Overview
Position: Senior Finance Analyst - Cost Management
Location: United States – Remote
This role involves serving as the financial owner for all vendor-related costs within the organization. Reporting to the FP&A Finance Manager, the Senior Finance Analyst will lead vendor-level reporting, contribution margin analysis, and support a key cost savings initiative. The position offers significant exposure to senior leadership across Finance, Operations, and Product teams.
Responsibilities
Cost Analysis & Management
- Build and maintain vendor-level reporting and self-service dashboards to provide visibility into spend by vendor, account, business unit, and department.
- Deliver monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc reports highlighting trends, variances versus budget and forecast, and key cost drivers.
- Conduct deep-dive analyses on vendor spend to identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities for optimization or consolidation.
- Partner with department owners to evaluate return on spend.
- Support contract renewals and vendor selection through scenario modeling and total cost of ownership analysis.
- Own vendor cost budgets and forecasts to drive accountability across cross-functional stakeholders.
Cost Savings Initiative
- Support company-wide cost savings initiatives by partnering with Operations and business leaders to source, validate, and prioritize initiatives.
- Develop business cases including baseline, savings methodology, risks, and timing.
- Track and report savings realization against committed targets, ensuring savings are reflected in budgets, forecasts, and actuals.
- Communicate progress to senior leadership through clear, executive-level updates.
- Build strong relationships with Accounting, IT, and business unit leaders to promote financial discipline around vendor spend.
- Identify and implement process improvements in vendor cost reporting, forecasting, and analysis.
- Support month-end close activities including accruals, reclasses, and variance commentary.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
- 4–6+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, accounting, or a related analytical role.
- Strong understanding of financial statements, especially operating expenses, cost of revenue, and contribution margins.
- Advanced Excel skills, including complex formulas, pivot tables, and the ability to build scalable models from scratch.
- Experience with ERP and financial planning systems (e.g., Sage, SAP, PowerBi).
- Proven ability to translate large data sets into clear, actionable insights for non-finance audiences.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across functions and seniority levels.
- Strong attention to detail, ownership mindset, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary: $100,000 base
- Bonus: 8% target bonus
Location
The organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, political affiliation or opinion, medical condition, veteran status, or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.