2014-05-19

**Financial Analyst**Full Time
Brookdale - 6737 W. Washington Ste. 2300 Milwaukee, WI 53214

Assists the Finance Department in providing financial analysis and reporting, reconciles debt and lease related balance sheet accounts, and assists in preparing annual financing costs budgets.

A career with Brookdale has never been more rewarding. As a senior living solutions company, Brookdale is committed to providing the best options for the residents that we serve, for all of the places life can go. The services that we offer ensure that residents continue to live the lives that they want while also meeting all of their needs along the way. Every day our 50,000 associates collaborate to guarantee that this promise is fulfilled in more than 640 communities. Our Senior Living Solutions include: Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care, Skilled Nursing, Therapy, Hospice, Home Health, LifeCare, and Continuing Care Retirement Communities.

**More than a company, it is a calling.
**To learn more about Brookdale and how our associates make a difference: Fulfilling Dreams * Record-Breaking Fundraising for Alzheimer’s * Best of the Best Awards * Brookdale Senior Living Solutions * YouTube**

Key responsibilities include:**

* Effectively communicate with senior management, as well as external parties such as lenders, lessors and auditors
* Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual lender/lessor portfolio financial reporting packages, including responses to lender/lessor variance analysis questions of actual results compared to budget as well as trend analysis
* Review portfolio related loan and lease agreements to ensure financial reporting and various types of covenant compliance with their provisions as well as track and calculate amounts related to purchase options, renewal terms, payment escalators and prepayment penalties with discounted cash flow analysis
* Processes debt and lease payments and records related journal entries
* Prepare various ad hoc schedules/analytics required by non-financing third parties such as auditors, regulatory, investment bankers and governmental agencies
* Assist in the preparation and review of annual financing cost budgets and forecasts
* Prepare debt and lease related balance sheet account reconciliations on a quarterly and annual basis and assist in preparation of SEC supporting schedules for various debt and lease related footnotes
* Lead the due diligence process related to debt and lease refinancing
* Create various pro forma financial analysis, financial models and ad hoc reporting for Board of Directors, senior management, lender and lessors

At Brookdale, you will enjoy a rewarding career with a forward thinking company while receiving an impressive portfolio of benefits designed to help you maintain a comfortable lifestyle for you and your family, including

* Major Medical

* Dental

* Vision

* Flexible Spending Account

* Short-term Disability

* Long-term Disability

* 401(K) with Company Match

* Life Insurance

* Tuition Reimbursement

* Paid Vacation & Holidays

* Continuing Education

* License Reimbursement

**We seek the following qualifications:*** Bachelor’s Degree (BA or BS) in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration from a four-year college or university
* Minimum of 2+ years of finance/accounting experience (CPA or PeopleSoft skills a plus)
* Extensive use and knowledge of Excel spreadsheets required
* Effective oral and written communication skills
* Working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Outlook**

HOW TO APPLY:**
Apply at www.brookdalecareers.com using job number FAmkeWI140509.
If you are a Brookdale Associate, please consider referring someone through the Good People Program!

Brookdale is an EOE-(Equal Opportunity Employer) and drug free work place

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**Benefits:**
Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Dental Insurance, Disability Insurance, 401(k), Tuition Reimbursement

*Job Number:* FAmkeWI140509

*Location:* 6737 W. Washington, Ste. 2300 Milwaukee, WI

*Job Type:* Full Time

*VISA Sponsorship:* no

*Travel:* 0

*Number of Openings:* 1

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