Senior Finance Associate - FP&A

# Senior Finance Associate - FP&ABain Capital Boston, MAFull-Time Oct 09, 2026

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Job Description
** BAIN CAPITAL OVERVIEW
** With approximately $215 billion of assets under management, Bain Capital is one of the world’s leading private investment firms. We create lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses, and the communities in which we live.

Over four decades we have strategically grown our platform to focus on Private Equity, Growth & Venture, Capital Solutions, Credit, and Real Assets. Today, our team includes 1,985+ employees in 24 offices on four continents.  
** We partner differently to help people and companies embrace possibility and realize potential.
** Founded as a private partnership in 1984, we have fostered a culture of innovation, entrepreneurialism, and agility, empowering our people to define and own their career trajectories. Today, our partnership approach enables us to pursue strategic growth, build enduring relationships with a robust external network, and collaborate across our integrated platform to connect the deep and diverse expertise that unlocks breakthrough insights.

** Our people are the heart of our advantage.
** Colleagues at all levels have a seat at the table as they tackle business challenges with a principal investor mindset. By asking incisive questions, respectfully challenging one another, and remaining intellectually agile, we work together to achieve exceptional outcomes.  
** FP&A GROUP
** The Financial Planning and Analysis group is a strategic partner to the firm's business units and its senior executives. We build the budgets, forecasts, and multi-year plans that shape how the firm invests and operates, and we maintain the management basis P&L that leadership relies on. We're a collaborative team that holds itself to a high standard: our work is accurate, insightful, and ready for senior audiences.

** POSITION DESCRIPTION
** We are a Senior Associates to help support the growing complexity, size, and volume of Bain Capital. This roles will report into a FP&A Manager and will support our private markets businesses. You will be a trusted partner to business unit leaders and a go-to resource for teammates.
** What you'll do*
* · Own the analysis behind the annual budget process and the monitoring and reforecasting throughout the year for your assigned businesses.
· Contribute to the firm's long-term strategic plan, translating real-time and planned business changes into clear financial projections.
· Deliver periodic reporting to business unit COOs and CFOs, with thorough trend analysis that surfaces the  so what,  not just the numbers.
· Partner daily with the compensation team, corporate finance/accounting, and department leaders to keep plans and actuals aligned.
· Prepare journal entries to bridge the tax basis P&L to the management basis.
· Take on ad hoc projects from business unit and senior leadership, often under tight timelines, giving you broad exposure to the firm's businesses.
· Review your own work rigorously before it leaves your desk, and proactively flag issues, risks, and opportunities rather than waiting to be asked.
** Who you are*
* · A self-starter who takes ownership, sees problems through to resolution, and takes real pride in the quality of your output.
· A team player who rolls up your sleeves and steps in to help colleagues, regardless of whose project it is.
· Committed to meeting deadlines. You're willing to put in additional time during peak periods such as budget, forecast, and plan cycles, and you help the team get across the finish line.
· Comfortable operating independently in a fast-paced environment while knowing when to escalate or ask for input.
· A clear communicator who builds relationships with…