Senior Financial Analyst

We are seeking a highly analytical and results-oriented Senior Financial Analyst to join our Finance team. This position will play a key role in the company's Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) function, partnering with business leaders to support budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, reporting, and strategic decision-making.

The ideal candidate will have strong financial and analytical skills, advanced Excel capabilities, and experience working with a large-scale ERP system in a complex corporate environment. This role requires someone who can move beyond reporting historical results to understand key business drivers, identify trends, analyze variances, and provide meaningful insights that support business performance and growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support the annual budgeting and financial planning process, working closely with department leaders to develop operating plans and financial targets.
• Prepare and maintain monthly, quarterly, and annual financial forecasts, incorporating actual results, business trends, operational assumptions, and changing market conditions.
• Perform detailed actual vs. budget, forecast, and prior-year variance analysis, identifying key drivers and providing clear explanations and actionable insights to management.
• Develop and maintain sophisticated financial models and scenario analyses to evaluate business performance, strategic initiatives, investments, cost structures, and other key decisions.
• Prepare and analyze monthly management reporting, financial dashboards, and executive presentations, ensuring financial information is accurate, timely, and clearly communicated.
• Partner with cross-functional business leaders to understand financial and operational drivers, monitor performance against objectives, and identify opportunities to improve profitability and efficiency.
• Analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) and financial trends, translating complex financial data into meaningful business insights and recommendations.
• Support long-range financial planning and multi-year forecasting, including revenue, operating expenses, headcount, capital expenditures, and other key financial drivers.
• Conduct ad hoc financial analysis and special projects to support senior leadership and strategic business initiatives.
• Extract, analyze, and reconcile financial data from the company's ERP system and other financial reporting tools to ensure data integrity and accuracy.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial reporting, forecasting processes, analytical tools, and overall FP&A efficiency.
• Collaborate with Accounting to ensure alignment between financial reporting, actual results, forecasts, and budgets.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field required.
• 5 years of progressive experience in FP&A, financial analysis, corporate finance, or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of core FP&A processes, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial modeling, management reporting, and long-range planning.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including complex formulas, PivotTables, data analysis, financial modeling, and large data sets.
• Experience working with a large-scale ERP system such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, or NetSuite.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret complex financial data and communicate findings clearly to both Finance and non-Finance stakeholders.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to understand the operational drivers behind financial results.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a complex, multi-entity, multi-site, or publicly traded corporate environment.
• Experience with financial planning and reporting systems such as Anaplan, Adaptive Planning, Hyperion, Power BI, or Tableau.
• Experience supporting senior leadership with executive-level financial reporting and presentations.
• Experience in a manufacturing, technology, aerospace & defense, medical device, or other complex operating environment.
• MBA, CPA, or CFA is a plus but not required.