Are you a skilled finance professional looking for an opportunity in the finance field? Robert Half is currently trying to staff a critical need for a Senior Financial Analyst for one of their clients in the the Virginia Beach, Virginia area. The Senior Financial Analyst will be key in operationilizing and cultivating data-driven planning processes and improving upon monthly and quarterly reporting. As the Senior Financial Analyst, you will manage building long-range operating plans to support business initiatives, developing rolling forecast processes to ensure resources are leveraged with maximum effectiveness, and driving world class strategic and financial planning methods. You will produce variance analysis of bookings, revenues and expenses, clearly explaining the business reasons for variances and adjusting the outlook models to reflect operational adjustments. 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. 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. A company in the Service field is seeking candidates for a duration to fill a permanent role. Apply today for this great career opportunity!What you get to do every day- Team up 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- Support Accounting on the monthly and quarterly financial close process- Accumulate and regulate forecasting reports- Check performance to date and assess potential risks and opportunities- Disclose monthly reporting to business partners on financial results and actions required- Keep an eye on monthly and quarterly performance through comparison of actuals versus expectations and enable business partners to handle their resources- In this role, you will be in close partnership with cross functional partners in Accounting and Operations to execute against plans- Master and explain internal and external drivers impacting performance and trending- Run weekly, quarterly and annual Area/Segment-level Bookings and P& L forecasting - Approve effective Business Intelligence (BI) to provide forward-looking insight and decision support