Senior Financial Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis

The Senior Financial Analyst (SFA) will support the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team with planning, forecasting, reporting, and ad hoc analysis for over 90 championships. This role will report to the Director of Sports Planning in FP&A and will be responsible for building complex financial models in Excel, streamlining financial processes, and supporting strategic decision-making. Ideal candidates will have 3 years of experience in a similar capacity, ideally in management consulting or corporate strategy functions.

Financial Modeling & Reporting

• Build and maintain complex financial models in Excel to support strategic decision-making and scenario planning to assist leaders in navigating business decisions.
• Support long-range planning, monthly forecasting, and reporting processes for 90 NCAA championships.
• Prepare business analytics by bringing together relevant datasets from disparate data systems to provide insightful analytics to leadership.  This includes the development of KPI’s and variance analytics to deliver actionable insights to leadership of financial drivers, opportunities, and risks.
• Develop annual budgets and multi-year forecasts in collaboration with the Director of FP&A and department leaders.
• Become a subject matter expert in your aligned championships cost centers, providing clear explanations for variances and actional recommendations to leadership.
• Conduct ad hoc financial analysis to support business initiatives.

Collaboration & Communication

• Have a curious and questioning mindset, and work collaboratively with business stakeholders to gather inputs, data, and information to support financial modeling.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather inputs and validate assumptions.
• Support executive-level presentations and reports summarizing financial insights.
• Collaborate with functional leaders and procurement to evaluate new initiatives, contracts, and capital investments and service as a financial subject matter expert on projects as needed.
• Communicate complex financial concepts clearly to both financial and non-financial audiences.

Process Improvement

• Assist in automating financial processes and improving reporting efficiency.
• Bring a proactive, analytical mindset with a strong sense of ownership and attention to detail.
• Identify opportunities for data automation, dashboarding, and model enhancements to improve data accuracy and transparency.
• Contribute to ongoing enhancements of financial tools, models, and data pipelines.
• Document and standardize financial processes to support consistency, cross training, and scalability.
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a similar capacity
• Experiences in management consulting or corporate strategy preferred but not required
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including financial modeling and scenario analysis.
• Strong understanding of financial planning and analysis processes.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Estimated Travel Required: <10%.
• Hybrid work environment: 3 days in-office, 2 days remote (Indianapolis-based).
  
  

• Effective Communication | Can exchange ideas, thoughts, opinions, knowledge, and data so that the message is understood with clarity and purpose.
• Accountability | Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for mistakes. Complies with established control systems and rules.
• Attention to Detail | Allocates cognitive resources to achieve thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing tasks, no matter how small or large.
• Problem Solving | Identifies and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; generates and evaluates alternative solutions; makes recommendations.
• Flexibility | Is open to change and new information; rapidly adapts to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles.
  
  

Leadership | We actively listen and continually strive to provide vital solutions, counsel and advocacy for student-athletes and intercollegiate athletics.

Inclusion | We seek and incorporate different perspectives and experiences to drive innovation and impact.

Communication | We commit to an environment of openness to build trust and make timely decisions.

Collaboration | We work together, based on mutual respect, to lead and serve our stakeholders.

Accountability | We take ownership for our actions and results to add value every day.