Senior Financial Analyst

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory•Cambridge, MA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for financial planning, budgeting and analysis to serve as a finance business partner to several internal departments. The departments supported include highly matrixed indirect spending and/or full P&L impact. This position requires frequent collaboration with internal partners, executive & senior leadership team members, and FP&A management during budget development, variance analysis, forecasting and operational reporting.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, a related field required.
7-10 years of previous financial planning, budgeting and analysis experience required.
Experience as a finance business partner is required.
Exceptional Excel skills for analysis and modeling in conjunction with financial tools (e.g., Adaptive, Tableau, PeopleSoft, Datawarehouse, etc.).
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
Ability to work efficiently and independently within a team environment.
High level of accuracy, productivity and flexibility to multitask various projects within a deadline driven environment.
Knowledge of DOD and other applicable government regulations.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

Dedicated Finance business partner to internal departments to develop budgets, forecasts, variance analysis and expense monitoring.
Provide actionable recommendations that support the organization’s goals. Add insight to supported departments through enhanced reporting and financial analysis with guidance from FP&A management.
Responsible for soliciting capital budget requests from supported departments, analyzing ROI, prioritizing and presenting results to FP&A management. Once approved, track actual spending and update forecasts for future expenditures as needed.
Develop, maintain and continuously improve recurring financial reporting for senior and executive leadership.
Perform data integrity and validation during month-end close, including transactional research from financial system and source documents.
Guide less experienced analysts on completion of this recurring task.
Identify, initiate and support other ad hoc analyses and projects as required.
Gather & analyze data from disparate sources, develop hypotheses & conclusions, and present analytical results to both FP&A and operational management.
Performs other duties as assigned.