Senior Financial Analyst

DETAILS: Senior Financial Analyst - FP&A

Title: Financial Analyst – FP&A / System lead

LOCATION: Nashville, TN

COMPENSATION: $90-115k

OVERVIEW: Sr. FP&A and Systems Lead

We are seeking a technically curious analyst to join our Financial Planning & Analysis team as Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A Systems Lead. This role sits within the FP&A analyst team and carries a dual purpose: contributing meaningfully to financial planning, analysis, and reporting cycles while serving as the internal IBM Planning Analytics systems lead for the FP&A function.

This role will do financial analysis work — supporting budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting — while also serving as the FP&A team's primary point of contact for IBM Planning Analytics system administration, user support, and platform readiness. You will partner closely with the Manager, Financial Systems & BI for technical escalation and architectural guidance, and work alongside your FP&A analyst peers to keep the system running smoothly for the entire organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES: FP&A Systems Lead

• Support the Manager, FP&A across planning, forecasting, and financial analysis cycles — contributing to the annual business plan, rolling forecasts, and Strategic Plan as assigned
• Build and maintain financial models in Excel and IBM Planning Analytics — supporting variance analysis, management reporting, and ad hoc analytical requests
• Prepare financial reporting materials for senior leadership, operating reviews, and Board of Directors meetings as directed by the Manager, FP&A
• Support cross-functional analysis alongside the Sr FA — Corporate and Sr FA — Operations — bringing systems perspective to planning and reporting work
• Contribute to proactive financial analysis — identifying trends, surfacing risks, and building analytical tools that improve the team's planning accuracy
• Serve as the FP&A team's primary IBM Planning Analytics super user — the first point of contact for user questions, access issues, and system support requests from finance and operational users
• Add new users and assign security access as help desk tickets are received — managing provisioning within established security model guidelines
• Conduct quarterly user license reviews to ensure compliance with license counts, coordinating with area controllers and reporting results to the Manager, Financial Systems & BI
• Maintain the IBM Planning Analytics Business Administration Guide — keeping documentation current as configurations, processes, and security models evolve

REQUIREMENTS: FP&A Systems Lead

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Business, or related field
• 3 years of experience in financial planning and analysis — with hands-on work in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, or management reporting
• Demonstrated experience with IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) as an end user or power user — including PAW, PAfE (Excel add-in), and familiarity with planning workflows
• Strong Excel modeling skills — able to build financial models and analytical tools from scratch
• Detail-oriented with genuine documentation discipline — maintaining accurate system documentation is a core expectation of this role, not an afterthought
• Strong communicator — able to translate system and process information clearly for non-technical finance users and operational stakeholders
• Comfortable using AI tools (e.g., Claude, Microsoft Copilot) as a productivity multiplier for analysis, documentation, and problem-solving
• Experience with IBM Planning Analytics system administration — user provisioning, security groups, application groups, workbook roll-forwards, or chore management
• Exposure to TurboIntegrator (TI) processes, Rules files, or MDX at a power-user level — enough to read and understand existing processes, not necessarily to author new ones from scratch
• Familiarity with Oracle ERP as a data source for financial reporting
• Experience working with Power BI dashboards as an end user
• Experience in mining, construction, aggregates, manufacturing, or project-based industries
• IBM Planning Analytics certification or coursework
• Progress toward CPA, CMA, or related certification