Robert Half has an opening for a Senior Financial Analyst in the Overland Park, Kansas area with an immediate start date. Prior experience in coordinating various planning cycles (annual planning, quarterly forecasts and monthly outlooks), while providing strategic analyses and recommendations, will be crucial to the success of this role. You will provide variance analysis of bookings, revenues and expenses, clearly explaining the business reasons for variances and adjusting the outlook models to reflect operational adjustments. Administer the long-range operating plans to support business initiatives, drive world class strategic and financial planning methods, and develop rolling forecast processes to ensure resources are leveraged with maximum effectiveness, as the Senior Financial Analyst. You will operationalize and cultivate data-driven planning processes and improve upon monthly and quarterly reporting. Make your mark as a Senior Financial Analyst in a career-building role and gain experience working directly with senior leadership of the company and contribute your strategic input. Apply today and grow your professional career with this exciting new opportunity. A company in the IT Consulting field is seeking candidates for a duration to fill a permanent role. Please reach out to Molly Gardner at 816-601-1196 What you get to do every single day- You will be closely engaged with cross functional partners in Accounting and Operations to execute against plans- Produce monthly reporting to business partners on financial results and actions required- Overview performance to date and assess potential risks and opportunities- Utilize effective Business Intelligence (BI) to provide forward-looking insight and decision support- Gather and oversee forecasting reports- Partner with Accounting on the monthly and quarterly financial close process- Oversee weekly, quarterly and annual Area/Segment-level Bookings and P& L forecasting - Interpret and point out internal and external drivers impacting performance and trending- Track monthly and quarterly performance through comparison of actuals versus expectations and enable business partners to handle their resources- Work together with senior executives on strategic deep dives by developing financial models and insights on topics such as: Retention forecasts, Campaign Planning & Tracking, return on investment of strategic investments, event tracking and execution, strategic resource allocation and prioritization