PEAK6
Senior Financial Analyst
PEAK6, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
Who We Are
We are PEAK6, a leading investment firm. You'll find us headquartered in the historic Chicago Board of Trade building. PEAK6 uses technology to find a better way of doing things. The company’s first tech-based solution was developed in 1997 to optimize options trading, and over the past two decades, the same formula has been used across a range of industries, asset classes, and business stages to consistently deliver superior results. Today, PEAK6 seeks transformational opportunities to provide capital and strategic support to entrepreneurs and forward-thinking businesses. PEAK6’s core brands include PEAK6 Capital Management, PEAK6 Strategic Capital, Apex Fintech Solutions, PEAK6 InsurTech, Evil Geniuses, Poker Power, and Zogo.About This Role
As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will have the opportunity to partner with the business and cross-functional teams to provide financial expertise and ensure organizational financial performance. This candidate will play a critical role in enhancing and developing Finance’s reporting packages and is expected to provide actionable financial and strategic business analytics and recommendations to management. They will be responsible for developing and presenting monthly financial reporting packages, business analytics, assistance in building the annual budget, monthly forecasting of risk and opportunities, metrics and scorecards, and various ad-hoc analyses.Position Responsibilities:
Monitor and analyze monthly financial results. Identify relevant trends and key drivers on the reasons for variance. Advise senior leadership of opportunities and risk impacting the organization.Develop yearly budget and monthly financial forecasts which will drive appropriate and timely decision making.Assist in the development of internal cost allocation methodologies and customer profitability models.Provide value-added analytical management reporting, including ad hoc requests, to help provide the organization a deeper understanding of cost changes and help identify additional efficiency opportunities.Develop credibility and build partnerships with key contacts across the organization to facilitate efficiency, knowledge sharing, and opportunities for process improvement.Manipulate large data sets to summarize for management reporting, determine results, or reveal trends.Identify process improvements to reduce process cycle times, improve financial forecast quality, and enhance information provided to leadership for business decisions.Position Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting.5 years of relevant experience.Experience in planning, coordinating, and executing multiple work streams simultaneously.Strong grasp of income sheet, balance sheet, and cash flow financial statements interactions.Ability to analyze financial results and assess financial impacts of business decisions.Strong written, verbal communication and presentation skills; must be able to convey information to all levels of the organization in a clear, focused, and concise manner.Demonstrated ability to think from both the financial and business perspectives.Strong knowledge and demonstrated experience with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.OUR REWARDS
We offer a robust package of employee perks and benefits, including healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP), competitive PTO, 401k match, parental leave, and HSA contribution match. We also provide our employees with a paid subscription to the Calm app and offer generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits. As a hybrid workforce, we offer our employees the ability to work remotely up to two days a week.PEAK6 is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, natural or protective hairstyle, genetics, disability, age, or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law.
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We are PEAK6, a leading investment firm. You'll find us headquartered in the historic Chicago Board of Trade building. PEAK6 uses technology to find a better way of doing things. The company’s first tech-based solution was developed in 1997 to optimize options trading, and over the past two decades, the same formula has been used across a range of industries, asset classes, and business stages to consistently deliver superior results. Today, PEAK6 seeks transformational opportunities to provide capital and strategic support to entrepreneurs and forward-thinking businesses. PEAK6’s core brands include PEAK6 Capital Management, PEAK6 Strategic Capital, Apex Fintech Solutions, PEAK6 InsurTech, Evil Geniuses, Poker Power, and Zogo.About This Role
As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will have the opportunity to partner with the business and cross-functional teams to provide financial expertise and ensure organizational financial performance. This candidate will play a critical role in enhancing and developing Finance’s reporting packages and is expected to provide actionable financial and strategic business analytics and recommendations to management. They will be responsible for developing and presenting monthly financial reporting packages, business analytics, assistance in building the annual budget, monthly forecasting of risk and opportunities, metrics and scorecards, and various ad-hoc analyses.Position Responsibilities:
Monitor and analyze monthly financial results. Identify relevant trends and key drivers on the reasons for variance. Advise senior leadership of opportunities and risk impacting the organization.Develop yearly budget and monthly financial forecasts which will drive appropriate and timely decision making.Assist in the development of internal cost allocation methodologies and customer profitability models.Provide value-added analytical management reporting, including ad hoc requests, to help provide the organization a deeper understanding of cost changes and help identify additional efficiency opportunities.Develop credibility and build partnerships with key contacts across the organization to facilitate efficiency, knowledge sharing, and opportunities for process improvement.Manipulate large data sets to summarize for management reporting, determine results, or reveal trends.Identify process improvements to reduce process cycle times, improve financial forecast quality, and enhance information provided to leadership for business decisions.Position Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting.5 years of relevant experience.Experience in planning, coordinating, and executing multiple work streams simultaneously.Strong grasp of income sheet, balance sheet, and cash flow financial statements interactions.Ability to analyze financial results and assess financial impacts of business decisions.Strong written, verbal communication and presentation skills; must be able to convey information to all levels of the organization in a clear, focused, and concise manner.Demonstrated ability to think from both the financial and business perspectives.Strong knowledge and demonstrated experience with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.OUR REWARDS
We offer a robust package of employee perks and benefits, including healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP), competitive PTO, 401k match, parental leave, and HSA contribution match. We also provide our employees with a paid subscription to the Calm app and offer generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits. As a hybrid workforce, we offer our employees the ability to work remotely up to two days a week.PEAK6 is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, natural or protective hairstyle, genetics, disability, age, or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law.
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