Title: Financial Analyst

Industry and Size: High tech engineering company on their way to $1 Billion in revenue. Must be a US citizen to work here.

Location: Cambridge, MA

Hybrid schedule: 1-2 days per week in the office

Required:

2-3 years relevant FP&A and business partnering experience

US Citizen

Pluses:

Service industry experience

mid size to larger company experience

Info on job: Role will be responsible for budgeting, planning, forecasting, ad hoc support and business partnering with non finance teams on their spending. Lots of opportunity for growth.

Job Description:

Seeking a Financial Analyst/Senior Financial Analyst with professional experience in financial planning, budgeting and analysis to serve as a finance business partner to several internal departments.

The departments supported include highly matrixed indirect spending and/or full P&L impact. This position requires frequent collaboration with internal partners, executive & senior leadership team members, and FP&A management during budget development, variance analysis, forecasting and operational reporting.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Dedicated Finance business partner to internal departments to develop budgets, forecasts, variance analysis and expense monitoring. Provide actionable recommendations that support the organization’s goals. Add insight to supported departments through enhanced reporting and financial analysis with guidance from FP&A management.
• Responsible for soliciting capital budget requests from supported departments, analyzing ROI, prioritizing and presenting results to FP&A management. Once approved, track actual spending and update forecasts for future expenditures as needed.
• Develop, maintain and continuously improve recurring financial reporting for senior and executive leadership.
• Perform data integrity and validation during month-end close, including transactional research from financial system and source documents. Guide less experienced analysts on completion of this recurring task.
• Identify, initiate and support other ad hoc analyses and projects as required. Gather & analyze data from disparate sources, develop hypotheses & conclusions, and present analytical results to both FP&A and operational management.

Qualifications:

• Relevant years of previous financial planning, budgeting and analysis experience.
• Exceptional Excel skills and hands-on experience with analysis and modeling in conjunction with financial tools (e.g., Adaptive, Tableau, PeopleSoft, DataWarehouse, etc.).
• Excellent oral and written communication skills also required to interact with all levels of the organization.
• Successful candidate should be confident in their abilities to work efficiently and independently as well as within a team environment.
• Success in the role requires a high level of accuracy, productivity and flexibility to multitask various projects within a deadline driven environment.

Prior experience as a finance business partner is required.