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Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate FP&A
Location: Charlotte, NC
Work Model: Hybrid
Position Overview
The Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate FP&A plays a critical role in supporting enterprise-level financial planning, forecasting, and performance management. This role partners closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to deliver actionable insights, drive disciplined decision-making, and improve financial outcomes across the organization.
This is a highly visible role suited for a strong analytical thinker who can translate complex data into clear, executive-ready insights and influence business decisions.
Key Responsibilities:
Financial Planning & Analysis
- Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting and budgeting processes
- Develop and maintain long-range financial models to support strategic initiatives
- Analyze variances versus budget, forecast, and prior periods with clear business context
- Support scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and ad hoc financial analysis
Business Partnering
- Partner with functional leaders across Operations, Sales, Marketing, and Corporate teams
- Provide financial guidance to support investment decisions, cost management, and growth initiatives
- Translate financial results into insights leadership can act on
Reporting & Executive Support
- Prepare executive-level reporting, dashboards, and presentations for senior leadership and the board
- Monitor key performance indicators and highlight risks and opportunities
- Improve reporting accuracy, consistency, and timeliness
Process Improvement & Systems
- Identify opportunities to enhance FP&A processes, tools, and models
- Support automation and standardization efforts to improve scalability
- Partner with Accounting during month-end close to ensure data integrity
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
- 2-7 years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or similar roles
- Someone coming out of consulting (Transaction Advisory, Deals, TAAS, FDD, FAAS, M&A) OR public accounting would be great if looking to transition into industry
- Advanced Excel skills including complex models, forecasting, and scenario analysis
- Strong financial acumen with the ability to interpret large data sets
- Experience presenting insights to senior leadership
- MBA, Masters in Accounting, CPA, or CFA is a plus
- Experience in a corporate or multi-business-unit environment
- Exposure to ERP and planning tools such as Adaptive, OneStream, Anaplan, Hyperion, SAP, Oracle or similar is a plus
- Prior experience supporting strategic initiatives or M&A analysis
Key Competencies
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Executive-level communication and storytelling ability
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- High attention to detail with a big-picture mindset
- Confidence to challenge assumptions and influence decisions
Why This Role
- High visibility with senior leadership
- Opportunity to influence strategy, not just report results
- Exposure to enterprise-level financial decision-making
- Clear path for growth within FP&A or broader finance leadership
Comp and Benefits:
- Target base salary of $90-120k based on experience
- Flexible work schedule – Hybrid
- Comprehensive benefits (Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance, etc.)
- 4 weeks of Vacation and paid Holidays
- 401(k) match
This position is not eligible for sponsorship. US Citizenship or Green Card is required.
Salary : $90,000 - $120,000