Senior Financial Analyst
About The Position
The Senior Financial Analyst is a strategic partner on Life Time’s Corporate FP&A team, focusing on the Memberships and Dues business. The role designs, builds, and maintains sophisticated financial models that support membership revenue forecasting, strategic planning, and decision-making. This includes cohort analysis, acquisition and retention forecasting, and multi-scenario planning. The analyst also prepares forecasts, analyzes variances, identifies trends and opportunities, and provides actionable insights. The position collaborates with operations, IT, field leadership, and other cross-functional partners to influence strategies through data-driven modeling, ensure financial integrity, and improve processes. It uses advanced financial modeling and technical skills to produce accurate, auditable work and explain model outputs and recommendations to senior management and non-technical stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- At least 3 years of advanced financial modeling and financial analysis experience, including complex, multidimensional models.
- Expert-level Microsoft Excel skills, including advanced formulas, scenario analysis, data validation, and model optimization.
- Demonstrated expertise building financial forecasting models, including revenue forecasting, cohort analysis, and variance modeling.
- Experience with financial systems and analytics tools such as Workday, Adaptive Planning, Domo, or Alteryx.
- Proficiency with AI tools for financial analysis, modeling, and research.
- Ability to manage multiple modeling priorities, meet tight deadlines, and deliver high-quality, auditable work with meticulous attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex models to non-technical stakeholders.
- Collaborative mindset and ability to build strong cross-functional relationships.
- Desire to continuously develop technical modeling skills, business knowledge, and overall impact.
Nice To Haves
- At least 5 years of financial modeling experience in subscription-based or membership business models.
- Demonstrated expertise in acquisition and retention cohort modeling and forecasting.
- Python or SQL skills for data manipulation and model automation.
- Experience with Adaptive Planning, OfficeConnect, or similar FP&A modeling platforms.
- Experience building models in team environments with version control and documentation standards.
- Familiarity with scenario planning and sensitivity analysis frameworks.
- Experience with Claude.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain complex financial models for membership and dues revenue, including cohort-level analysis, acquisition and retention trends, and multi-scenario modeling.
- Develop and enhance rolling forecast models across Centers, cohorts, and markets; validate assumptions and ensure accuracy.
- Create and maintain annual budget and quarterly forecast models with business leaders, including model version control and documentation.
- Develop and maintain the five-year strategic financial plan using long-range models incorporating business drivers, market dynamics, and growth scenarios.
- Build analytical models to identify membership trends, variance drivers, and key performance indicators; prepare variance and sensitivity analyses.
- Use modeling tools, Adaptive Planning, and related technologies to standardize models, improve efficiency, reduce calculation errors, and enhance forecasting accuracy.
- Prepare and present detailed financial reports and model outputs for senior management, explaining methodology, assumptions, and recommendations.
- Provide field leadership with model-driven insights and reporting to improve forecast accuracy and operational decision-making.
Benefits
- Fully subsidized membership.
- Discounts on Life Time products and services.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with company discretionary match for team members age 21 and older.
- Training and professional development.
- Paid sick leave where required by law.
- Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage for eligible full-time team members.
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance for eligible full-time team members.
- Life insurance for eligible full-time team members.
- Pre-tax flexible spending and dependent care plans for eligible full-time team members.
- Parental leave and adoption assistance for eligible full-time team members.
- Paid time off, including 5 to 20 vacation days per calendar year based on tenure, and paid sick leave, for eligible full-time team members.
- Deferred compensation plan for eligible full-time team members who meet the required income threshold.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
