Job details Spherion Sioux Falls is interviewing candidates for a Business Analyst - Financial Forecasting role. The Analyst I will support cross-functional teams-particularly Accounting and Finance-by delivering financial analytics centered on building and maintaining financial curves that illuminate customer lifecycle performance. This role requires stron ... g SQL skills and a high level of attention to detail to generate accurate loss curves, revenue curves, and cohort performance views used throughout the organization. The Analyst I will leverage these curves to enhance customer segmentation, performance monitoring, and reporting, while collaborating across departments to provide clear, data-driven insights that guide strategic and operational decisions.

Salary: $60k-85k/year DOE

Responsibilities:
-Attend stakeholder meetings to understand reporting needs and provide data-driven insights
-Build, update, and maintain recurring reports to monitor key business and financial performance metrics
-Perform ad-hoc analyses to answer operational, financial, and strategic questions, delivering clear and actionable findings
-Convert existing point estimates of loss and revenue into cumulative loss curves, revenue curves, and cohort performance views
-Maintain and enhance curve-generation logic to ensure consistency and accuracy across customer segments and portfolios
-Use curve outputs to support customer segmentation, variance analysis, and performance tracking
-Compare actual performance against expected curve values and identify drivers of deviations
-Collaborate with cross-functional teams-including Accounting, Finance, Risk, and -Operations to ensure alignment on metrics, assumptions, and reporting requirements
-Assist in data quality checks and validation to ensure accuracy of reporting and curve calculations
-Design and maintain dashboards that present key financial and performance indicators -for management review
-Communicate analytical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences to support informed decision-making
-Ensure timely delivery of all reporting, analytics, and curve updates

Working hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Skills:
-Experience in an analytics, reporting, or financial performance role
-Familiarity with a programming language such as Python or R for data manipulation
-Basic understanding of data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)
-Exposure to financial services, lending, portfolio analysis, or customer segmentation

Education:
Bachelors

Experience:
1-4 years

Qualifications:
-Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or analytical field (e.g., Statistics, Business/Economics, Mathematics, Data Science, Engineering)
-Working knowledge of SQL with the ability to query and manipulate large datasets
-Proficiency with Excel, including formulas, lookups, and data analysis functions
-Strong attention to detail and a proactive, problem-solving mindset
-Ability to communicate analytical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
-Ability to work collaboratively across Accounting, Finance, Risk, and Operations


To be considered, please apply online at www.spherion.com/apply or if you have questions you can reach out to Troy Thoms at 605-610-3204

Spherion has helped thousands of people just like you find work happiness! Our experienced staff will listen carefully to your employment needs and then work diligently to match your skills and qualifications to the right job and company. Whether you're looking for temporary, temp-to-perm or direct hire opportunities, no one works harder for you than Spherion.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Spherion, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact Callcenter@spherion.com.

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Spherion offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

Show lessShow more Spherion Sioux Falls is interviewing candidates for a Business Analyst - Financial Forecasting role. The Analyst I will support cross-functional teams-particularly Accounting and Finance-by delivering financial analytics centered on building and maintaining financial curves that illuminate customer lifecycle performance. This role requires strong SQL skills and a high level of attention to detail to generate accurate loss curves, revenue curves, and cohort performance views used throughout the organization. The Analyst I will leverage these curves to enhance customer segmentation, performance monitoring, and reporting, while collaborating across departments to provide clear, data-driven insights that guide strategic and operational decisions.

Salary: $60k-85k/year DOE

Responsibilities:
-Attend stakeholder meetings to understand reporting needs and provide data-driven insights
-Build, update, and maintain recurring reports to monitor key business and financial performance metrics
-Perform ad-hoc analyses to answer operational, financial, and strategic questions, delivering clear and actionable findings ... -Convert existing point estimates of loss and revenue into cumulative loss curves, revenue curves, and cohort performance views
-Maintain and enhance curve-generation logic to ensure consistency and accuracy across customer segments and portfolios
-Use curve outputs to support customer segmentation, variance analysis, and performance tracking
-Compare actual performance against expected curve values and identify drivers of deviations
-Collaborate with cross-functional teams-including Accounting, Finance, Risk, and -Operations to ensure alignment on metrics, assumptions, and reporting requirements
-Assist in data quality checks and validation to ensure accuracy of reporting and curve calculations
-Design and maintain dashboards that present key financial and performance indicators -for management review
-Communicate analytical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences to support informed decision-making
-Ensure timely delivery of all reporting, analytics, and curve updates

Working hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Skills:
-Experience in an analytics, reporting, or financial performance role
-Familiarity with a programming language such as Python or R for data manipulation
-Basic understanding of data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)
-Exposure to financial services, lending, portfolio analysis, or customer segmentation

Education:
Bachelors

Experience:
1-4 years

Qualifications:
-Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or analytical field (e.g., Statistics, Business/Economics, Mathematics, Data Science, Engineering)
-Working knowledge of SQL with the ability to query and manipulate large datasets
-Proficiency with Excel, including formulas, lookups, and data analysis functions
-Strong attention to detail and a proactive, problem-solving mindset
-Ability to communicate analytical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
-Ability to work collaboratively across Accounting, Finance, Risk, and Operations


To be considered, please apply online at www.spherion.com/apply or if you have questions you can reach out to Troy Thoms at 605-610-3204

Spherion has helped thousands of people just like you find work happiness! Our experienced staff will listen carefully to your employment needs and then work diligently to match your skills and qualifications to the right job and company. Whether you're looking for temporary, temp-to-perm or direct hire opportunities, no one works harder for you than Spherion.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Spherion, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact Callcenter@spherion.com.

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Spherion offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

Show lessShow morekey responsibilities

-Attend stakeholder meetings to understand reporting needs and provide data-driven insights-Build, update, and maintain recurring reports to monitor key business and financial performance metrics-Perform ad-hoc analyses to answer operational, financial, and strategic questions, delivering clear and actionable findings-Convert existing point estimates of loss and revenue into cumulative loss curves, revenue curves, and cohort performance views-Maintain and enhance curve-generation logic to ensure consistency and accuracy across customer segments and portfolios-Use curve outputs to support customer segmentation, variance analysis, and performance tracking-Compare actual performance against expected curve values and identify drivers of deviations-Collaborate with cross-functional teams-including Accounting, Finance, Risk, and -Operations to ensure alignment on metrics, assumptions, and reporting requirements-Assist in data quality checks and validation to ensure accuracy of reporting and curve calculations-Design and maintain dashboards that present key financial and performance indicators -for management review-Communicate analytical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences to support informed decision-making-Ensure timely delivery of all reporting, analytics, and curve updates

experience

1-4 years

skills

-Experience in an analytics, reporting, or financial performance role-Familiarity with a programming language such as Python or R for data manipulation-Basic understanding of data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)-Exposure to financial services, lending, portfolio analysis, or customer segmentation

qualifications

-Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or analytical field (e.g., Statistics, Business/Economics, Mathematics, Data Science, Engineering)-Working knowledge of SQL with the ability to query and manipulate large datasets-Proficiency with Excel, including formulas, lookups, and data analysis functions-Strong attention to detail and a proactive, problem-solving mindset-Ability to communicate analytical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences-Ability to work collaboratively across Accounting, Finance, Risk, and Operations

education

Bachelors

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