Sr. Financial Analyst

isolved•Charlotte, NC

23h

About The Position

The FP&A Senior Financial Analyst (SFA) will partner with the Finance Manager to lead headcount planning, forecasting and reporting. In this role, the individual will provide ad hoc corporate FP&A analysis to drive strategic investment and business growth. We are looking for someone who is analytical and proactive. Someone who is comfortable challenging the status quo with creative analysis to deepen our business understanding. Someone who is driven and resilient. A self-motivated professional who delivers high-quality results under pressure. Someone who I s collaborative, and able to thrive as both an independent contributor and a team player.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics or related field. MBA / masters preferred.
5+ years' experience in finance or accounting or equivalent education and experience.
Demonstrated ability to use data and provide thoughtful analysis.
High level of comfort interacting with various functional areas and levels of leadership.
Strong analytical skills coupled with an understanding of business dynamics.
Excellent communication, analytic, written, organizational, and problem‐solving skills.
Ability to work / execute tight deadlines.
Power Excel user, with advanced financial modeling and forecasting expertise.
Strong PowerPoint skills, with ThinkCell experience preferred.
Self‐directed, self‐motivated, and demonstrated experience providing ideas and solutions to further business understanding.
Strong grasp of corporate finance, budgeting and variance analysis.
Demonstrated ability to interpret complex data and deliver actionable insights.
Strong attention to detail with demonstrated analytical experience and ability to adapt and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Experience building PowerBI dashboards and automating reports / workflows.

Responsibilities

Assist in continued development and support of weekly, monthly and quarterly management reporting cadence that provides continuous insight into the performance of the business, including trends, variances and risk assessments.
Contribute to the multi‐year, annual and quarterly planning and forecasting processes.
Reporting and communication of key messages to ensure senior leadership maintains focus on what matters most and has an opportunity to quickly remediate issues.
Work collaboratively across the Finance organization as a business partner supporting the FP&A organization, strategic finance team and the accounting team providing insight and analysis around the Company's performance, scenario planning and potential outcomes.
Provide insights and analysis through data mining and interpreting complex data sets to assist with sound decision-making.
Financial subject matter expert for workforce / headcount planning.
Collaborate with manager to identify and improve / automate processes and reporting.
Review monthly results and explain variances to budget, prior year, prior month, and rolling forecasts.
Collaborate cross functionally as a business partner to executives and budget owners to understand key drivers of performance and provide insight/recommendations for improvement.
Partner with HR and Finance to ensure accurate workforce cost modeling.
Develop and maintain monthly reports for executives and budget owners.
Own headcount forecasting, budgeting and reporting.
Monitor and analyze labor trends, attrition and hiring plans to inform executive decisions.
Build and maintain multi‐year headcount models to support strategic initiatives and scenario planning.
Navigate ambiguity and shifting priorities with speed and precision, delivering high-quality outputs under pressure.
Support cross-functional initiatives such as cost optimization, restructuring and operational efficiency
Analyze historical data to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
Maintains datasets with highly confidential employee and compensation information. Must be comfortable operating with a high level of confidentiality.