Senior FP&A Analyst - Atlanta, GA

About the Role

As a Senior FP&A Analyst, you will operate as a strategic partner to business leaders, delivering high-impact financial insights that shape enterprise-wide decision-making. This highly visible role blends core FP&A responsibilities with strategic analysis, executive communication, and cross-functional leadership. You will take ownership of key planning processes, influence business outcomes through data-driven insights, and help evolve Cortland's FP&A capabilities. The role is instrumental in elevating financial modeling and analytical capabilities, including developing dynamic models for scenario planning, capital allocation, and long-term strategy. You will translate complex operational and financial data into actionable insights, enabling leadership to evaluate risks, opportunities, and investment decisions with precision.

At Cortland, you'll be part of a high-performing, collaborative finance team that plays a pivotal role in shaping the company's strategy and performance. You'll gain exposure to senior leadership, own meaningful workstreams, and have the opportunity to strategically contribute to the company's long-term growth.

Responsibilities

• Manage and continuously enhance the annual companywide budgeting and ongoing forecasting.
• Partner with business leaders and cross-functional teams to translate financial results into actionable insights that drive performance.
• Collaborate closely with Corporate Accounting to ensure alignment between actuals, forecasts, and business narratives.
• Develop executive-level presentations that clearly breakdown financial performance, key drivers, business trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Maintain and enhance enterprise-level cash flow forecasting and reporting, supporting both short- and long-term cash flow performance and liquidity planning.
• Support long-range planning efforts, including 10-year projections and corporate valuation models.
• Analyze and synthesize complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights for executive decision-making and forward-looking business planning.
• Develop and refine dynamic financial models that support forecasting, scenario analysis, and long-term strategic planning.
• Drive the evolution of FP&A processes, tools, and reporting to improve scalability, efficiency, and business impact.
• Lead efforts to automate and standardize reporting, reducing cycle times and increasing accuracy.
• Enhance the FP&A reporting package to better support executive decision-making and storytelling.
• Ensure integrity and reliability of financial data within planning systems (EPM).
• Serve as a thought partner, influencing decisions through financial modeling, analysis, insights, and business acumen.
• Build strong relationships across the organization and contribute to building a high-performing FP&A team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to identify opportunities to elevate analytics capabilities, including KPI tracking and performance insights.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, accounting, investment banking, or management consulting.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field; CPA or MBA preferred.
• Strong foundation in understanding financial statements and core financial processes.
• High level of comfort working with complex datasets and building flexible, decision-oriented models that drive clarity around business performance, risk, and opportunity.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with ERP and EPM/BI tools (e.g., Adaptive, Power BI, SQL).
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex financial data into clear, actionable business insights.
• Proven experience working cross-functionally and influencing stakeholders.
• Strong communication and executive presentation skills.
• Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-starter with leadership potential and a desire to grow into a managerial role.

Schedule

This is an in-office role requiring 5 days per week on-site.

About Cortland

Founded in 2005, Cortland is an international, vertically integrated multifamily real estate investment, development, and management firm with a resident-centric approach to living experiences. Recognized as one of the top 10 multifamily owners and operators in the U.S., Cortland combines in-house design, construction, and operations to deliver value and innovation across its portfolio. The company is committed to building a best-in-class organization by empowering top talent with resources, autonomy, and support to deliver results in a high-performance environment.