
Senior Financial Analyst
Cnect
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dallas • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $78,000 - $108,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Perform pre‑close and post‑close diagnostic reviews of commissions and advisory billing data to identify anomalies, duplicate billings, rate distortions, and payout irregularities.
- Monitor effective payout rates, identifying instances where payout percentages fall outside expected ranges.
- Develop and maintain threshold‑based escalation triggers to flag issues before they materially impact advisor payouts or require retroactive corrections.
- Perform targeted analytics on advisory billing activity, including duplicate bill detection, timing mismatches, rolling‑period logic validation, and fee completeness.
- Support commissions and advisory billing integrations, including new compensation structures, platform migrations, and changes in payout methodology.
- Generate management‑level insight reporting explaining drivers of changes in payout rates, commissions expense, or advisory fees.
- Produce bridges and diagnostic analyses to explain payout volatility, including cash‑basis views where appropriate.
- Identify emerging risks related to: Orphan accounts /Servicing vs. sourcing misalignment, Manual intervention or override risk.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in financial analysis, FP&A, controllership support, or a related financial services role.
- Strong knowledge of financial controls, governance frameworks, and exception‑based analysis, including root‑cause analysis.
- Demonstrated ability to ingest, transform, and analyze large financial datasets (commissions, billing, transactions, reference data) using tools such as Alteryx and Snowflake (or similar).
- Ability to apply modern analytical techniques (segmentation, variance decomposition, outlier/anomaly detection, scenario/sensitivity analysis) and to operationalize results into actionable governance triggers; familiarity with Python/R or similar analytical tooling is beneficial.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex findings clearly to senior stakeholders; proficiency in Excel and data visualization/reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, or similar) to deliver executive‑ready insight.
Benefits
- Inclusive health, dental, vision and life insurance plans built to support diverse lifestyles, offer preventative care, and protect against hardship.
- Easy access to mental health benefits to meet our team members and their families where they are.
- 20 plus days of paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, and 2 paid wellness days to give our employees the time they need to stay close with their loved ones, recharge, and give back to their communities.
- 401(k) Savings plan with a generous company contribution (up to 5%), and access to a financial professional to offer our employees the opportunity to plan-ahead for a strong financial future well beyond their working years.
- Paid parental leave to support all team members with birth, adoption, and foster.
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Account options to help you save money on healthcare, daycare, commuting, and more.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP), LifeLock, Pet Insurance and more.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
financial analysisFP&Acontrollership supportexception-based analysisroot-cause analysisdata transformationdata analysisanalytical techniquessegmentationanomaly detection
Soft Skills
communication skillspresentation skillsanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingattention to detail