Financial Analyst II

Nelnet is one of the leading education and finance companies in the United States. The company provides quality student loan products and services to students, as well as a full range of student-lending services and technology-based products to schools nationwide. This includes student loan origination and lending, holding, student loan and guarantee servicing and software solutions.

Responsible for developing and maintaining financial analysis processes and reporting need for the various business units including monthly financial variances, forecasting, costing, key metrics and trends. Assist business units with the annual budget process for their division, develop standard templates and processes, and provide historical trending analysis.

* Responsible for assisting the business units with the financial variance reporting process to allow management to track budget and actual expense information. * Compile and summarize the monthly variance information for executive level reporting – financials and costing. Track information throughout the year to provide historical trend analysis. * Identify and implement improvements in reporting, cost analysis and process with how Corporate Finance can be a valuable resource to the supported division. * Develop and maintain financial metrics and cost analysis for the division. Analyze results with explanations for growth and/or decline spikes, changes in trend and budget to actual variances. * Create analysis to evaluate and track the costs of services and to assist in development of strategic plans and monitoring of performance. * Perform business unit pricing activities which may include cost of ownership, activity based cost analysis, etc. * Act as liaison between Corporate Finance and Business Units. * Provide ad-hoc financial analysis for business units as required.

**Education:** * Bachelor’s Degree required in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting or Finance. **Experience:** * 3 years financial analysis experience, with a proven record of success. Knowledge of financial concepts relative to profitability and financial ratios. * Preferred: Knowledge of basic accounting theories and practices, Student loan experience **Competencies – Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:** * Energy, Drive, and Motivation: Embraces challenges enthusiastically, then executes relentlessly * Consistent, High Quality Results: Establishes credibility and finance leadership by producing timely, accurate and insightful analysis, consistently. Earns the respect of others through effective interaction with all teams * Efficiency/Accountability: Allocates time efficiently, focusing on ever-shifting priorities; continually seeks way to improve individual and team productivity. Highly accountable and able to manage multiple tasks in a fast paced dynamic environment * Confident Communication Style: Effectively communicates with and engages all levels of the organization verbally and in writing * Flexibility to handle pressure coming from all directions simultaneously * Excellent presentation skills and report package development * Excellent skills in analytic problem solving * Discretion * Expert in MS Excel and proficient in MS Word, PowerPoint and Access