Monday, October 29, 2007

Business Analyst (HR, FINANCE) in DALLAS, TX

Robert Half Finance and Accounting has teamed up with a $10 billion hedge fund to assist in the recruitment of an HR Business Analyst who will specialize in doing human capital financial analysis for the firm. The ideal background is a candidate who works for a professional services firm and wants to move into a non traditional financial analysis role.

Please email your resume to or you can call Chris Willhite at 972-789-9590.

Here is the job description provided by the client who engaged our search firm:

The investment firm is a leading investment management firm and hedge fund specializing in alternative investments with over $10 billion + under management.

Responsibilities

The HR Manager/Comp Analyst function in the Human Resources department will work specifically in these areas: 1) HR Generalist, with a heavy emphasis on analytics 2) Compensation and Benefits Support 3) Payroll. Given the company structure and team makeup, the HR Manager will be part of a 3 person team, but will be ultimately responsible for their function within the following dedicated job responsibilities:
• Serves as an HR Generalist for various functions within the company
• Performs varying levels of financial analysis, reporting and special projects as assigned
• Develops, maintains, and administers company compensation & bonus spreadsheets for compensation cycle; responsible for maintaining company headcount report
• Support Health & Welfare by assisting with annual enrollments, enrolling new hires into benefits and terminating benefits for COBRA Administration; resolve minor benefit enrollment issues; and assist with deferred compensation administration
• Lead efforts to install a new HR database
• Other Human Resources related activities as needed

Qualifications
• Must have 5+ years of strong analytical abilities in dealing with financial analysis
• Ability to use data and apply critical/strategic thinking to solve problems and craft executive summaries
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance required; Top Tier Program preferred
• Ideally, 2 + years of experience in payroll administration is required. Knowledge of federal, multi-state withholdings, state unemployment, localities
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Candidates must be mature, thoughtful and articulate and have the confidence to interact one-on-one with management teams and/or intermediaries
• Must exhibit high degree of discretion as relates to safeguarding confidential information
• Candidates need to be able to thrive in an independent, entrepreneurial, relatively unstructured environment
• Excellent organizational, problem solving and interpersonal skills; must be detailed oriented
• Located in Dallas with no travel required

Please email your resume to or you can call Chris Willhite at 972-789-9590.
Experience: The ideal background is a candidate who works for a professional services firm and wants to move into a non traditional financial analysis role.

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