Sr Financial Analyst, FP&A; CIO​/Technology

Position: Sr Financial Analyst, FP&A (CIO/Technology)
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Summary

Are you a strategic, data-driven finance professional who wants a seat at the table where technology, innovation, and business strategy come together? We are looking for a high-impact Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A (CIO/Technology) to help shape investment decisions, strengthen financial discipline, and influence how the firm prioritizes and funds technology initiatives that matter most.

This is more than a traditional FP&A role. You will partner directly with the CIO, Technology leadership, executive leadership, and operational business owners to drive budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, business case development, and investment decision support across infrastructure, applications, cybersecurity, digital transformation, and AI-enabled initiatives. You will build advanced financial models, perform scenario and sensitivity analysis, evaluate ROI, NPV, and payback, and turn complex data into clear recommendations that influence executive decision making.

Just as important, this is an opportunity to join an established, collaborative, and highly cohesive team that is also growing. We offer meaningful exposure to executive leadership, strong partnership with business owners, and clear opportunity for advancement as the team expands. You will have the chance to contribute to AI implementations, strengthen your technical and strategic finance capabilities, and benefit from targeted professional development and mentorship designed to support long-term career progression.

If you are looking for a role that combines analytical depth, strategic visibility, innovation, and upward mobility, this is an exceptional opportunity to stand out and grow.

Location

This position can sit in any of our US office locations and offers a hybrid schedule with hours from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM Eastern Time.

Responsibilities

* Own and support technology budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning across infrastructure, software, cybersecurity, cloud, digital transformation, and strategic initiatives, with a focus on cost transparency, resource prioritization, and business value creation.

* Lead variance analysis, trend analysis, KPI development, and executive reporting to identify risks, opportunities, and key cost drivers, and communicate actionable insights to Finance, Technology leadership, and senior business stakeholders.

* Build and maintain advanced financial models, including driver-based models, scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis, and long-range planning models that support decision making, portfolio optimization, and investment tradeoff discussions.

* Develop robust business cases and investment analyses for technology initiatives using ROI, NPV, payback, and cost-benefit methodologies to support capital allocation and strategic prioritization.

* Translate large, complex datasets into clear dashboards, presentations, and financial storytelling for executive leadership, helping leaders understand performance, investment outcomes, and future funding needs.

* Partner cross-functionally with the CIO, Technology leaders, Finance, Procurement, and operational business owners to strengthen financial governance, improve decision support, and align investments to strategic priorities.

* Support and enhance the use of advanced analytics, automation, and AI-enabled tools to improve forecasting accuracy, reporting efficiency, portfolio visibility, and finance decision support capabilities.

* Contribute to a high-performing and growing team environment by bringing curiosity, ownership, and a continuous improvement mindset, while helping shape scalable processes and best practices for the future.

Desired Skills

The ideal candidate brings a powerful combination of FP&A expertise, technology finance acumen, analytical rigor, and executive presence. This person is comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment and can move seamlessly from detailed analysis to strategic recommendations. Strong candidates will demonstrate experience in financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, investment analysis, business case development, KPI reporting, executive reporting, and cross-functional business partnering.

Advanced proficiency in Excel is expected, and experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, or other analytics tools is highly valued.

We are looking for someone who can synthesize complex financial and operational data into clear, persuasive insights; influence senior stakeholders with confidence; and bring a strong ROI mindset to decision support. Experience supporting Technology, Digital, Product, CIO organizations, or enterprise transformation initiatives is especially attractive. Exposure to AI tools,…