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Senior Finance Analyst - FP&A - Transformation

ZS
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 2/10/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/18/2025

ZS is a place where passion changes lives. As a management consulting and technology firm focused on improving life and how we live it, our most valuable asset is our people. Here you’ll work side-by-side with a powerful collective of thinkers and experts shaping life-changing solutions for patients, caregivers and consumers, worldwide. ZSers drive impact by bringing a client first mentality to each and every engagement. We partner collaboratively with our clients to develop custom solutions and technology products that create value and deliver company results across critical areas of their business. Bring your curiosity for learning; bold ideas; courage and passion to drive life-changing impact to ZS. 

 

  

Our most valuable asset is our people.  

At ZS we honor the visible and invisible elements of our identities, personal experiences and belief systems—the ones that comprise us as individuals, shape who we are and 

make us unique. We believe your personal interests, identities, and desire to learn are part of your success here. Learn more about our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and the networks ZS supports to assist our ZSers in cultivating community spaces, obtaining the resources they need to thrive, and sharing the messages they are passionate about.  

Senior Finance AnalystFinancial Planning & Analysis Transformation    

We seek a finance professional who will provide commercial analysis and support to our business. This role will involve helping to manage financial performance, developing future projections, applying your commercial skills to help improve profitability across our business, and leading ad-hoc finance system process improvements.  

 

 

What You’ll Do: 

  • Build multi-year financial models for our business; 
  • Support senior company leaders across a range of activities from analysis and issue identification through to strategic initiatives; 
  • Ownership of annual and longer-term company planning together with ongoing in year projections of company earnings and performance; 
  • Drive monthly resource planning and supply/demand capacity management; 
  • Management of investment projects and key internal initiatives 
  • Prepare analysis and presentations for key company meetings – Board of Directors, Management Committee, Principals Meetings, Regional Leadership Meetings; 
  • Pro-actively identify key trends within the business and initiate actions to improve company performance and support ongoing growth and expansion; 
  • Support ad-hoc modeling projects for senior leadership;
  • Coordinate with internal finance and IT teams on finance system process improvements, overseeing and coordinating project activities to ensure successful implementation and timely completion;
  • Act as a functional expert in project and data management, serving as a liaison between teams to ensure all requirements are effectively communicated, translated, and addressed throughout the project lifecycle.

 

What You’ll Bring: 

  • BA/BS degree in Finance or closely related field required, advanced degree welcomed; 
  • 3 - 5 years’ experience in financial analysis supporting internal business units or stakeholders; 
  • Experience building financial models with Excel;
  • Knowledge of Anaplan and Azure Data Lakes or similar systems;
  • Experience with SAP or similar large-scale ERP;
  • Systems implementation experience is desirable;
  • Proficiency in business intelligence data modeling using tools such as Power BI, Tableau or similar;
  • Excellent organizational and task management skills; 
  • Ability to think strategically and commercially and a willingness to dive down into the details; 
  • Ability to work closely with senior leaders while retaining objective and professional finance perspective; 
  • Judgment to know when to challenge something and when to lend support; 
  • High motivation, strong work ethic and personal initiative. 

 

Perks & Benefits:

ZS offers a comprehensive total rewards package including health and well-being, financial planning, annual leave, personal growth and professional development. Our robust skills development programs, multiple career progression options and internal mobility paths and collaborative culture empowers you to thrive as an individual and global team member.                

We are committed to giving our employees a flexible and connected way of working.  A flexible and connected ZS allows us to combine work from home and on-site presence at clients/ZS offices for the majority of our week. The magic of ZS culture and innovation thrives in both planned and spontaneous face-to-face connections.

 

Travel:

Travel is a requirement at ZS for client facing ZSers; business needs of your project and client are the priority. While some projects may be local, all client-facing ZSers should be prepared to travel as needed.  Travel provides opportunities to strengthen client relationships, gain diverse experiences, and enhance professional growth by working in different environments and cultures.

 

 

Considering applying?

At ZS, we're building a diverse and inclusive company where people bring their passions to inspire life-changing impact and deliver better outcomes for all. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job and recognize the value that candidates with all backgrounds, including non-traditional ones, bring. If you are interested in joining us, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet 100% of the requirements listed above.

 

ZS is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment and advancement opportunities without regard to any class protected by applicable law.

 

To Complete Your Application:

Candidates must possess or be able to obtain work authorization for their intended country of employment.An on-line application, including a full set of transcripts (official or unofficial), is required to be considered.

 

NO AGENCY CALLS, PLEASE.

 

Find Out More At:

www.zs.com

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