Who We Are
Oncourse Home Solutions (OHS) is a people-centric organization owned by private equity firm Apax Partners, operating under the brands American Water Resources, Pivotal Home Solutions, and American Home Solutions. We do what is right for our people so they can do their best when serving our 1.4+ million customers across the U.S. Our mission is to help homeowners navigate the unexpected, reduce costs, and make homeownership enjoyable for all. We are committed to fostering an environment that embraces diversity in all forms, where our employees, customers, and partners feel valued, respected, and supported.
We partner with cities, utilities, insurance providers, retailers, financial service companies, and member associations to help them maintain and protect their customers’ most important asset—their home. Our passion for empowering customers to confidently run their households is what drives us. This is what it means to be an ‘Oncourse Super’—Successful, United, Progressive, Empathetic, Reliable. Supers get it done. We sweat homeownership so our customers don’t have to.
We are a proud equal opportunity employer, and our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, parental status, mental or physical disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.
Position Summary
We are seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Financial Analyst to join our Commercial Finance team. This position will fulfill a critical function within the broader organization. Using primarily operational data, the Sr Financial Analyst will provide decision support and analysis to business functional areas. This position will act with other members of the Commercial Finance team as co-pilots of the business with the functional leaders, helping to brainstorm, model solutions, and find opportunities for growth and efficiency. In this role, they will specifically partner with our Business Development and Growth teams to help identify, model, and measure growth opportunities.
This hybrid role can be based in our Naperville, IL and Chicago, IL (Ravenswood area) offices. A regular in-office hybrid model (generally T-TH in office and M & F remote) is required.
Responsibilities
- You will be a valued Commercial Finance contact for functional area’s activities, thinking outside the box to help solve business problems and find avenues to drive business growth and cost savings.
- Deep understanding of finance principles and knowledge of their functional area, build and maintain the core financial model(s) to accurately forecast and analyze the business.
- Develop functional KPIs that link back to the financial plan of the company, working with the business intelligence team to continuously improve our reporting infrastructure.
- Work with business counterparts to create actionable reporting and mutual understanding of the financial impacts of KPI trends.
- Assist in the preparation of materials for the executive weekly & monthly business reviews and quarterly board meetings.
- Work with the FP&A team through the budgeting process to find cost-saving and revenue growth opportunities, as well as calling out risks and opportunities that may affect the forecast.
- Deploy strategies into action to drive change in the business, pressure tests business decisions, and influence leadership.
We're Excited if This is You
Experience and Qualifications of the Role
- 2+ years of progressive experience in a finance role.
- Financial modeling skills, including from scratch build and analysis.
- Curious, excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proven record of identifying material operational efficiencies and gaining traction within Operations for action.
- Confident and professional, with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
- SQL, Workday, Looker, Oracle & other data system experience.
Computer Skills Needed to Perform this Job
- Proficiency in Microsoft and Google Suites.
- Proficiency in Workday or Financial Reporting systems.
- Proficiency in Looker, or other data analytic platforms.
- Proficiency in Oracle Business Suite.
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or related field (required).
Competencies
- Communicate Effectively - Is able to clearly and succinctly communicate verbally and in writing in a variety of settings and styles; can get messages across that have the desired effect.
- Action Oriented - Enjoys working hard; is action-oriented and full of energy for the things that he/she sees as challenging; not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning; seizes more opportunities than others.
- Business Acumen - Knows how businesses work; knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, and information affecting his/her business and organization; knows the competition; is aware of how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace.
- Functional/Technical Skills - Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.
- Problem Solving - Is tolerant with people and processes; listens and checks before acting; tries to understand the people and the data before making judgments and acting; sensitive to due process and proper pacing; follows established process.
- Leading with Influence - Managing direct and indirect relationships with productive upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
