Preparing monthly forecast-to-actuals variance commentary.

Freelance Process: Manage the freelance tracking process, evaluating spend by practice, analyzing trends and identifying ongoing opportunities for cost savings. Additionally, collaborate with Resource Management and Finance to document existing freelance processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop an efficient process for tracking, managing, and reporting freelance activity. General responsibilities may include: Reviewing requests to engage freelance. Entering and reconciling purchase orders for agency freelancers. Monitoring freelance spend against forecast and approved budgets. Maintaining accurate freelance tracking and supporting schedules, including start dates, end dates, rates, expected costs, and organizational alignment. Partnering with Resource Management and Finance to reconcile the active freelance population and validate ongoing business need. Other Employee CostsIn partnership with HR Compliance and Payroll, coordinate the budgeting and tracking of non-salary compensation and miscellaneous taxable fringe benefits including reimbursed office parking, statutorily required stipends and cash equivalent compensation (gift cards). Responsibilities include reviewing the ledger population for completeness and classification, investigating forecast to actual variances, quarterly compilation of data required by Payroll for processing, and periodic updating of policies and procedures. May also support in the budgeting of employer payroll taxes and pension plan contributions. Other Budget Support: Support the Finance Manager with maintaining employee welfare budget trackers for market, practice and other business leaders as needed including: Making periodic updates to trackers to reflect actual spend per the GLMaintenance of project codes and providing transaction-level approvals within Workday as needed Assisting leaders in understanding available budgets, actual spending, forecast outlook, and budget purpose Researching and explaining forecast to actuals variances. Coordinating with budget owners to identify accruals and prepare needed monthly entries. Support the Finance Manager and Controller in other areas of budgeting, forecasting, accounting and ad hoc investigations from time to time, as needed.$56,000 - $70,000 per year An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, travel requirements, revenue-based metrics, any contractual agreements, and business or organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of DJEH's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, a Paid Time Off policy, and region-specific benefits. DJEH offers a wide range of benefits: medical and dental insurance, vision, 401K, life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off, travel assistance and wellness programing. DJEH is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and believes in diversity, equity, and inclusion. We seek applications from all qualified candidates without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, military and veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. If you require a reasonable accommodation in any part of the employment process, please let us know.