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Senior Finance Analyst, FP&A

Job in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listing for: PDW
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-02
Job specializations:
  • Finance & Banking
    Financial Analyst, Financial Reporting, Corporate Finance
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 110000 - 140000 USD Yearly USD 110000.00 140000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Now,we’reentering a new phase of growth and are looking for a Senior Finance Analystto own the planning, forecasting, and performance management cadence for operating expenses, capital expenditures, and headcount. Reporting to the Manager of FP&A, this individual will partner directly with department leaders, Accounting, People Operations, and other stakeholders to translate business plans intoaccurateforecasts, actionable performance insights, and disciplined investment decisions.

This is a forward-looking FP&A and business partnership role rather than a technical accounting or controllership position. The successful candidate will be comfortable moving between detailed financial schedules, executive-ready reporting, cross-functional discussions, and practical decision support in arapidly scaling hardware and manufacturing environment.

What
You’ll
Do
  • Own the monthly and quarterly

    Op Exand Cap Exreview  process, including analysis of actual resultsversus budget, prior forecast, and prior-year trends, with clear identification of key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
  • Prepare recurring variance reports and executive-ready commentary for functional spend areas,translating detailed activity into clear financial insights and recommended follow-up actions.
  • Partner with department leaders and budget owners to support budget management, headcountplanning, spend pacing, and accountability against approved plans.
  • Coordinate quarterly forecast updates forOpEx,Cap Ex, and headcount, including collecting inputs,challenging assumptions, updating schedules, and rolling changes into the broader company forecast.
  • Support the annual budgeting process for operating expenses and capital expenditures, helping convertbusiness plans into realistic targets, phasing assumptions, and operating guardrails.
  • Maintain and refine theOp Exand Cap Excomponents  of the company’s long-range model, including department-level assumptions, investment timing, depreciation inputs, and related scenario analysis.
  • Track capital projects and approved investments against budget, timing, and business caseassumptions; partner with accounting and relevant stakeholders on capitalization timing and forecast accuracy.
  • Supportspendand commitment approval workflows byvalidatingbudget availability, cost-center and project coding, and alignment with approved plans.
  • Build andmaintainheadcount, vendor, and project-level analyses that improve visibility into spenddrivers, cost efficiency, and emerging budget pressures.
  • Partner with accounting during the monthly close to understand accruals, reclasses, and actuals trends that affect

    Op Exand Cap Exforecasting  accuracy.
  • Help improve planning templates, reporting packages, data quality, and finance tooling so the FP&Aprocess becomes more scalable,timely, and decision-useful over time.
  • Support ad hoc analyses related to cost optimization, hiring tradeoffs, investment prioritization,facilities and equipment spend, and other operating decisions as needed.
Requirements
  • 3–6 years of relevant experience in FP&A, corporate finance, strategic finance, finance business partnering, or related roles with strong analytical and operating exposure.
  • Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
  • Strong Excel and financial modeling skills, with the ability to build andmaintaindriver-based schedules,reconcile actuals, and produce clean, decision-useful outputs.
  • Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and monthly reporting in a dynamic business environment.
  • Comfort working directly with non-finance stakeholders and translating financial concepts into practical guidance for budget owners.
  • Strong written and verbal…
Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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