To apply to this role, please send your resume to Valerie Herron at valerie.herron@roberthalf.c0mQualified applicants, might be interested in this Senior Financial Analyst role with a company in the Lake Zurich, Illinois area with an immediate start date through Robert Half. This role will allow you to directly be involved in the coordination of various planning cycles (annual planning, quarterly forecasts and monthly outlooks), while providing strategic analyses and recommendations. You will deliver variance analysis of bookings, revenues and expenses, clearly explaining the business reasons for variances and adjusting the outlook models to reflect operational adjustments. The Senior Financial Analyst will be in charge of driving world class strategic and financial planning methods, developing rolling forecast processes to ensure resources are leveraged with maximum effectiveness, and building long-range operating plans to support business initiatives. Put into effect and cultivate data-driven planning processes and improve upon monthly and quarterly reporting. Put your strategic ideas to the test in this pivotal Senior Financial Analyst role, which will allow strategic input to the senior leadership of the company. Apply today! This is a permanent role and might be a great fit for candidates looking for a opportunity with a company in the Manufacturing field.Your responsibilities- Combine efforts 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- Collaborate with Accounting on the monthly and quarterly financial close process- Grasp and define internal and external drivers impacting performance and trending- Examine performance to date and assess potential risks and opportunities- Construct and keep an eye on forecasting reports- Lead weekly, quarterly and annual Area/Segment-level Bookings and P& L forecasting - Utilize effective Business Intelligence (BI) to provide forward-looking insight and decision support- You will be closely engaged with cross functional partners in Accounting and Operations to execute against plans- Supervise monthly and quarterly performance through comparison of actuals versus expectations and enable business partners to handle their resources- Submit monthly reporting to business partners on financial results and actions required