Senior FP&A Analyst

Schneider Downs•Pittsburgh, PA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior FP&A Analyst is part of Schneider Downs’ internal finance team and serves as a financial partner to leaders across multiple practices. The role provides financial insights, strategic analysis, and decision support to help achieve firm goals and financial objectives. The analyst works closely with the Senior Manager, FP&A, practice unit leaders, and cross-functional teams in a dynamic, collaborative environment. The position supports month-end reporting, the annual budget and quarterly forecast processes, firm-wide reporting, dashboards, and the firm’s long-term financial model. It also provides financial modeling and scenario analysis for investments and new business initiatives, and helps prepare materials for shareholder, board, and firm meetings. Schneider Downs offers a hybrid work model with flexibility to work from home and in the office, and will consider remote candidates who are within driving distance of clients and offices.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
At least three years of experience in FP&A or corporate finance.
Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency, including building and maintaining complex models and consolidating data from disparate sources into sustainable reporting formats.
Strong critical-thinking and analytical skills, including the ability to interpret and communicate complex financial data to senior leadership.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex topics succinctly.
Ability to work independently and execute key deliverables with minimal oversight.
Comfort making sound decisions and driving alignment with leadership when information is incomplete.
Ability to understand detail while summarizing information at a high level for leadership decision-making.
Strategic business mindset and ability to anticipate risks and opportunities and understand or estimate financial and operational impacts.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
Experience working with large data sets and disparate systems.
Demonstrated success in cross-functional collaboration, including with IT and Data teams.
Strong attention to detail and commitment to high-quality work.
Experience leading projects and driving process improvements.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Power BI or other visualization tools such as Tableau for business intelligence and reporting.
Experience with FP&A software such as Vena, Datarails, or Workday Adaptive Planning.
Experience serving as a finance business partner to senior leadership.
Experience with FP&A or reporting system implementation.
Experience building a bottoms-up budget or forecast model from the ground up.
CPA and/or MBA designation.

Responsibilities

Partner with practice unit leaders, alongside the Senior Manager, FP&A, to provide analysis and decision support in support of firm goals and financial objectives.
Support month-end close reporting and analysis.
Partner with the Senior Manager, FP&A, to own the annual budget process end-to-end, developing and maintaining a bottoms-up model with practice unit leaders.
Work with practice unit leaders to develop and maintain quarterly forecasts.
Build reports that meet stakeholder needs and support firm-wide reporting requirements.
Collaborate cross-functionally to develop and maintain dashboards and reports using Power BI.
Maintain the firm’s long-term financial model and update or create scenario options.
Conduct financial modeling and scenario analysis for investments and new business initiatives.
Support preparation of regular shareholder, board, and firm meeting materials.
Provide internal customer service and build relationships across departments.
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and practice unit leaders.