Necessary skills for Senior Finance Analyst: skills and requirements
General requirements of a Senior Finance Analyst
- Bachelor's degree or higher in accounting, finance, economics or other related field
- 5+ years of experience in a financial analysis role
- Strong knowledge of financial analysis, accounting principles, and corporate finance
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and financial modeling software
Skills and Behaviours for a Senior Finance Analyst
Business Management
Business strategy
Data manipulation
Pandas
Data visualization
Matplotlib
Metabase
Palantir
Power BI
Qlik Sense
SAP Analytics
SAS
Tableau
Database
MongoDB
MySQL
SQL
Financial accounting
Balance Sheet
Financial Accounting
Financial Analysis
Financial Consolidation
Financial Reporting
Financial Statement
Income Statement
Reconciliation
Change Management
Driving change and innovation
Influencing others towards change
Collaboration & Teamwork
Involving others in making decisions that affect them
Placing team needs above individual needs
Working with others towards common goals
Communicating information
Active Listening
Asking the right questions
Influencing and persuading others
Synthesizing information