Lead Financial Analyst - FP&A

Dyson • Chicago, IL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Financial Analyst will support Dyson’s US business through end‑to‑end FP&A ownership, acting as a trusted commercial finance partner and the analytical lead for cost, margin, and performance management. In addition to core FP&A responsibilities, this role is accountable for elevating the quality of commercial insight, cost transparency, and analytical rigor across planning, forecasting, and performance reviews—ensuring leaders have clear visibility into trade‑offs, risks, and value creation opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 4–7 years of experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or cost‑focused finance roles.
• Proven experience partnering with business leaders and influencing decisions related to cost, margin, or investment.
• Advanced Excel expertise (complex models, cost drivers, scenario analysis, Power Query, automation).
• Strong experience building FP&A models, cost frameworks, and management reporting.
• Comfortable using AI‑powered tools to support financial analysis, reporting, and productivity.
• Experience with BI and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).
• Solid understanding of ERP and planning systems and financial data structures.
• High standards for accuracy, controls, and analytical discipline.
• Commercially minded with a strong ownership mentality.
• Comfortable balancing FP&A cadence with deep analytical work.
• Confident challenging assumptions and discussing trade‑offs with stakeholders.
• Proactive, detail‑oriented, and continuously focused on improving outcomes.
• Strong communicator able to turn analysis into action.

Responsibilities

• Act as a primary finance business partner to functional leaders, supporting commercial and operational decisions with strong financial insight.
• Challenge assumptions, highlight trade‑offs, and influence decisions related to cost, margin, pricing, and investment priorities.
• Translate business plans into financial outcomes and ensure alignment with overall performance objectives.
• Support decision‑making with clear, fact‑based recommendations grounded in data.
• Own core FP&A cycles including budgeting, forecasting, long‑range planning, and monthly performance management.
• Lead cost planning and cost control activities, ensuring transparency, accountability, and alignment to targets.
• Develop and maintain detailed cost models to understand fixed vs. variable drivers and sensitivity to volume or mix.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify cost risks, mitigation actions, and efficiency opportunities.
• Serve as the analytical lead for FP&A deliverables, setting standards for modeling depth, insight quality, and storytelling.
• Perform deep‑dive analysis into variances, trends, and performance drivers, with a focus on margin and cost efficiency.
• Build advanced scenario and sensitivity models to assess commercial outcomes and downside/upside risks.
• Deliver executive‑ready insights with concise narratives, visuals, and recommended actions.
• Own the design and continuous improvement of management reporting and dashboards used to track commercial and cost performance.
• Improve efficiency and scalability of FP&A reporting through automation, standardization, and improved data structures.
• Leverage AI‑enabled tools to accelerate analysis, scenario modeling, variance investigation, and management reporting.
• Ensure consistent assumptions, definitions, and calculation logic across plans, forecasts, and actuals.
• Reduce manual effort and reporting cycle time while improving clarity and accuracy.
• Lead forecasting and month‑end performance processes with a strong emphasis on analytical rigor and accountability.
• Develop structured variance analysis versus budget, forecast, and prior periods, clearly explaining drivers.
• Ensure forecasts reflect current business conditions, risks, and mitigation actions.
• Maintain strong controls and documentation around assumptions and outputs.
• Partner with Finance Systems & IT teams to enhance planning, reporting, and analytics tools.
• Act as a key FP&A user in system enhancements and upgrades, particularly those impacting cost and performance reporting.
• Apply a responsible and critical approach to AI usage, validating outputs and ensuring data accuracy and governance.
• Identify process gaps, data issues, and inefficiencies, and lead improvements end‑to‑end.
• Promote best practices in financial modeling, reporting design, data visualization, and analytics.

Benefits

• 401K with up to a 4% match
• Company paid Life Insurance and AD&D
• Flexible Savings Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Competitive Paid Time Off Benefits including Separate Holiday, Sick, and Vacation Time
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefits (applicable areas only)
• Generous Child Care Leave Program
• Wellness Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Dyson Product Discounts
• Multi-Level Healthcare Coverage Options
• Vision & Dental Coverage
• Company paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior