Senior Analyst, Corporate FP&A

Heavy Construction Systems Specialists, LLC • Houston, TX

20h • Hybrid

About The Position

HCSS is seeking a Senior Analyst, Corporate FP&A to serve as an embedded finance partner to the company's most significant cost centers and a driver of strategic value across the business. This is a senior individual contributor role for a finance professional who combines strong analytical and modeling depth with the executive presence required to operate as a credible thought partner to senior business leaders. The successful candidate will be aligned to one or more of the company's largest cost domains — including Research & Development, Product & Engineering, General & Administrative functions, and Professional Services — and will serve as the financial conscience of those organizations. Beyond producing recurring analytics, the role is expected to surface strategic insight: identifying margin improvement opportunities, challenging assumptions in investment cases, and helping operational leaders make better economic decisions. This role is built for a finance professional who is energized by complex business problems, comfortable building cost and margin models from first principles, and motivated by the opportunity to influence outcomes well beyond a reporting cycle. The right candidate is analytically rigorous, intellectually curious, and confident engaging directly with senior functional leaders as a peer.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related quantitative field required
• 4–7 years of progressive experience in FP&A, business finance, investment banking, management consulting, or a comparable analytical role within a SaaS or technology environment
• Demonstrated experience serving as an embedded finance partner to senior business leaders, with a track record of influencing decisions beyond producing reports
• Strong business partnering skills: ability to build credibility quickly with non-finance executives and translate financial analysis into actionable recommendations
• Hands-on financial modeling capability: comfortable building cost models, P&Ls, and allocation frameworks from inception rather than maintaining inherited templates
• Experience owning cost center budgeting and variance analysis, including headcount and compensation modeling across functional teams
• Working knowledge of SaaS unit economics, margin analysis, and operational efficiency benchmarking
• Expert-level proficiency in Excel; comfortable diagnosing and resolving formula-level errors in complex workbooks
• Working proficiency in ERP systems (NetSuite or Microsoft Dynamics preferred) and BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, or Looker )
• Proficiency in a financial planning tool such as Workday Adaptive Planning, Anaplan, OneStream, or similar
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to present financial analysis clearly to senior non-finance audiences
• Ability to work standard Central Time business hours; availability during close cycle and planning periods as needed

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in a PE-backed SaaS environment with exposure to value creation initiatives, margin improvement programs, or operational efficiency projects
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure cost economics, FinOps concepts, and cost-per-customer or cost-per-unit modeling
• Working knowledge of capitalized software accounting (ASC 350-40) and engineering capacity modeling
• Experience managing a professional services P&L, including utilization rate, services margin, and revenue recognition timing
• Familiarity with product-level or segment-level P&L construction and cost allocation methodology
• Working knowledge of ASC 606 revenue recognition as applied to services or multi-element arrangements

Responsibilities

• Serve as the embedded finance partner to a designated set of senior functional leaders (such as the CTO, CPO, VP of Engineering, VP of Product, VP of Professional Services, or G&A function heads), building credibility and influence over time
• Own cost center budgeting and monthly variance analysis for assigned functional areas, including headcount and compensation modeling
• Build, maintain, and continuously improve financial models supporting cost management, margin analysis, P&L performance, and resource allocation decisions
• Surface strategic insights and improvement opportunities — including margin enhancement, cost rationalization, and investment prioritization — proactively rather than reactively
• Partner with functional leaders on annual planning, headcount planning, and long-range investment cases
• Contribute cost, margin, and headcount inputs to the consolidated monthly forecast, annual operating plan, and long-range planning process
• Prepare clear, insight-driven variance commentary for internal and leadership reporting
• Coordinate with the Corporate FP&A team and the Financial Analyst on data integrity, headcount reconciliation, and close support
• Support ad hoc strategic analysis, scenario modeling, and special projects as assigned by the Senior Manager or SVP of Finance
• Product & Technology focus: Hosting cost-per-unit and cost-per-customer modeling; gross margin by product line; infrastructure scaling models tied to ARR and usage growth; R&D headcount and compensation modeling; FinOps partnership with Engineering; capitalized software (ASC 350-40); R&D efficiency benchmarking versus SaaS peers
• G&A and Professional Services focus: Full professional services P&L ownership including revenue, utilization, cost, and gross margin; PS implementation backlog and revenue recognition timing; product-level P&L build and maintenance; G&A cost center variance for Finance, Legal, HR, and IT; G&A headcount and compensation modeling; contribution margin and cost allocation methodology support

Benefits

• Flexibility to work Hybrid
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage with company-paid and employee-paid options
• Paid holidays, sick days, and personal time off
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that foster connection and inclusion
• On-site amenities including a covered basketball court, soccer field, track, pickleball/tennis courts, gym, etc.
• Dog-friendly campus and WiFi-accessible courtyards
• 401(k) with a 5% company match
• Coverage for employee professional development and wellness

What This Job Offers

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