Lead Finance Analyst (Finance Enablement Team)

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Job Brief

The goal of Finance Enablement is to empower finance teams with the tools, data, processes, and strategic support needed to deliver best-in-class financial services across the organization. Reporting to the Senior Finance Director, the Lead Finance Analyst will play a critical role in helping the Finance Enablement team achieve this goal by working on enhancements to the financial forecast, ensuring data integrity, and supporting regulatory and management reporting processes. The Lead Finance Analyst will have the opportunity to contribute to high-impact projects and strategic initiatives that span the entire finance organization, collaborating across teams to drive forecasting accuracy, reporting excellence, and financial insight.

Essential Job Functions

• Assist with financial forecast initiatives to drive improvements in forecast accuracy, transparency, and efficiency across FP&A, Treasury, and Line of Business (LOB) Finance teams.
• Partner with Finance Enablement colleagues to continuously improve Workday reporting and planning tools, ensuring they are optimized for accuracy and alignment with LOB Finance needs.
• Support the development and implementation of enhanced business flow processes by assisting in the transition from the existing reporting tool to a centralized solution sourced from the Financial Data Hub (FDH).
• Assist the Finance Enablement team in maintaining data quality within FDH by helping identify and resolve data issues, performing validation checks, and supporting documentation efforts to ensure reliable inputs for forecasting and reporting.
• Develop thorough understanding of Key's foundational financial systems, products, and businesses and apply this knowledge
• Support cross-functional finance initiatives by assisting with a variety of projects that span multiple departments, helping drive collaboration, data alignment, and process improvements across the broader finance organization.
• Perform other duties as assigned; duties, responsibilities, and/or activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
• Comply with all KeyBank policies and procedures, including acting professionally at all times, conducting business ethically, avoiding conflicts of interest, and acting in the best interests of Key's clients and Key.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field or equivalent experience.
• 1+ years of analytical experience in Finance, Business, or related discipline
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint; advanced skills preferred
• Strong financial acumen
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Collaborative team player committed to meeting deadlines and maintaining high-quality standards
• Organized self-starter with the ability to work independently and creatively
• Effective time management and multitasking abilities

Preferred Skills

• Experience working with financial system reporting environments (i.e. Workday, IBM TM1, Tableau, Oracle Essbase, etc.)
• SQL and other programming skills to access data for analysis are a plus

Key has implemented a role-based Mobile by Design approach to our employee workspaces, dedicating space to those whose roles require specific workspaces, while providing flexible options for roles which are less dependent on assigned workspaces and can be performed effectively in a mobile environment. As a result, this role may be mobile or home based, which means you may work either at a home office or in a Key facility to perform your job duties.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

This position is eligible to earn a base salary in the range of $70,000 to $75,000 annually depending on job-related factors such as level of experience. Compensation for this role also includes eligibility for short-term incentive compensation and deferred incentive compensation subject to individual and company performance. Please click here for a list of benefits for which this position is eligible.

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