Overview
This role supports the organization’s budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting processes as part of the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. The Senior Associate will play a key role in the rollout of a new FP&A software platform, partnering across finance and other business teams to improve planning accuracy, reporting consistency, and recurring process efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Prepare monthly budget-to-actuals analysis, identifying and explaining key variances to business partners and leadership.
- Support commercial forecasting efforts by analyzing sales trends, pipeline data, and market drivers in partnership with the commercial team.
- Assist in the development of the annual operating budget by coordinating timelines, templates, and inputs across departments.
- Support quarterly forecast preparation, including data consolidation, trend analysis, and variance commentary.
- Help lead implementation of the organization’s new FP&A software platform, including data migration, process design, testing, and user training.
- Build and maintain financial models and reporting templates to improve accuracy and efficiency of the planning cycle.
- Partner with accounting, commercial, and operations teams to ensure consistent, reliable financial data.
- Identify opportunities to streamline and automate recurring FP&A processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
- 3–5 years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or a related analytical role.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to translate financial data for non-finance stakeholders.
- Experience supporting system implementations or process improvement initiatives is a plus.
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with FP&A or EPM software (examples: Adaptive Insights, Anaplan, OneStream, Vena).
Language Skills
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as technical journals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
- Ability to speak effectively with employees and outside organizations.
Compensation & Benefits
Not specified.
Location
Remote. Reports to: Director, FP&A.