FP&A Analyst (OpEx)

symplr

3d•$75,000 - $85,000

About The Position

The FP&A (Financial Planning and Analysis) Analyst is a high-impact, highly visible position that reports to the Senior Director, FP&A. This role will help provide FP&A partnership and support to business leaders within the shared service functional areas. The FP&A Analyst will also play a key role in implementing a department business intelligence strategy.

Requirements

Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
High degree of proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and experience with planning software tools (Ex. Adaptive), ERP/CRM systems (Ex. NetSuite/Salesforce) and BI tools (Ex. Power BI)
Excellent time management, resource organization and priority establishment skills, and ability to excel in a fast-paced environment
Excellent written and verbal communication skills (including writing, articulating, listening, and questioning skills), and strong interpersonal skills to communicate across functions and executive/management levels
Ability to synthesize data from multiple sources into actionable analysis that tells a “story” and ability to adjust messages as needed given the audience
Strong organization skills
Ability to navigate, adapt, and grow in a fast-paced environment
High energy with the ability to work independently
Ability to balance a strong attention to detail with seeing the "big picture"
BS/BBA degree required in Finance, Accounting, or Economics
2-4 years experience in a corporate finance/FP&A, decision support, and/or accounting role required
Demonstrated aptitude and success in financial modeling and insight generation/analysis

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of Adaptive Planning Analytics is preferred

Responsibilities

Provide FP&A partnership for leaders within the shared service functional areas; provide recurring department level reporting/analysis, budget/forecast support, ad-hoc/special projects by understanding their business challenges and delivering relevant analysis
Align with HR Business partner(s) to manage labor spend and resources vs. Budget targets
Analyze and interpret financial and operating results, including investigating variances and making recommendations on corrective actions
Prepare financial and operational information and reports, including budget reports, variance analysis, and margin analysis
Perform monthly spend analysis; align with HR Business partner(s) to manage labor resources and targets
Own vendor data and create/manage a vendor database, ensuring our data is good and clean, and document related processes
Develop and implement data quality controls and departmental standards to ensure trustworthy information
Help to define business intelligence (BI) strategy and then lead the development of BI for the department, which entails:
Function as the Microsoft Power BI expert for the department
Proactively utilize BI to drive continual performance improvement
Actively participate in and influence discussions around reporting requirements and design
Document related processes
Create and continually improve administrative process to support these efforts
Collaborate with symplr Microsoft Power BI SME to define and maintain best practices with regard to analytics
Provide integration support, as needed, for future acquisitions
Achieve continuous process improvement and deliver timely and accurate reporting/analytics/insights
Perform other duties and projects as assigned