Senior Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis

<div><h2>Senior Analyst - Financial Planning &amp; Analysis</h2><p>We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Analyst Financial Planning &amp; Analysis to join our Finance team. This role will play a critical part in supporting corporate financial planning, corporate reporting, decision making, and G&amp;A business partnering.</p><p>The Senior Analyst Financial Planning &amp; Analysis will work closely with Finance leadership and cross-functional business partners to drive financial accountability, improve forecasting accuracy, and provide meaningful insights that support strategic decision-making. The ideal candidate combines strong analytical capabilities, financial acumen, and communication skills with a proactive approach to problem-solving in a fast-paced environment.</p><p><strong>Job Responsibilities</strong></p><p><strong>Corporate Planning &amp; Reporting</strong></p><ul><li>Contribute to the development and refinement of monthly financial forecasts, support consolidation of corporate forecasts, ensuring precision and timely updates.</li><li>Lead corporate headcount planning and workforce expense forecasting, partnering with the People Team and business leaders to monitor hiring plans, vacancy assumptions, organizational changes, and personnel-related spending to ensure alignment with financial plans and company objectives</li><li>Conduct comprehensive financial analyses, including variance assessments, profitability trends, margin evaluations, and cost management, to identify key performance drivers.</li><li>Create and support the delivery of the company's financial reporting package, presentations, and dashboards</li><li>Partner with Accounting during month-end close to ensure accurate financial reporting and understanding of business performance</li><li>Support the annual operating plan (AOP), budget, and long-range planning processes</li><li>Foster clear communication and collaboration with all relevant stakeholders.</li><li>Review and analyze monthly financial reports to identify discrepancies and ensure accuracy.</li><li>Compare monthly results with budgeted figures and forecasts, performing variance analysis to provide actionable insights for performance optimization.</li></ul><p><strong>Finance Business Partnering</strong></p><ul><li>Serve as a finance business partner for assigned functions, including departments such as People Team, IT, Legal, Finance, Facilities, and Corporate Operations.</li><li>Provide functional leaders with insights related to spending trends, headcount planning, resource allocation, and investment decisions.</li><li>Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and optimize budget utilization.</li><li>Build strong working relationships across the organization and act as a trusted financial advisor to business stakeholders.</li><li>Train client teams in the use of forecasting tools and reporting systems, proactively addressing challenges and creating educational materials to support their success.</li><li>Lead and manage ad-hoc projects to address specific business needs and challenges.</li><li>Support the annual budgeting process to ensure alignment with strategic goals.</li><li>Deliver concise and impactful recommendations to senior leadership based on quantitative and qualitative analysis.</li><li>Perform ad hoc analyses to support evolving business priorities.</li></ul><p><strong>Process Improvement &amp; Finance Transformation</strong></p><ul><li>Identify and implement continuous improvement of reporting capabilities to enhance scalability, efficiency, and decision-making.</li><li>Explore and leverage emerging technologies, including AI-enabled tools, to improve financial analysis, reporting efficiency, forecasting accuracy, and business insights.</li><li>Identify opportunities for automation and reporting simplification to increase efficiency and scalability.</li><li>Assist in the integration of new systems and analytical tools to improve financial processes.</li><li>Help establish FP&amp;A best practices and improve financial discipline across the organization.</li></ul><h2>Qualifications</h2><ul><li>Proficient in advanced Excel, with expertise in constructing scenario analyses to inform strategic decisions.</li><li>Solid understanding of GAAP principles, ensuring adherence to accounting standards.</li><li>Experienced in data mining and developing analytical models to drive actionable insights.</li><li>Skilled in distilling complex data into clear, concise information that supports effective decision-making.</li><li>Driven by a strong passion for problem-solving, with a proactive approach to tackling new challenges.</li><li>Exceptional critical-thinking abilities, capable of analyzing data from multiple perspectives.</li><li>Meticulous attention to detail, with a keen ability to identify trends and inconsistencies in large datasets.</li><li>Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly present findings to stakeholders at all levels.</li><li>Thrives in fast-paced, high-pressure environments, excelling in cross-functional collaboration.</li><li>Self-motivated, consistently generating valuable business insights and taking initiative to drive improvements.</li><li>Adaptable and independent, with a flexible mindset that enables success in dynamic work settings.</li><li>Experience working with financial planning and reporting systems, such as TM1 (Planning Analytics), Anaplan, Workday Adaptive Planning, Oracle Hyperion or similar FP&amp;A platforms.</li><li>Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.</li></ul><p><strong>Education and Experience</strong></p><ul><li>Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field is required.</li><li>5+ years of experience in Finance or Accounting.</li><li>1-2 years of experience as a finance business partner working with senior management and presenting financial insights and recommendations.</li></ul><p><strong>Travel Requirements</strong></p><ul><li>Travel for this position may include quarterly travel to attend internal and external meetings, however, this may vary based on business needs and opportunities.</li></ul><p><strong>Supervisory Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>This position will not supervise others.</li></ul></div>