Strategic Financial Analyst, FP&A

Overview

This role is a Strategic Financial Analyst position within FP&A, focused on business partnership and decision support. You will work closely with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and key functional stakeholders, translating financial data into insights that drive planning, forecasting, and performance discussions. You will challenge assumptions, surface risks and opportunities, and help leaders make informed decisions.

Responsibilities

• Business partnership: Serve as the primary finance point of contact for one or more business units or functions, building trusted relationships with the ELT and senior stakeholders.
• Planning & forecasting: Own the annual budget, monthly forecast, and long-range planning processes for your area(s), ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment with company goals.
• Performance analysis: Analyze monthly/quarterly results versus budget and forecast, identify key drivers of variance, and translate findings into clear, actionable narratives for leadership.
• Decision support: Partner with stakeholders on strategic initiatives (including pricing, headcount planning, investment cases, and new product launches) by building financial models and business cases.
• Executive reporting: Prepare board-ready and ELT-ready materials, including monthly business reviews, KPI dashboards, and ad hoc analyses connecting financial performance to strategic priorities.
• Insight generation: Proactively identify trends, risks, and opportunities and bring recommendations forward before stakeholders ask.
• Process improvement: Continuously improve forecasting accuracy, reporting efficiency, and the tools/systems used across FP&A (e.g., Adaptive, Excel/Google Sheets modeling).
• Cross-functional collaboration: Work with Accounting, Sales, Operations, and other departments to ensure consistent and accurate financial data across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 3–6 years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, investment banking, consulting, or a related analytical role.
• Demonstrated experience presenting to and influencing senior leaders (VP-level and above).
• Advanced financial modeling skills in Excel/Google Sheets; comfort building models from scratch.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain complex financial concepts in clear, business-relevant language for non-finance audiences.
• Strong business partnership mindset: curious, proactive, and able to push back constructively when the data indicates a different conclusion.
• High attention to detail with the ability to zoom out and see the bigger picture.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and prioritizing across competing demands in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with FP&A or BI tools (e.g., Adaptive Insights, NetSuite, Tableau, Power BI).
• Strong SQL or data manipulation skills.

Compensation & Benefits

• Robust benefits package, including health and dental and 401k with company match.
• Flexible Time Off policy or generous PTO plan (role dependent) and paid holidays.
• Up to 4 weeks paid bonding leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Robust Employee Assistance Program through TotalCare offering free counseling 24/7/365, plus financial counseling, legal guidance, adoption assistance services, and more.
• 24/7 access to virtual medical care with Teladoc.
• Quarterly awards based on peer nominations.
• Regional discounts and perks.
• Opportunities to participate in charitable events and give back to the community.

Location

• Remote work flexibility is available.
• HQ is based in the historic Bell Works complex in Holmdel Township, New Jersey. Offices are available when remote work isn’t feasible or to support cross training, team building, and/or brainstorming.