Senior Financial Analyst

Agilysys • Alpharetta, GA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Financial Analyst is a key member of Agilysys’ Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis team, supporting monthly forecasting, annual budgeting, and multi-year planning. The analyst owns forecasting and reporting for assigned cost centers and P&L areas and provides financial insights to support business performance and strategic decision-making.

The role partners with FP&A leadership, the CFO, Accounting, and department leaders across the U.S., India, EMEA, and APAC. It translates complex financial and operational data into clear insights, risks, trends, and recommendations for executive leadership. The position also supports financial planning, resource allocation, investment and cost decisions, headcount planning, executive and Board materials, and improvements to financial reporting.

This is a full-time, in-office role for local candidates only; it is not eligible for visa sponsorship. The employee must be willing to complete required license applications, background and security checks, and other compliance documentation, including providing identification documents required by governmental agencies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• At least four years of experience in financial planning and analysis, financial analysis, business analytics, or a related finance function.
• Demonstrated experience with forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and financial modeling.
• Experience analyzing P&L performance, headcount, margins, cost of goods sold, or other operational and financial performance measures.
• Experience preparing financial reports, presentations, or recommendations for senior leadership.
• Experience working with enterprise resource planning systems and financial planning tools.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including financial modeling, data analysis, reconciliation, and scenario planning.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and ability to prepare polished executive- and Board-level presentations.
• Strong knowledge of forecasting, budgeting, P&L analysis, headcount planning, and margin analysis.
• Ability to identify and explain the drivers of budget, forecast, and actual variances, and translate complex financial and operational data into concise, actionable business insights.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to establish productive partnerships with Finance, Accounting, Operations, and functional business leaders.
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables and meet monthly, quarterly, and annual deadlines.
• Ability to work effectively across global teams, functions, and time zones.
• Willingness to complete required license applications, background and security checks, and other compliance documentation, and provide identification documents required by governmental agencies.
• Must be a local candidate; the position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• NetSuite experience.
• Experience supporting a global, software, SaaS, or technology organization.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly forecasts for assigned cost centers and P&L areas, gathering inputs from business leaders, validating assumptions, and identifying financial risks and opportunities.
• Prepare forecast, quarter-over-quarter, and budget-to-actual variance analyses explaining the primary drivers of financial performance.
• Present financial insights, trends, risks, and recommended actions to the CFO, senior management, and business leaders.
• Build and maintain financial models and scenario analyses for business performance, investment decisions, resource allocation, and operating assumptions.
• Support annual budgeting and multi-year planning.
• Develop salary, merit, bonus, fringe, and stock-related tax assumptions for financial planning.
• Maintain India Development Center salary run rates and allocations, along with U.S. and global headcount plans, including open positions, backfills, and new hires.
• Build and maintain subscription, professional services, and product-line P&L and margin analyses.
• Analyze cost of goods sold, regional Adjusted EBITDA, and other financial performance measures.
• Develop management reporting, including monthly Board updates, executive presentations, budget materials, and KPI dashboards.
• Track and analyze vendor, software, artificial intelligence, and cloud-related spending, including usage, allocations, and budget-to-actual performance.
• Partner with Accounting and Operations during month-end close, including accruals, allocations, account coding, and reserves within NetSuite.
• Reconcile forecasts to actual results and investigate material discrepancies.
• Maintain documentation and reconciliation processes to support data accuracy and reporting consistency.
• Deliver timely financial analysis for executive requests, business initiatives, and special projects.

What This Job Offers

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