Senior Financial Analyst

Senior Financial Analyst

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Financial Analyst for our Funding and Financing Strategy Service group in our Chicago office. The following locations will also be considered: Atlanta, New York City, Boston, Denver, Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, and open to other offices. Be involved in projects with our Advisory Services and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client's objectives and solves their challenges. WSP USA's Advisory Services professionals are dedicated to developing business and operational solutions in all areas of management, investment, and development throughout the entire business life cycle. We offer our clients a unique combination of infrastructure expertise and management consulting leadership to help them determine how best to develop assets and cost-effectively deliver services. At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Come join us and help shape the future! The Senior Financial Analyst role is a senior position within the Economics, Finance and Grants team, which offers great opportunities for professional growth. You will work directly public and private organizations across the country to fund and finance their infrastructure projects and initiatives, driving both project delivery and business development for the group.

Your Impact

Developing strategies to offer financial planning services across all end markets

Manage and oversee the development of financial models

Overseeing and performing quantitative analyses and data analytics

Analyzing financial needs and opportunities for public agencies

Analyzing project and program funding and financing options

Researching funding and financing industry trends

Evaluating funding and financing alternatives and priorities

Developing the business case for infrastructure investments

Overseeing the development of reports, memorandums, and client ready documentation

Lead client meetings and workshops

Tracking, reviewing, and interpreting federal legislation and guidance

Providing strategic support in all phases of infrastructure planning and project development

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

10+ years of relevant experience

Bachelor's degree

Strong analytical and quantitative skills

Proven experience managing projects

Strong understanding of inflation and cost drivers

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Demonstrated research skills and experience

Ability to think creatively, work independently, and deliver high quality work with minimal oversight

Ability to lead teams, synthesize problems, and communicate point of view and analytical results

Manage time efficiently while supporting multiple projects in parallel

Proven experience in transportation, infrastructure, and related sectors

Significant experience using Microsoft Office's suite of applications and their higher level capabilities

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's Degree in Finance, Planning, Public Policy or related disciplines

Familiarity with financial aspects and challenges of energy, water, and property and buildings, mining, and other infrastructure

Strong understanding of federal and state-level infrastructure policy and funding

Strategic planning experience

WSP Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation

Expected Salary (all locations): $102,000 - $181,720

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

Expected Salary (Colorado only): $102,000 - $170,500

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper. WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career. At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status. The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES: WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.