Senior Strategic Financial Analyst
About The Position
Armanino is hiring a Senior Strategic Financial Analyst to support budgeting, forecasting, strategic decision-making, and business performance analysis. The role owns short- and long-term cash flow and balance sheet forecasts, integrated financial models, and driver-based planning within the firm’s CPM platform, Pigment. It serves as a subject matter expert on financial statement relationships and partners with Accounting, FP&A, business leaders, and Corporate Development on actual results, M&A planning, and post-acquisition analysis. The analyst develops scalable financial processes and reporting, uses analytics and AI tools to identify actionable insights, and leads complex analyses, business cases, scenario analyses, and special projects. The position requires turning incomplete or cross-functional inputs into clear recommendations and concise executive-level presentations. Armanino describes a supportive work environment and offers flexible work arrangements and a range of employee benefits.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
- At least three years of progressive experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance, Accounting, Transaction Advisory, Financial Analytics, or related finance functions.
- Expert understanding of financial statements and their interrelationships.
- Reasonable fluency in accounting; CPA is not required.
- Demonstrated experience preparing and managing cash flow forecasts, balance sheet forecasts, financial models, scenario analyses, and working capital analyses.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and financial modeling capabilities.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy and quality.
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
- Demonstrated ownership of complex cross-functional financial analyses and initiatives, including defining the approach, coordinating stakeholders, managing competing priorities, and driving work independently from problem definition through executive recommendation.
- Passion for process improvement, standardization, and automation.
Nice To Haves
- Corporate financing or M&A financial experience.
- Experience in a professional services, consulting, or accounting firm environment.
- Transaction advisory, corporate development finance, or strategic FP&A experience supporting M&A transactions, financial due diligence, acquisition modeling, or post-acquisition integration and performance analysis.
- Experience building scalable reporting and analytics solutions.
- Familiarity with Power BI, DAX, SQL, Power Query, or similar data analytics tools.
- Experience using AI tools for deep analysis and to improve finance processes, reporting, forecasting, or analytical workflows.
- Experience with financial planning and forecasting platforms such as Pigment, Adaptive Planning, Anaplan, or similar solutions.
- CPA, CFA, or MBA designation.
Responsibilities
- Own development and maintenance of short- and long-term cash flow forecasts, balance sheet forecasts, integrated financial models, and driver-based planning in Pigment.
- Advise on relationships among the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement, including revenue, profitability, liquidity, working capital, and cash generation.
- Partner with Accounting to understand actual cash flow and balance sheet results and their implications for forecasts.
- Lead M&A budget development with FP&A and business leaders; work with Corporate Development on planning assumptions, financial and operational metrics, post-acquisition performance analysis, and long-term growth objectives.
- Develop and maintain standardized, scalable financial processes and reporting, including KPIs and performance metrics, while reducing manual effort and maintaining accuracy.
- Use analytics, AI, and business intelligence tools to analyze financial and operational datasets, build repeatable analytical frameworks, and identify actionable insights.
- Independently structure and lead complex analyses, business cases, scenario analyses, and special projects.
- Synthesize incomplete, ambiguous, or cross-functional inputs into clear points of view, decision-ready recommendations, and concise executive-level presentations.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Generous PTO plan and paid sick time
- Flexible work arrangements
- 401(k) with profit sharing
- Wellness program
- Generous parental leave
- 11 paid holidays
- Eligible employees at certain levels may participate in a discretionary long-term financial incentive plan, subject to plan participation rules.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
