Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A
About The Position
NAC Architecture is seeking an experienced Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A to join its Finance team and report directly to the CFO. This hands-on corporate finance role calls for a finance professional who can independently build forecasts and financial models, analyze business performance, identify risks and opportunities, and turn complex data into clear recommendations for leadership. It is an FP&A position, not a Business Analyst, financial systems, IT, or requirements-gathering role. The ideal candidate understands the economics of a professional-services business and the relationships among revenue, backlog, staffing, labor, utilization, project profitability, overhead, and cash flow. Professional-services experience is strongly preferred, and architecture, engineering, or construction (A/E/C) experience is a plus. The position is based in Seattle or Spokane, Washington, with a hybrid workplace arrangement. It is full-time and exempt.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related financial discipline.
- At least 5 years of progressive FP&A or financial analysis experience, including hands-on responsibility for budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling.
- Demonstrated ability to independently build and maintain financial models.
- Strong financial statement, KPI, and variance-analysis skills.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience working with large datasets.
- Experience preparing management-level financial reporting and presenting findings to business leaders.
- Ability to identify why performance changed, what is likely to happen next, and what actions should be considered, rather than simply reporting results.
- Strong communication, business judgment, organization, and problem-solving skills.
Nice To Haves
- Professional-services or project-based industry experience.
- Architecture, engineering, or construction (A/E/C) experience.
- Experience analyzing backlog, project profitability, utilization, labor, staffing capacity, and overhead.
- Experience with Deltek Vantagepoint/Vision, Power BI, PowerPoint, cloud-based FP&A tools, and generative AI used in a professional finance environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead key components of annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning.
- Own and enhance financial models covering revenue, labor, expenses, profitability, and cash flow.
- Analyze actual results against budget and forecast, identify underlying business drivers, and recommend actions.
- Analyze financial statements, KPIs, and trends and prepare management-ready reports, dashboards, and presentations.
- Evaluate backlog, staffing, utilization, labor, project profitability, and overhead to identify risks and opportunities.
- Develop scenario and sensitivity analyses to support staffing, compensation, investment, and strategic decisions.
- Evaluate capital expenditures, investments, potential acquisitions, and other strategic initiatives.
- Analyze cost structures and financial risks and recommend opportunities to improve profitability and mitigate risk.
- Partner with leadership to translate complex financial data into clear business insights.
- Proactively identify financial and operational issues rather than waiting for analysis to be requested.
- Continuously improve FP&A models, reporting, dashboards, and analytical processes.
- Perform ad hoc financial analysis and special projects for the CFO and leadership.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
