Senior Financial Analyst - Data & Analytics
Position Summary
This position reports to Director of Finance and is responsible for supporting financial forecasting and planning for Purpose Financial and its family of brands. We work in a demanding environment; the ability to handle multiple projects and meet deadlines is required. The successful candidate will be initiative-taking and thrive in a team-focused, highly communicative environment. This position will support our business partners across the organization by identifying data-analytics based recommendations to drive bottom-line profitability and collaboration with peer analysts to drive improvement of KPI-based financial models. Collaboration with Credit Risk, Analytics, BI, & ETL/Teams is expected to drive enterprise-wide progress. Additional responsibilities are likely to include ownership of components of the Annual Plan, Reforecast, & Long-Term Planning processes as well as cash flow forecasting.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead development of FP&A datasets as well as distribution and communication performance tracking and KPI dashboards supporting business improvement and financial forecast processes
- Utilize AI-driven forecasting tools to improve the speed and precision of financial projections
- Responsible for building, maintaining, and enhancing financial forecast models within OneStream, ensuring accuracy, scalability, and alignment with enterprise planning standards across Purpose Financial's family of brands
- Partner with Data Science and Data Engineering teams to integrate machine learning outputs into financial models and planning workflows
- Identify opportunities to automate manual financial processes through AI and intelligent automation solutions
- Monitor and validate AI-generated financial insights to ensure accuracy, auditability, and alignment with business objectives
- Ad-hoc requests, what-if analyses, and other duties as assigned.
Job Responsibilities Cont.
The following additional responsibilities may be included:
- Provide coaching/mentorship to junior teammates as well as provide functional training on data analysis to all teammates
- Communicate effectively with Operational and Senior Management including, but not limited to, presentation development, leading meetings, as well as other verbal/written interactions
Education Required
- Minimum BS Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or other relevant degree
- Relevant master’s degrees and MBA preferred
Experience Required
- 6+ years of related experience
- Strong initiative in a team-focused environment
Knowledge Required
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Adaptability and flexibility to changing environment
- Comfortable working in a dynamic, high volume, fast-paced environment
- Understanding and ensuring compliance with policies, procedures, and laws governing our industry/business and products
- Knowledge of data querying, cleaning, & development as well as dashboarding and use of Tableau (or similar tool) for analytics, reporting, & communication
- Ability to develop and foster mutually beneficial business relationships with a customer-service focus
- Advanced critical thinking, problem solving, and sound judgment to escalate issues to manager
- Proficient use of OneStream for financial planning, forecasting, and reporting
- Prior experience building or maintaining OneStream models and workflows is considered a significant advantage
AI-Related Competencies
- Familiarity with AI-assisted analytics tools to accelerate financial analysis, summarize data trends, and generate narrative reporting
- Ability to leverage AI/ML model outputs within financial models — interpreting predictions, confidence intervals, and anomaly detection results to inform planning decisions
- Experience using AI to streamline and automate recurring processes such as variance analysis, data reconciliation, report generation, and KPI tracking
- Proficiency in prompt engineering; the ability to craft effective queries and instructions to extract accurate, relevant insights from AI tools in a finance context
Physical Requirements
- Sitting for long periods of time
- Standing occasionally
- Walking
- Bending
- Squatting
- Kneeling
- Pushing/pulling
- Reaching
- Twisting
- Frequent lifting of less than 10 lbs.
- Occasional lifting of up to 20 lbs.
- Driving and having access during the workday to an insured and reliable transportation
- Typing
- Data entry
- Grasping
- Transferring items between hands and/or to another person or receptacle
- Use of office equipment to include computers
Competencies
- Travel: Less than 10%
- Attire: Business Casual
- Other: Must be eligible to work in the USA and able to pass a background check.
Requisition ID
46235