Overview
A leading company in aerial imagery is seeking an FP&A Analyst II to join their Corporate Finance team. This role supports intelligent and disciplined decision-making by developing and communicating financial insights to operational leaders. It offers variety, flexibility, and opportunities for learning and exposure to key organizational leaders. The team is fast-paced and focused on continuous process improvement, seeking motivated, organized, and independent individuals with strong communication skills and the ability to quickly learn new technologies.
This position can be fully remote or hybrid based in Rochester, NY, depending on candidate preference. Many operations and sales employees, as well as part of the Accounting team, are located in the Rochester office, making hybrid work a good option for local candidates. Most of the Corporate Finance team works remotely and may travel occasionally for projects and workshops.
This is a full-time role with a salary range of $65,000 - $82,600 and is bonus eligible.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and enhance existing financial models with limited supervision; assist in building new models as needed.
- Support monthly expense reviews by analyzing variances between actuals, forecasts, and plans; update financial plans and forecasts; communicate insights to business partners; and create recommendations to optimize business outcomes.
- Contribute to the annual operating plan (budget) cycle in collaboration with business partners, owning assigned sections and deliverables to develop a challenging but achievable plan aligned with financial targets and strategic priorities.
- Analyze financial and business information to evaluate critical decisions related to investment appraisal, product, business unit or customer profitability, productivity, cost efficiency, and growth initiatives.
- Identify and resolve complex data integrity issues, collaborating with stakeholders on sustainable, structural solutions.
- Build, develop, and continuously improve management reporting to provide timely, relevant, and reliable information that drives disciplined decision-making.
- Leverage AI and automation tools to improve efficiency and analytical depth.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, or a related field.
- 1 to 3 years of relevant experience.
- Proficient in developing innovative solutions to complex problems.
- Strong discipline and drive with a track record of meeting deadlines and achieving results.
- Ability to manage assigned workstreams and deliver high-quality outputs with limited supervision.
- Skilled in constructing, maintaining, and reviewing financial models.
- Comfortable working with unstructured, imperfect, or incomplete data.
- Experience collaborating in a fully remote environment across different time zones.
- Strong written communication skills, including preparing management or board presentations and synthesizing financial and non-financial data.
- Effective verbal communication skills, especially in explaining complex topics simply to non-finance colleagues.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Highly proficient with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience using artificial intelligence and advanced analytical tools in a corporate finance setting.
- Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning or similar Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) tools.
- Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools such as SQL.
- CPA, CFA, MBA, or international equivalent.
- Experience with NetSuite or similar ERP tools.
Location
- Remote or hybrid option based in Rochester, NY.