Financial Data Engineer

Overview

Remote
Contract - W2

Skills

SAP BASIS
Life Insurance
Data Marts
Data Quality
Documentation
Knowledge Sharing
Modeling
Data Engineering
Orchestration
Performance Tuning
Cost Management
Data Modeling
Snow Flake Schema
Dimensional Modeling
Analytics
Reporting
Extract
Transform
Load
SQL
Version Control
Git
Supervision
Communication
Collaboration
GL
General Journal
Financial Reporting
Accounting
Workflow
Cloud Computing
Taxes
Insurance
Law
Management Consulting
Finance
Regulatory Compliance

Job Details

Description:
**100% Remote**

Our client is seeking an experienced Financial Data Engineer to join the Automation team. You will play a critical role in building a new financial data mart in Snowflake from the ground up, supporting automation and transformation of accounting workflows. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on data modeling, ETL pipeline design, and delivering high-quality, reliable financial data products.

Due to client requirement, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $70 - $80 / hr. w2

Responsibilities:
  • Design, build, and optimize data models and data marts in Snowflake to support accounting and finance automation initiatives.
  • Develop robust, scalable ETL pipelines using DBT and Snowflake, ensuring data quality, traceability, and performance.
  • Collaborate with data engineering, accounting, and finance teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
  • Implement best practices for data modeling, transformation, and pipeline orchestration.
  • Contribute to documentation, code reviews, and knowledge sharing within the team.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve data pipeline and modeling issues as they arise.

Experience Requirements:
  • Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or related roles.
  • Strong proficiency in dbt (Data Build Tool) for data transformation and pipeline orchestration.
  • Advanced experience with Snowflake (data modeling, performance tuning, security, and cost management).
  • Proven expertise in data modeling (star/snowflake schemas, dimensional modeling) for analytics and reporting.
  • Demonstrated ability to design, build, and maintain complex ETL pipelines (end-to-end).
  • Solid SQL skills and experience with version control (e.g., Git).
  • Ability to work independently and deliver high-quality solutions with minimal supervision.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills


Preferred Qualifications
  • Prior experience supporting finance or accounting data (e.g., GL, subledger, reconciliations, journal entries, financial reporting).
  • Familiarity with accounting and finance workflows, controls, or automation projects.
  • Experience working in fast-paced, cross-functional teams.
  • Exposure to cloud data platforms and modern data stack tools.


Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company for human-powered solutions. For over 30 years, Eliassen has helped thousands of companies reach further and achieve more with their technology solutions, financial, risk & compliance, and advisory solutions, and clinical solutions. With offices from coast to coast and throughout Europe, Eliassen provides a local community presence, balanced with international reach. Eliassen Group strives to positively impact the lives of their employees, clients, consultants, and the communities in which they operate.

Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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