FP&A Senior Analyst, Platform North America
Workday Talent Hub · San Francisco, CA · 1 mo ago
Finance$86k–$145k/yrFull-time
About the role
We are seeking a FP&A Senior Analyst, Platform North America, to support financial planning and strategic analysis efforts. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical grasp of financial/accounting concepts, along with a strong understanding of financial modeling, forecasting, and business analytics.
Responsibilities
- Reporting & Planning:
- Execute budgeting and forecasting processes, including model updates, assumption validation, and consolidation across entities.
- Perform detailed variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior periods, identifying key performance drivers and trends.
- Analyze key financial and operational KPIs, providing structured insights (MoM, YTD, trend analysis).
- Collaborate with cross-functional finance and non-finance stakeholders to build, validate, and maintain financial and operational data.
- Act as a finance contact for operational teams, bridging financial analysis and business performance.
- Partner with local Controllers and support Global Head of FP&A with group-level planning, reporting, and performance review across business units.
- Develop and refine financial models to improve accuracy, transparency, and alignment with business drivers.
- Dive deeply into financial and non-financial data to become a subject matter expert and provide actionable insights.
- Support future initiatives such as new planning system implementation, ad-hoc projects including M&A or IPO readiness.
- General & Business Partnering:
- Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of financial plans with strategic objectives.
- Support continuous improvement of FP&A processes and tools to increase efficiency, accuracy, and timeliness of financial planning and reporting.
- Promote a teamwork mentality and proactive problem-solving across the finance function.
Requirements
- Education And Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or related field.
- CPA qualified.
- 3+ years' post qualification experience in financial planning and analysis, corporate finance (inhouse or advisory) or similar fields.
- Experience:
- Experience in Technology and/or legal services industry is preferred but not essential.
- Knowledge and Skills:
- Strong financial modelling skills (budgeting, forecasting, scenario analysis).
- Combining superior attention to detail with ability to present financial information clearly and concisely to senior management and key stakeholders to support business decisions.
- Solid understanding of financial reporting and its linkage to FP&A.
- Experience working in cross-functional and fast-paced environments.
- Strong interpersonal skills for collaborating with different departments and levels within the global organization.
- Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning/Reporting and NetSuite.
- Advanced Excel skills with the ability to build financial models to support decision-making.
- Excellent team player skills.
Compensation
The anticipated starting base pay range for this role is listed below. Base salary is not the only component of our competitive total rewards package - you may also be eligible for bonus, commissions, equity, and other benefits as described below. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications.
Benefits
- Full-time Employees:
- 401(k) Match.
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance- 85% of employee premiums are covered by InfoTrack, and 70% for your family premiums.
- Employer-funded Short/Long-Term Disability, Life, and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance.
- 20 Days of Paid Time Off (PTO).
- 11 Paid Holidays.
- "Be Me Time" off for mental health, re-charging, volunteering.
- Matching Gift Program.
- Monthly Internet Stipend for Remote Employees.