Financial Data Scientist

A Brief Overview
Reporting to the Director, Financial Planning & Analysis, the Financial Data Scientist plays a key role in transforming data into strategic insights. This position combines financial acumen with advanced analytics to support decision-making, improve forecasting accuracy, and optimize housing operations for military communities. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, collaborative, and passionate about leveraging data to drive financial performance.

What you will do

• Supports the development and maintenance of predictive models for revenue, expense, and cash flow forecasting.


• Analyzes large datasets to identify trends, risks, and opportunities impacting financial performance.


• Builds dashboards and visualizations to support leadership reporting and performance tracking.


• Collaborates with FP&A analysts to enhance budgeting, scenario planning, and variance analysis.


• Automates data workflows and reporting processes to improve efficiency and accuracy.


• Supports ad hoc analysis for business cases, investments, and cost optimization initiatives.


• Assists with sensitivity analysis and financial modeling for MHPI project restructures and operational issues.


• Coordinates with FP&A Director, Asset Managers, and Operations Teams to create the annual operating and capital budget.


• Serves as the primary liaison between the FP&A team and internal/external developers for system upgrades, integrations, and enhancements.


• Leads integration efforts with ERP, BI, Data Warehousing, and CPM systems to ensure seamless data flow and usability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Data Science, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or related field. Required or


• Master's Degree Data Science, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or related field. Preferred and


• 1-3 years Proven data science experience in finance and/or FP&A. Required and


• 1-3 years Proficiency in Python, SQL, and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI). Required and


• 1-3 years Strong understanding of financial modeling, forecasting, and property management metrics. Required


• 1-3 years Experience working with large datasets and statistical/predictive analysis. Required


• 1-3 years Experience in military housing, government contracts, or real estate operations. Preferred


• 1-3 years Familiarity with ERP systems (e.g., Yardi, Workday, JDE), financial planning tools (e.g., Planful, Adaptive Insights), or other CPM systems. Preferred


• 1-3 years Understanding of occupancy trends, maintenance cycles, and capital planning in residential property management. Preferred


• 1-3 years Experience with Yardi property management platform and Snowflake data warehouse is a plus. Preferred


• Excellent problem-solving skills with attention to detail and a results driven mindset.


• Strong communication skills to present complex insights to non-technical stakeholders.


• Knowledge of financial and accounting concepts, property maintenance processes and the related to successful multi-family operations.


• Automate data collection, transformation and analytics with scripts and lower-level programing languages (e.g. Java, python).


• Automate report generation for dashboard tools including PowerBI and Tableau.


• Expert knowledge of dashboard tools.


• Knowledge of statistical modeling, machine learning, and time series forecasting.

Compensation
We are committed to offering competitive and equitable compensation. Final salaries will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, licenses, certifications, and/or experience. In addition to these factors – we believe in the importance of pay equity. We consider internal and external factors as a part of every final offer. We also offer a generous total compensation and benefits package.

Benefits
A competitive salary is only one part of your total rewards. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, medical, dental, life and disability insurance, HSA/FSA accounts, retirement, rewards programs, and so much more!

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You must be able to pass a drug, background screen and physical abilities test/motor vehicle record check (if one is required per the position).

EEO/ADA
The Company and its affiliates provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

 

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