Senior Finance Analyst (Central Coast)

Senior Finance Analyst — Job Description Summary
- Provide advanced financial analysis, forecasting, and business partnering to support strategic decisions, optimize performance, and ensure accurate financial reporting. Key responsibilities
- Financial analysis & modeling: Build and maintain detailed financial models (forecasting, scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis) to support budgeting, planning, and strategic initiatives.
- Monthly & quarterly close support: Prepare variance analyses, explain drivers vs. budget/forecast, and support accruals, journal entries, and reconciliation tasks.
- Forecasting & budgeting: Lead rolling forecasts, annual budgets, and long-range financial plans; coordinate inputs from business units and consolidate results.
- Management reporting: Produce dashboards, KPI reports, and executive presentations (board packs, leadership reviews) that translate findings into actionable insights.
- Business partnering: Advise product, sales, operations, and senior leadership on financial impact of decisions, pricing, investments, and cost-control measures.
- Profitability & cost analysis: Analyze product, customer, and segment profitability; identify cost drivers and recommend margin-improvement actions.
- Scenario & strategic analysis: Evaluate M&A; opportunities, business cases, capital expenditures, and strategic initiatives with NPV/IRR and payback analysis.
- Process improvement & automation: Implement reporting automation, improve financial processes, controls, and data quality (Excel, SQL, BI tools).
- Compliance & controls: Ensure adherence to accounting policies, SOX/internal controls, and support audit requests and regulatory filings as needed.
- Ad hoc analysis & projects: Lead cross-functional financial projects, ad hoc scenario requests, and sensitivity studies for leadership.
- Mentorship & training: Mentor junior analysts, review their deliverables, and promote best practices in modeling and analysis. Qualifications & skills
- Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related; CFA/CPA or equivalent preferred.
- Typically 4–8+ years of finance/analysis experience (adjust per seniority).
- Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, advanced formulas, VBA a plus); robust SQL proficiency.
- Experience with financial planning tools and BI platforms (Anaplan, Adaptive, Power BI, Looker, Tableau).
- Strong accounting knowledge and experience with general ledger, consolidation, and close processes.
- Solid understanding of financial statements, KPIs, and performance metrics.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills; able to present to senior stakeholders.
- Experience with FP&A;, commercial finance, or corporate finance within relevant industry preferred. Performance metrics
- Forecast accuracy (variance vs. actual).
- Timeliness and quality of management reports and month-end close deliverables.
- Impact of financial recommendations (cost savings, margin improvements).
- Automation and process improvements delivered (time saved).
- Stakeholder satisfaction and alignment with business units. Pay: $8,151.90 – $9,167.55 per month Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
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