Strategic Financial Analyst

At ConnectPay Payroll Services, we are seeking a highly analytical and strategic Lead Financial Analyst to build and strengthen our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) function. This role will serve as a critical business partner across all departments, providing financial insights, decision support, and driving operational efficiencies.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead monthly corporate reporting and forecasting processes, as well as annual operating plan and long-range planning cycles.
• Analyze drivers of financial performance, prepare financial metrics, and develop performance reports to inform decision-making.
• Provide extensive support to stakeholders across the organization, serving as a trusted financial advisor providing strategic insights and performance metrics to optimize business performance.
• Present regular updates to senior leadership on business status and key performance indicators.
• Support Executive leadership team with ad-hoc financial analyses and requests.
• Spearhead initiatives to enhance, automate, and scale forecasting and reporting tools, processes, and methodologies.
• Prepare materials for executive and quarterly board presentations, monitor progress, and contribute to monthly and quarterly financial close activities.
• Develop and maintain forecasting infrastructure for the company's P&L & balance sheet, including functional analysis of cash activity.

Key Qualifications:

• Strong financial modeling skills, including experience with three-statement modeling, scenario planning, and valuation techniques.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, financial planning tools (Adaptive Insights, Anaplan, Cube or similar), and ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, etc.).
• Excellent analytical skills, strong initiative and flexibility in analyzing results.
• Project management experience.
• Ability to work autonomously and drive projects from conception to execution in a fast-moving environment.