JPMorgan Finance Business Management - Product Experience & Tech Associate 

United States, Ohio, Columbus 

109718510

As an Associate in Finance and Business Management on the Product & Experience Technology (PXT) team, you will be responsible for a range of tasks including financial control, forecasting, budgeting, and examining financial and business metrics. Your duties will include generating regular management reports on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis, and providing data-driven insights and analysis to the Head of Technology & Product to enhance profitability and efficiencies. You will be expected to analyze, prepare, and reconcile accounting and technical data, and produce reports. Furthermore, you will strategize to streamline and reduce cycle times through automated applications and process improvement. Your role will also involve supporting the department and team members with special projects as needed and assisting in formulating recommendations to improve business procedures.

Job Responsibilities

• Maintain detailed financial files utilized for budget & outlook analysis
• Provide financial reporting, analytics, and strategic guidance to Business Management partners - including, but not limited to: headcount, labor and vendor expense, location strategy
• Report on and monitor key metrics, drive data quality initiatives across the product area, and help define future needs of the product area
• Develop and track performance metrics, create presentations, and generally provide financial analysis on a variety of topics to senior management
• Perform variance analysis to understand the key drivers of the results and present commentary to senior managers, explaining changes from prior forecasts/budgets
• Help design new reports and dashboards to efficiently deliver the financial results to senior management
• Enhance controls and streamlining processes, introducing automation where possible

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a subject of a technical nature
• 2+ years of relevant experience
• Advanced skills in Excel (including Essbase, lookups, and pivot tables), PowerPoint experience
• Proficiency with data mining/gathering and manipulation of data sets
• Inquisitive, enthusiastic, and diligent, and capable of challenging peers
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex issues clearly
• Ability to create ad hoc reporting for senior management
• Proven track record for executing on special projects / assignments, often with little lead time or information
• Team player with the ability to be respected as a trusted partner for the Business, Finance, and Financial Planning & Analysis Teams
• Highly motivated self-starter with excellent time management/prioritization skills and ability to thrive and think clearly under pressure and tight deadlines
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with ability to analyze large data sets and present conclusions concisely

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Relevant experience in Financial Services, and/or accounting/controller background
• Experience in Essbase / Smartview
• Experience with SAP
• Experience with Excel macros, Alteryx, and other automation tools