Sr. Analyst

Core Responsibilities

• Prepare and own monthly OpEx reporting packages, including actuals vs. budget and actuals vs. prior year, with clear variance commentary at the cost center and GL account level.
• Perform rate vs. volume decomposition on key expense lines, translating drivers into concise narratives for the Director of Finance and CFO, and proactively surfacing risks and opportunities within the OpEx forecast.
• Partner with department heads to gather cost explanations, validate coding, and ensure reporting accuracy ahead of monthly close cadences.
• Maintain and continuously improve OpEx reporting templates to support faster cycle times and more actionable insight delivery.
• Support the annual budgeting process end-to-end, including building department-level OpEx submissions, consolidating inputs, and managing iteration cycles with functional owners.
• Own monthly re-forecast builds across the P&L, maintaining integrity between revenue, gross margin, and operating expense assumptions.
• Build and maintain scenario models that quantify risk and opportunity ranges for the forecast, supporting proactive guidance to the Director of Finance.
• Serve as the day-to-day FP&A contact for functional leaders (Marketing, Operations, Technology, HR, Merchandising), guiding them through budget development and monthly forecast submissions.
• Translate business assumptions from cross-functional partners into financial model inputs, ensuring forecast integrity across the consolidation.
• Develop financial acumen among non-finance stakeholders through clear communication, accessible reporting, and proactive engagement during planning cycles.
• Support go-to-market and investment decision analysis by building business cases and quantifying trade-offs for senior leadership.
• Aid in liquidity planning & cash flow, assisting with 13-week and annual liquidity forecast development, maintaining assumptions for working capital, capital expenditures, and debt service.
• Support revolver borrowing/paydown analysis and covenant compliance tracking in coordination with the Director of Finance.
• Ensure all deliverables are accurate, timely, and formatted for executive and external audiences.
• Identify and implement opportunities to automate manual finance workflows, including data extraction, reconciliation, and reporting refresh processes, using tools such as Excel (Power Query, LET/LAMBDA), Python, or BI platforms.
• Partner with Technology and Data teams to improve ERP data integrity and self-serve reporting capabilities, ensuring Finance has clean, accessible data to support planning and analysis.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of FP&A experience, preferably at a PE-backed, consumer, and/or multi-entity company.
• Advanced Excel proficiency — comfort with complex financial models with complex formulas and dynamic functions.
• Demonstrated experience owning OpEx reporting, budget development, and forecast builds in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical foundation: ability to decompose variances, identify drivers, and communicate findings clearly and concisely.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally and manage competing deadlines during high-volume planning cycles.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• Preferred: Experience with three-statement modeling and cash flow/liquidity planning, Exposure to PE/lender reporting and/or covenant compliance tracking, Familiarity with ERP systems (Oracle preferred) and BI/reporting tools, Experience in direct-to-consumer, apparel, or subscription/membership-model businesses.

Pay

Salary Range: $90k - $110k, bonus eligible.