Budget Analysis Specialist

Lincoln Financial is a company that helps people confidently plan for their financial future. The Budget Analysis Specialist will support financial and performance reporting programs, prepare operational metrics, conduct ad-hoc analyses, and manage budget evaluations to enable informed business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the development, deployment, and ongoing management of the performance reporting program that defines measures and analytics for the overall assessment of the business by sharing knowledge
• Supporting the delivery of the monthly financial management program by evaluating the budget on an on-going basis and communicates status to management
• Preparing assigned monthly operational metrics and analytics
• Performing ad-hoc financial analysis and models that support leadership in understanding how the business is performing
• Determining the financial management position of assigned budget to actual expenses and budget to actual forecast
• Completing and performing analysis, calculations and recording accruals on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis
• Preparing the assigned monthly client level financial reporting to internal LFG customers
• Assisting with financial bridge from previous month to current month fiscal year forecast
• Communicating with cost center owners on variances in budget to actual expenses
• Serving as a budget coordinator for assigned areas of the business
• Managing and delivering low complexity projects, conforming to project management standards and processes as designated by their assigned area of responsibility, including applicable change control and project management methodology
• Partnering with Project Managers to gather estimates, then build and maintain the project schedule in appropriate schedule management tool
• Providing resource management support by updating project resource allocations and milestones within the project schedule based on feedback from the Project Manager

Skills

• 4 Year/Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (4 years of experience in lieu of Bachelor's) (Minimum Required)
• 1 - 3+ Years of experience in budget analysis and Project Management that directly aligns with the specific responsibilities for this position (Required)
• Strong MS Excel and PowerPoint preferred
• Basic knowledge of SAP systems preferred (Hyperion/PeopleSoft/SAP)

Benefits

• Clearly defined career tracks and job levels, along with associated behaviors for each of Lincoln's core values and leadership attributes
• Leadership development and virtual training opportunities
• PTO/parental leave
• Competitive 401K and employee benefits
• Free financial counseling, health coaching and employee assistance program
• Tuition assistance program
• Work arrangements that work for you
• Effective productivity/technology tools and training

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