Senior Financial Analyst
Leeward Renewable Energy · Dallas, TX · 3 wk ago
FinanceFull-time
Job Summary
The Sr. FP&A Analyst (P3) leads key components of corporate and business-unit financial planning, forecasting, and management reporting. This role partners closely with cross-functional leaders to analyze financial performance, identify risks and opportunities, and provide insights that drive business decisions.
Responsibilities
- Own monthly management reporting packages, including variance analysis versus budget and forecast, with actionable insights for leadership.
- Analyze financial results and profitability at the project, business unit, and company level.
- Develop insights on key performance indicators (KPIs) to inform leadership decision-making and recommend actions that strengthen performance.
- Own the annual budget, monthly forecast, and long-range strategic planning processes for assigned functions or business units.
- Direct cross-functional inputs before, during, and after planning cycles to ensure accuracy and alignment.
- Serve as a trusted financial partner to internal stakeholders, leading business performance discussions and challenging assumptions to improve decision-making.
- Collaborate with Accounting for month end close activities including reclass of expenses to ensure alignment with budgets/forecast.
- Develop executive and Board-level presentations that clearly communicate financial performance, risks, opportunities, and recommendations.
- Lead improvements to financial processes, models, and systems related to budgeting, forecasting, and reporting to increase accuracy, transparency, and efficiency.
- Drive the adoption of Power BI reporting and AI-assisted tools to enhance core business processes.
Qualifications
- Champion the adoption of financial systems and new software tools to improve scalability, automation, and reporting effectiveness.
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or related field.
- Strong analytical skills with attention to detail.
- Advanced Excel skills; experience with financial models and variance analysis.
Core Competencies
- Financial modeling & analysis
- Business partnering
- Process improvement mindset
- Ability to manage multiple priorities
- Strong written and verbal communication