Senior Associate, Financial Management

Washington, DC

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Senior Associate, Financial Management

About Palladium:

Palladium is a global company working to design, develop anddeliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around theglobe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; buildenduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems toaddress global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over90 countries and have a workforce of 4,000 talented, motivated, and diversestaff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.

This Opportunity:

The Palladium Group has an opening for a Senior Associate rolewithin the Financial Management department. The person in this position will assistprojects and portfolios with monitoring their financial performance,forecasting and budgeting, validating data and reports for accuracy, improvingcurrent templates and processes, providing relevant financial training, andperforming ad hoc financial requests as needed. Using effective interpersonal,communication and analytical skills, the incumbent will develop and maintainstrong relationships with colleagues and clients to support healthy businessand leadership goals.

Location and Compensation:

The position is based in Palladium's Washington D.C. office.

For ourprospective employees in the United States, please note that the full-timeequivalent annual base salary for this position is expected to range from $65,000 to $70,000. Successful candidates may also be eligible for additional, variable incentivecompensation dependent on the role.

Please be advised that a final salary offer will be based onvarious factors, including but not limited to your qualifications, education,experience, skills, seniority, performance, and Palladium's business ororganizational needs.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the compensationfor this position, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. We value yourinterest in our company and appreciate the opportunity to discuss thisopportunity with you.

You and Your Career:

If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer and haveexpertise in Financial Management, Including Forecasting, Budgeting, andvalidating data and reports, we are interested in hearing from you.

We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunitiesfrom the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources,and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!

Reporting Lines:

This position will report to the Director of Financial Managementor his/her Designee.

PrimaryRoles and Responsibilities:

Theprimary responsibilities of the Financial Management Senior Associate are to:

Facilitate the monthly closing of books, including capturing, justifying and validating relevant accruals and adjustments.
Provide project operational support as needed, including but not limited to project setup, new charge codes, modifications, and budget reviews.
Assist projects to successfully update Monthly forecasts, troubleshoot any system issues, and work with the project teams and FM to find areas for improvement on forecasting accuracy.
Prepare and conduct trainings on relevant financial topics and processes regularly or as needed.
Continuously identify opportunities to brainstorm and develop new or improved templates, reports, and processes that provide valuable insights, increase efficiency, and build capacity.
Some travel may be required.
Other duties as assigned.

EssentialCriteria:

Experience in financial management, business administration, accounting, economics, international affairs, or related fields.
Strong accounting, business and administration skills.
Quick learner who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys challenges and problem-solving and proactively identifies opportunities for process improvement as well as self-improvement to learn new skills that benefit the team or company.
Strong interpersonal and oral and written communication skills to facilitate leading meetings, presentations and trainings.
Ability to analyze large datasets of financial or other numerical data and prepare reports.
High level of attention to detail and accuracy.
Good organizational and planning skills.
Advanced skills in Microsoft Office - particularly Excel.

DesirableCriteria:

Experience in Power Query, Power BI, SQL, VBA or other data skills preferred.
Knowledge of government contracting, and indirect rates preferred.
Experience with Deltek's Costpoint preferred.

Equity,Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, andinclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections ofsociety and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity,success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achievediversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receiveequal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personalcharacteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economicbackground, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity,sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenousstatus.

Shouldyou require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability oryou are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please emailour team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we willbe in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding - We defineSafeguarding as "the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect ourpeople, clients and the communities we work with from harm". We are committedto ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladiumare treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject toan enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and arigorous due diligence process.

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