Senior FP&A Analyst - Atlanta, GA

Role Overview

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 is a highly visible role that blends core FP&A responsibilities with strategic analysis, executive communication, and cross-functional leadership.

Strategic Planning, Forecasting, Financial Reporting & Analysis

• 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
• Partner 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 model
• Analyze and synthesize complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights that inform executive decision-making and forward-looking business planning
• Develop and refine dynamic financial models that support forecasting, scenario analysis, and long-term strategic planning

Continuous Process Improvements and Automation

• 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)

Business Partnership & Strategic Support

• Serve as a thought partner, influencing decisions through financial modeling, analysis, insights and business acumen
• Build strong relationships across the organization; contribute to building a high-performing FP&A organization
• 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 related field required; 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 of 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
• Ability to work in-office 5 days per week

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 US, Cortland combines in-house design, construction, and operations to deliver value and innovation across its portfolio.