Forecasting Manager

Duration: 6 months contract to hire
Location: Richmond, VA

Large mortgage company is looking for a contract to hire consultant (numerous positions open) with strong Forecasting skills and mortgage experience. The ideal candidate will have exceptional Excel skills and have had corporate experience in Financial Forecasting. This will include forecast on losses, volume, etc.  These consultants will need to assume a leading role in the financial forecasting process.

Prepares highly detailed short and long range financial reports as well as analyzes actual financial data to explain variances, identify trends and call attention to operational issues that need to be addressed to improve performance. Must be familiar with time series analysis and can project losses and market trends.

Mortgage experience is a bonus.... these professionals must be open to this contact to hire position. Ideal candidates will have the understanding of financial results and can understand significant business drivers and variances. Designs and develops various regular and special reports for both financial and statistical matters in order to facilitate financial management throughout the organization. Will be interpreting financial results and analyzing variances and providing extensive reports for performance tracking purposes.

The most senior candidate will need to have the experience of building a forecast group from scratch or been involved with a group that grew from a basic form. All candidates should have some kind of Quant. Background (stat, prod ops, etc) and if they have SAS all the better. They need some candidates that can come up with robust solutions and can bring value to the organization very quickly.