Sr Financial Analyst

Tempus AI • Chicago, IL

6d • $80,000 - $110,000

About The Position

Tempus is seeking an experienced Central FP&A Senior Analyst to support financial planning, modeling, reporting, and operational excellence across the organization. The role focuses on improving Excel-based financial models and reporting processes, automating recurring tasks, and supporting management reporting workflows. It works with cross-functional teams to maintain FP&A templates and data integrations and to advance the company’s financial and strategic goals.

The position supports annual budgeting, quarterly rolling forecasts, and multi-year strategic plans across business divisions. It also maintains and improves the integrated three-statement financial model and partners with Corporate Accounting during monthly and quarterly closes. Additional work includes optimizing financial models and reporting files, preparing executive analysis and presentations, assisting with system implementations and integrations, and building scalable Finance dashboards.

Tempus describes its work as using a proprietary platform that connects real-world evidence to provide physicians with actionable insights and support precision medicine. The role offers the opportunity to contribute to the company’s financial operations and collaborate with a diverse, innovative team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 3–5+ years of relevant experience in Finance, FP&A, Accounting, or Business Analytics.
• Expert-level Excel skills, including advanced formulas, modeling, and data manipulation.
• Demonstrated experience with Excel automation tools such as Power Query, VBA/macros, or similar.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills, with a proven track record of working through ambiguity.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced, dynamic environment and drive change initiatives.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with FP&A software such as Pigment and ERP systems such as NetSuite.
• Familiarity with cash flow, balance sheet, and capital allocation.

Responsibilities

• Assist with consolidating and modeling the annual operating budget, quarterly rolling forecasts, and multi-year strategic plans across business divisions.
• Maintain, audit, and enhance the corporate integrated three-statement financial model covering the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow.
• Partner with Corporate Accounting during monthly and quarterly close to ensure accurate accruals, resolve reporting discrepancies, and streamline consolidation schedules.
• Review, clean up, and optimize existing Excel models, Central Model roadmaps, and financial reporting files.
• Automate recurring manual tasks and workflows using tools such as Power Query, VBA/macros, and complex formulas.
• Build, maintain, and clean up FP&A reporting templates and data-loading processes.
• Support weekly and monthly executive reporting.
• Help prepare the monthly executive reporting pack, including concise analysis of consolidated revenue, operating margins, and EBITDA.
• Assist with variance analyses for Budget vs. Actual, Forecast vs. Actual, and Prior Year, providing qualitative insights on performance drivers, risks, and operational headwinds and tailwinds.
• Develop presentations for the Executive Leadership Team, including the CFO and CEO, and the Board of Directors.
• Assist with system implementations and integrations, including ERP go-lives, account and team mappings, and entity structures.
• Standardize planning templates, automate repetitive data pulls, and streamline workflows to reduce corporate forecasting cycle time.
• Build scalable Finance dashboards to provide operational insights to cross-functional stakeholders.

Benefits

• Full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical benefits, and other benefits depending on the position.

What This Job Offers

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