What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Financial Analyst position at Zachry Group?
Job Description
The Senior Analyst, Corporate Finance supports enterprise liquidity management by owning and enhancing cash forecasting tools, compiling and analyzing multi-source financial data, and producing timely, decision-ready reporting for Finance and Treasury leadership. The role drives continuous improvement in forecasting quality, variance analysis, and reporting automation (with a pathway to Power BI or similar platforms) while partnering with business groups and support functions to embed cash insights into operational decision-making. Experience in cash flow modeling and liquidity analysis is highly advantageous.
Responsibilities
Enterprise Cash Forecasting
QUALIFICATIONS
The Senior Analyst, Corporate Finance supports enterprise liquidity management by owning and enhancing cash forecasting tools, compiling and analyzing multi-source financial data, and producing timely, decision-ready reporting for Finance and Treasury leadership. The role drives continuous improvement in forecasting quality, variance analysis, and reporting automation (with a pathway to Power BI or similar platforms) while partnering with business groups and support functions to embed cash insights into operational decision-making. Experience in cash flow modeling and liquidity analysis is highly advantageous.
Responsibilities
Enterprise Cash Forecasting
- Responsible for the day‑to‑day operation of the enterprise cash forecasting cycle in alignment with established governance, standards, and reporting calendars.
- Maintain and enhance enterprise cash forecasting tools, including complex spreadsheet-based models integrating data from multiple internal and external sources.
- Issue standardized information requests to business group and support-function stakeholders; manage deadlines, data validation, follow-ups, and escalations as needed.
- Perform recurring updates, reconciliation, and quality checks to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of cash projections.
- Continuously refine forecasting models, drivers, and assumptions to improve transparency, usability, and forecast reliability.
- Support the migration of cash forecasting tools toward more automated, scalable solutions, including Power BI or other analytics platforms.
- Compile, analyze, and synthesize financial and cash flow data to support Finance and Treasury reporting requirements, including Enterprise cash forecasts Business group and operational cash forecasts Proposal-related financial analyses and treasury deliverables
- Perform variance analysis (forecast vs. actual), investigate drivers, and clearly articulate findings and implications to stakeholders.
- Collaborate with business group finance managers, operations, and accounting teams to validate assumptions and integrate cash considerations into business-level planning.
- Develop concise commentary and executive-ready insights highlighting performance trends, risks, opportunities, and corrective actions.
- Partner with Finance, Treasury, FP&A, Accounting, and business group leaders to ensure alignment of inputs, assumptions, and timelines across the forecasting process.
- Strengthen organizational adoption of cash forecasting by improving clarity, consistency, and communication of expectations.
- Operate with professional authority and influence, ensuring that information requests are understood as part of governed corporate processes rather than discretionary analyst tasks.
- Support enterprise efforts to standardize cash-related reporting, data flows, and terminology across functions.
- Execute targeted financial analysis to support business initiatives, strategic projects, investment considerations, and liquidity-related questions.
- Provide rapid-turnaround analysis and decision support for Finance and Treasury leadership on time-sensitive requests.
- Accountable for consolidated enterprise cash forecast accuracy, completeness, and timely publication.
- Authorized to manage data requests, enforce deadlines, and coordinate escalations in accordance with published forecasting governance.
- Recommends and implements approved updates to forecasting methodology, tool structure, and automation pathways.
- Identifies risks, variances, and data quality issues and escalates promptly when impacts to forecast integrity or leadership decision-making may occur.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
- 4–6 years of experience in Corporate Finance, FP&A, Treasury, or similar analytical roles.
- Strong proficiency in Excel, including financial modeling, multi-source data manipulation, and advanced formula logic.
- Experience with cash flow analysis, forecasting, and variance explanation.
- Ability to synthesize complex financial information into clear, structured, and actionable insights.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines independently.
- Experience with Power BI or similar data visualization tools.
- Prior exposure to liquidity management, treasury processes, or enterprise-level forecasting.
- Familiarity with project-based industries or EPC-type cash drivers.
- Knowledge of data governance, process controls, or analytical automation methods.