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[Remote] Financial Data Analyst
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Insight Global is recruiting for an unnamed Tier-1 banking client for a Financial Data Analyst to support an incentive compensation and finance transformation initiative. The role focuses on validating, reconciling, and analyzing data during a migration from a legacy compensation system to Salesforce, while coordinating with Finance, Operations, and business stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Validate and reconcile sales, client, account, revenue, and incentive compensation data during a system migration initiative
- Analyze large volumes of data to identify discrepancies, gaps, trends, and root causes
- Cross-reference data between legacy systems, Salesforce, and downstream reporting tools
- Support parallel testing efforts between legacy and new platforms to ensure data consistency and integrity
- Perform complex spreadsheet analysis, reporting, and reconciliation activities using advanced Excel functions
- Investigate missing or incomplete records and coordinate with business partners to obtain required information
- Communicate professionally with directors, managers, and other business stakeholders through phone and email outreach
- Support incentive compensation calculations, validation exercises, and reporting activities
- Assist with documentation, controls, audit support, and testing activities as needed
- Provide recommendations to improve data quality, reporting accuracy, and operational processes
Skills
- 2+ years of experience in Data Analysis, Financial Analysis, Business Analysis, Incentive Compensation, or related analytical functions
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including:
- Pivot Tables
- VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP
- INDEX/MATCH
- Complex formulas and calculations
- Data validation and reconciliation
- Experience working with large datasets and performing detailed analysis
- Strong financial and analytical acumen
- Demonstrated problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
- Experience supporting incentive compensation, commission, or variable compensation programs
- Experience working within banking, wealth management, retail banking, mortgage, or financial services environments
- Salesforce experience, particularly supporting reporting, data validation, or system migrations
- Microsoft Access experience
- Experience with large-scale data migration, system conversion, or transformation initiatives
- Exposure to financial reporting, business intelligence, or analytics tools
- Experience supporting audit controls, documentation, testing, or compliance-related activities
- Knowledge of Incentive Compensation Management (ICM) platforms such as:
- Varicent
- Salesforce Spiff
- Xactly
- Anaplan
- SAP Commissions
- Oracle Incentive Compensation
Benefits
- Remote work
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