Senior Finance Strategy Analyst
Job Summary
The FP&A team is seeking an experienced finance professional to support the Consumer business unit. You will act as a key financial partner to Consumer leadership, taking ownership of operational expenditure planning and analysis. The role involves managing financial deliverables, forecasting, and driving strategic insights to ensure efficiency and growth.
Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end financial forecasting and reporting
- Partner with Consumer leadership on OpEx planning
- Identify trends and provide actionable business insights
- Own month-end close and variance analysis
- Build and maintain complex financial driver-based models
Required Skills
- 5+ years in FP&A or Strategic Finance
- Advanced Excel and SQL proficiency
- Experience with Anaplan or NetSuite
- Strong financial modeling and data analysis
- Cross-functional business partnership experience
Job Details
What You'll Be Doing:
- Manage end-to-end financial deliverables: Take ownership of the forecasting, reporting, and analysis for your business partners, ensuring deadlines and deliverables for the annual budget and monthly planning are met with precision.
- Uncover Actionable Insights: Proactively dive into financial and operational data to identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities. We're looking for someone who won't wait to be asked, but who actively seeks out the "why" behind the numbers.
- Serve as a Key Financial Partner: Build strong working relationships with partners. Prepare and present your analysis during business reviews, translating complex data into clear recommendations.
- Ensure Financial Accuracy: Own the month-end close process for your areas, conducting detailed variance analysis and working with the Accounting team to maintain the integrity of our financial data.
- Build and Own Financial Models: Develop, maintain, and own the financial models that drive analysis into financial risks and opportunities.
What We Look For In You (L5):
- 5+ years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, or corporate finance with demonstrated OpEx ownership (headcount planning, marketing spend, product operations, or similar categories).
- Proven track record managing operating expense budgets, driving forecasts, and delivering variance analysis for business partners.
- Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, with experience building driver-based models and scenario analyses.
- Business partnership: Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Marketing, Operations) to inform resource allocation decisions.
- Self-starter mindset: Proactive, intellectually curious, and comfortable navigating ambiguity in fast-moving environments.
- Technical proficiency: Advanced Excel, SQL for data analysis, and experience with planning tools (e.g., Anaplan, NetSuite, Adaptive).
- A Passion for Financial Analysis: You have a genuine interest in operational efficiency and a drive to use data to understand and influence business performance.
- Meticulous Attention to Detail: You are highly organized, committed to accuracy, and take pride in delivering precise and reliable work you can stand behind.
- Demonstrates the ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots in daily workflows.