Lead development of advanced budgeting, forecasting, and financial models; perform margin and variance analysis; build executive dashboards and KPIs; partner with cross-functional teams to identify risks and growth opportunities; drive ROI analyses and improve reporting through AI, automation, and analytics.
Summary
The Senior Financial Analyst, reporting to the SVP of Finance, plays a key role in driving financial performance, delivering insights, and supporting strategic decision‑making. This role owns the development of advanced financial models, leads deep‑dive profitability analysis, and partners closely with cross‑functional leaders to monitor performance, identify risks, and surface growth opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain robust budgeting and forecasting models that support strategic business objectives, ensuring accuracy, accountability, and adherence to timelines.
- Lead detailed product margin analysis across product lines, sales channels, and pricing strategies to assess bottom-line impact and drive profitability decisions.
- Perform rigorous variance analysis between forecasted and actual financial results, identifying key drivers and delivering actionable insights to business partners and senior leadership.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to monitor financial targets and proactively identify trends, risks, and opportunities that impact business performance.
- Build and maintain executive-facing dashboards and KPIs that provide real-time visibility into financial health and operational performance.
- Conduct ROI analyses on proposed initiatives, translating complex business cases into clear financial frameworks and surfacing whitespace opportunities for growth.
- Champion continuous improvement in financial reporting by leveraging AI, automation, and analytics tools to enhance speed, accuracy, and business relevance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting; MBA a plus.
- 5+ years of related work experience in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment, manage competing priorities, and meet high-pressure deadlines with a positive attitude
- Highly self-motivated, adaptable, and coachable, with a strong desire to learn, improve processes, and continuously grow with the DC, embracing new opportunities and tackling emerging challenges
- Results-oriented, with strong focus, time management, and organizational skills, even amidst shifting macroeconomic trends and distractions
- Advanced technical abilities in Microsoft 365 (especially Excel), and Microsoft Power BI.
- Strong financial acumen, including GAAP knowledge, month-end close processes, journal entry creation, and financial analysis and modeling/projections.
- Positive and collaborative team player who can work independently during peak workload periods
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