Overview
A Senior Financial Analyst position is available within the Commercial Finance team. This role supports pricing strategy, commercial decision-making, contract renewals, and client profitability initiatives by partnering with Commercial, Operations, Finance, Legal, and Executive Leadership teams.
This position is responsible for developing financial models, evaluating commercial opportunities, supporting pricing and profitability initiatives, and delivering analytical insights to enable fact-based business decisions. The role involves collaboration with global stakeholders across multiple functions and geographies to support growth, margin improvement, and commercial excellence.
This role does not have direct reports.
Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid, 2 days per week) or Remote within the Central or Eastern Time Zones
Responsibilities
- Develop financial models and pricing analyses for new business opportunities, renewals, pricing initiatives, and commercial programs to evaluate financial performance and profitability.
- Collaborate with Commercial, Operations, Finance, Legal, and other stakeholders to understand operational drivers, client requirements, and profitability considerations.
- Analyze client, service, and business performance to identify risks, opportunities, and provide recommendations to improve revenue growth and margin.
- Support pricing strategy development through scenario modeling, financial analysis, benchmarking, and commercial evaluations.
- Create and maintain reporting, dashboards, and analytics to track pricing performance, profitability initiatives, and key commercial metrics.
- Monitor and analyze financial and operational trends, providing actionable insights and recommendations to leadership.
- Track and report pricing and profitability initiatives from approval through implementation and realized financial impact.
- Support the development and continuous improvement of Commercial Finance processes, reporting capabilities, and analytical tools.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships across global Commercial, Operations, Finance, Legal, and Technology teams.
- Assist with system implementations, reporting enhancements, and process improvement initiatives.
- Perform ad hoc analysis and support special projects as requested by senior leadership.
- Occasional travel may be required (<5%).
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business, Data Analytics, or a related quantitative discipline.
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in Commercial Finance, Pricing, FP&A, Corporate Strategy, Revenue Management, Business Analytics, Consulting, or related fields.
- Demonstrated experience supporting pricing decisions, profitability analysis, financial modeling, or commercial decision-making.
- Experience with enterprise reporting, planning, and analytics platforms is preferred.
- Advanced financial modeling and analysis skills.
- Strong commercial acumen including understanding of pricing, profitability, revenue management, and cost structures.
- Analytical mindset with curiosity to understand business drivers and solve complex problems.
- Self-motivated, resourceful, and able to manage ambiguity and prioritize effectively.
- Excellent communication skills to convey complex financial and business concepts clearly to stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to analyze data from multiple sources and develop actionable recommendations.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to manage multiple priorities with attention to detail.
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively across diverse functions, geographies, and cultures.
- Commitment to continuous improvement of processes, reporting, and analytical approaches.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with business intelligence and planning tools.
Physical Requirements
- Regularly required to sit, use hands, talk, and hear.
- Frequently required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
- Requires vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary range: $90,000 - $100,000 USD annually, determined by location, experience, and other job-related factors.
- Group benefits include health care plans with prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, flexible spending accounts or health savings accounts, short/long term disability, and 401(k) Savings Plan.
Location & Eligibility
- This is a remote position within the US.
- Candidates must reside within the Central or Eastern Time Zones.
- Applicants residing in AK, DC, ME, NH, NM, OK, HI, MS, MT, NV, NE, ND, SD, VT, WY, WV are not eligible.
Equal Opportunity
Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic. Reasonable accommodations are provided for applicants with disabilities during the application process.