Sr Analyst Financial Planning & Analysis

The Freeman Company is a global leader in events, on a mission to redefine live for a new era. With a data-driven approach and the industry’s largest network of experts, The Freeman Company's insights shape exhibitions, exhibits, and events that drive audiences to action. The integrated full-service solutions leverage a 99-year legacy in event management as well as new technologies to deliver moments that matter.

The Freeman Company is seeking a Senior Analyst, FP&A to serve as the analytical lead for labor across the enterprise. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Corporate FP&A, this role is focused on labor analytics — including billability, utilization, and the strategic decision of when to hire full- time talent versus leveraging freelance / contingent labor.

The Senior Analyst will partner closely with line-of-business (LOB) Finance leaders and operational stakeholders to build dashboards, run decision analyses, and surface enterprise- wide opportunities to optimize labor cost, mix, and productivity. The role will play a critical part in helping Freeman make smarter, faster, data-driven labor decisions.

This position will support our Finance team. It is eligible to work a hybrid schedule, generally requiring work in-office and/or show-site 2-3 days per week. This position is based out of our North Dallas office in Dallas, TX.

Billability & Utilization Analytics

• Own enterprise billability and utilization analytics, including definitions, methodology, and reporting cadence across all lines of business.
• Partner with LOB Finance leaders and operational stakeholders to drive improvement in utilization and billability through clear targets, transparent reporting, and actionable insights.
• Build and maintain dashboards (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, or similar) that give LOB and corporate leaders timely visibility into labor performance against plan and benchmarks.
• Conduct deep-dive analyses on underperforming teams, projects, or roles, and translate findings into specific recommendations for LOB leaders.
• Develop and maintain decision frameworks and models for evaluating when to hire full- time employees versus engage freelance, contractor, or contingent labor.
• Quantify the financial and operational trade-offs — total cost (all-in cost per hour, ramp time, overhead), capacity flexibility, quality, and strategic considerations.
• Provide business-case analytics to LOB Finance and operating leaders for specific hiring decisions, role additions, and labor model changes.
• Track outcomes of labor model decisions over time and incorporate learnings into future analyses and frameworks.
• Look across the enterprise at labor usage — headcount, hours, mix of full-time vs. freelance, skill availability — and identify optimization opportunities.
• Partner with HR / People and Talent Acquisition to align labor planning analytics with workforce planning processes.
• Support scenario planning and stress testing of labor cost under different revenue and project-mix scenarios.

Planning, Forecasting & Reporting Support

• Support the labor components of the annual budget, rolling forecast, and monthly reporting cycle in partnership with the Corporate FP&A team.
• Build driver-based labor models that connect headcount, billability, utilization, and rates to revenue, gross margin, and operating income.
• Provide variance analysis on labor performance versus plan, prior periods, and benchmarks, with clear narratives for leadership.
• Contribute ad-hoc analyses and presentations supporting executive and Board-level discussions of labor strategy.
• Partner with the financial systems and data teams to ensure clean, integrated labor data flowing from HRIS, time tracking, project, and ERP systems.
• Continuously improve labor analytics workflows by leveraging data, automation, and AI to reduce manual effort and improve speed-to-insight.
• Document methodologies, definitions, and processes so labor analytics is consistent, repeatable, and scalable across the enterprise.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Analytics is preferred, High School Diploma or Equivalent with related quantitative field required.
• 5+ years of…