Senior Analyst Financial Reporting

Our vision for the future is based on the idea that transforming financial lives starts by giving our people the freedom to transform their own. We have a flexible work environment, and fluid career paths. We not only encourage but celebrate internal mobility. We also recognize the importance of purpose, well-being, and work-life balance. Within Empower and our communities, we work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, and our associates dedicate thousands of hours to volunteering for causes that matter most to them.

Chart your own path and grow your career while helping more customers achieve financial freedom. Empower Yourself.

**Ideal candidates are located in either Denver, CO or Boston, MA**

At Empower, the Financial Reporting Senior Analyst supports external and regulatory reporting with a strong focus on financial analysis. The role analyzes financial results and trends, investigates significant variances and reporting issues, and helps prepare accurate financial statements, disclosures, and information supporting the Company's annual and quarterly filings.

• →Analyze financial results, trends, and significant or unusual variances; research drivers and clearly communicate findings.
• →Prepare and analyze annual and interim financial statements, disclosures, and supporting schedules for the consolidated company and its subsidiaries.
• →Prepare financial reporting workpapers, reconciliations, variance analyses, and other analytical support for financial, regulatory, tax, and audit deliverables.
• →Identify and investigate financial and regulatory reporting issues, unusual transactions, data inconsistencies, and reconciliation differences; escalate matters as appropriate.
• →Prepare and analyze financial information under U.S. GAAP, IFRS, and Statutory Accounting Principles, as applicable.
• →Support regulatory capital calculations and required regulatory reporting and filings, including applicable Bureau of Economic Analysis surveys.
• →Support annual and interim external audits and financial reporting control and SOX compliance activities.
• →Partner across Finance, Tax, Legal, Compliance, Operations, and business teams to analyze reporting matters and complete key deliverables.
• →Use analytical tools, process improvement, and automation to improve the quality, efficiency, and insight provided by financial reporting; support ad hoc financial analyses and special projects.

• →Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• →Minimum of 3 years of accounting, financial reporting, regulatory reporting, or related experience.
• →Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and familiarity with IFRS and Statutory Accounting Principles.
• →Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to interpret financial data, investigate variances, identify trends and issues, and develop well-supported conclusions.
• →Ability to research accounting and regulatory guidance and evaluate new or non-routine reporting matters.
• →Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience working with large or complex financial data sets.
• →Strong attention to detail, communication, organization, and ability to independently manage multiple reporting priorities.

• Candidates located in Boston, MA or Denver, CO areas
• CPA or progress toward CPA certification
• Public accounting or external audit experience.
• Financial services industry experience.
• Experience preparing audited financial statements, SEC registration statements, or similar external financial reporting and disclosures.
• Experience with SAP or a comparable ERP system; SAP experience preferred.
• Experience with regulatory capital calculations or regulatory financial reporting.
• Experience with financial reporting analytics, process improvement, automation, or data visualization tools.