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Senior Finance Analyst - FP&A

ZS · Chicago, IL · 2 wk ago
HybridFinanceFull-time

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Finance Analyst to join our Financial Planning & Analysis team. This role will provide analysis and support to our business, manage financial performance, and lead improvements in finance system processes.

Responsibilities

  • Design business intelligence dashboards and self-service reporting to support leadership and internal finance teams
  • Support senior company leaders across a range of activities from analysis and issue identification through to strategic initiatives
  • Collaborate with internal finance teams and business stakeholders to execute our overall finance data strategy
  • 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

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance or other quantitative field required, advanced degree welcomed
  • 3 - 5 years’ experience in financial analysis supporting internal business units or stakeholders
  • Experience building financial models with Excel
  • Proficiency in business intelligence data modeling and dashboarding 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

Qualifications

  • Fluency in English
  • Client-first mentality
  • Intense work ethic
  • Collaborative spirit and problem-solving approach

Skills

  • Business Intelligence Data Modeling
  • Financial Modeling
  • Excel Proficiency
  • Data Visualization Tools (Power BI, Tableau)
  • Project Management
  • Collaboration and Communication

Benefits

At ZS, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package that supports your health and well-being, financial future, time away, and professional development. This includes:

  • Milestone training programs aligned to career progression opportunities
  • Internal mobility paths that empower growth via s-curves, individual contribution and role expansions

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in this posting.

Schedule

The hybrid working model allows for a combination of work from home and on-site presence at clients/ZS offices for the majority of the week. Business needs of your project and client are the priority, and some projects may require travel.

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