Senior Financial Analyst
Motorola Solutions · Los Angeles, CA · Yesterday
HybridSales$100k–$130k/yrFull-time
Role And Responsibilities
- Strategic Analysis & Action Lead value-adding projects and strategic actions across the business, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive growth initiatives.
- Deliver strong variance analysis and narrative building with a focus on finding the "why"—diving deep into what is truly driving the numbers to provide actionable insights.
- Clearly communicate complex financial information, insights, and recommended actions through presentations and written communication to executive stakeholders.
- Work closely with management to define, track, and monitor performance against relevant KPIs and recommend necessary adjustments.
- Analyze financial statements (including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements) to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Generate ad hoc reports and analyses as requested by senior leadership.
Data Wrangling, Automation & Process Improvement
- Serve as a data expert within FP&A, taking ownership of data integrity, validation, and process optimization across financial systems.
- Build, refine, and maintain scalable data wrangling files and financial models using advanced tools like Alteryx and Power Query to transform raw data into reliable, usable formats.
- Develop and maintain complex financial models to support strategic planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Utilize benchmarking and data analysis to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of financial projections.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual variance reports at corporate consolidation and project accounting levels.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
- Minimum 4 years of experience as a financial analyst or in a related role.
- Proven, hands-on experience in advanced data wrangling, transformation, and file/model building within an FP&A context.
- Demonstrated proficiency and experience using Alteryx and/or Power Query.
- Strong analytical mindset with a proven track record of diving deep into variance analysis to identify root causes and drive corrective actions within the business.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills, with a high degree of attention to detail and ability to work effectively cross-functionally to solve data and process issues.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
- Experience with other data manipulation tools and languages such as ODBC, SQL, or Python.
- Relevant professional certification or progress towards one (e.g., CFA or CMA).
- Experience with integrated three financial statement modeling.
- Familiarity with financial systems integration and data architecture.
Compensation
$100,000 - $130,000 / annually
Basic Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
- Minimum 4 years of experience as a financial analyst or in a related role.
- Note - Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen, or U.S. Permanent Resident) due to clients under U.S. federal contracts.
Travel Requirements
None
Relocation Provided
None
Position Type
Experienced
Referral Payment Plan
Yes