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Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis

Job in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listing for: Jobtailor
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-08-16
Job specializations:
  • Finance & Banking
    Financial Reporting, Financial Analyst, Corporate Finance, Senior Financial Analyst
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 75000 - 110000 USD Yearly USD 75000.00 110000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
  • Build, maintain, and improve the financial backbone that leadership relies on to run the business
  • Own and continuously improve our Adaptive Insights and dashboard-driven reporting suite
  • Support monthly close reporting processes, including preparation and analysis of financial results, variance reporting, and executive-level reporting materials
  • Produce and QA regular financial results with a zero-defect standard
  • Turn dense financial detail into outputs that make the story obvious to non-finance audiences
  • Partner with BU leaders to evolve what we measure
  • Turn data into decisions leadership can act on
  • Build fluency in our business model - how our services drive client impact, and how the revenue models and cost drivers relevant to your area of focus translate into our financial results
  • Conduct assumptions-based modeling that stress-tests key company initiatives before capital or headcount gets committed
  • Provide variance and root-cause analyses, including monthly forecast vs. actuals, that explain not just what happened, but why - and communicate insights directly to leadership
  • Partner directly with senior leadership to produce ad hoc analyses and scenario models that shape real-time decision-making
  • Identify and drive opportunities to improve our operating metrics, including leveraging AI and automation to streamline workflows and reduce manual processes
  • Maintain clean and accurate financial data
  • Maintain an always-on, updated financial forecast through daily and weekly model updates, with rigorous attention to detail across every input
  • Serve as a thought partner and owner in streamlining data clean-up, building repeatable processes rather than one-off fixes
  • Proactively flag data integrity issues and drive them to resolution
  • Be a team player, ready to take on ad hoc tasks as needed
  • Own the design, assumptions testing, and output of the financial projection model for our long-range corporate planning exercises
Requirements
  • 2+ years of FP&A, financial analysis, or related experience
  • Strong written and verbal communication; able to translate financial detail for non-finance audiences
  • Comfort with ambiguity and a bias toward ownership over task completion
  • High analytical rigor
  • Meticulous attention to detail
Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in financial planning and analysis, with a strong focus on data integrity, variance analysis, and effective communication of financial insights to leadership. Proficient in building and maintaining financial models that support strategic decision-making and operational improvements.

Highest-signal resume keywords
  • Financial Planning And Analysis (FP&A)
  • Variance Analysis
  • Adaptive Insights
  • Data Integrity Management
  • Financial Modeling
ATS Optimization Keywords
Hard Skills
  • Financial Analysis
  • Assumptions-Based Modeling
  • Dashboard Reporting
  • Forecasting
  • Data Clean-Up
Soft Skills
  • Strong Written Communication
  • Strong Verbal Communication
  • Analytical Rigor
  • Attention To Detail
  • Ownership
Industry Keywords
  • Financial Reporting
  • Executive-Level Reporting
  • Operational Metrics
  • Scenario Modeling
  • Business Model Fluency
Tools & Technologies
  • Adaptive Insights
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Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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