Senior Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis

Company Description

Appcast is the global leader in programmatic recruitment advertising technology and services. With advanced technology, unmatched market data and a team of the industry’s best recruitment marketers, Appcast’s technology and services manage job advertising annually for enterprise clients across industries. Headquartered in Lebanon, N.H. with offices in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Appcast is part of the Stepstone group, a leading digital recruitment platform that connects companies with the right talent and helps people find the right job.

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Analyst – Financial Planning & Analysis to join our Finance team. This role will play a critical part in supporting corporate financial planning, corporate reporting, decision making, and G&A business partnering.

The Senior Analyst – Financial Planning & Analysis will work closely with Finance leadership and cross‑functional business partners to drive financial accountability, improve forecasting accuracy, and provide meaningful insights that support strategic decision‑making. The ideal candidate combines strong analytical capabilities, financial acumen, and communication skills with a proactive approach to problem‑solving in a fast‑paced environment.

Job Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and refinement of monthly financial forecasts, support consolidation of corporate forecasts, ensuring precision and timely updates.
• Lead corporate headcount planning and workforce expense forecasting, partnering with the People Team and business leaders to monitor hiring plans, vacancy assumptions, organizational changes, and personnel‑related spending to ensure alignment with financial plans and company objectives.
• Conduct comprehensive financial analyses, including variance assessments, profitability trends, margin evaluations, and cost management, to identify key performance drivers.
• Create and support the delivery of the company’s financial reporting package, presentations, and dashboards.
• Partner with Accounting during month‑end close to ensure accurate financial reporting and understanding of business performance.
• Support the annual operating plan (AOP), budget, and long‑range planning processes.
• Foster clear communication and collaboration with all relevant stakeholders.
• Review and analyze monthly financial reports to identify discrepancies and ensure accuracy.
• Compare monthly results with budgeted figures and forecasts, performing variance analysis to provide actionable insights for performance optimization.

• Serve as a finance business partner for assigned functions, including departments such as People Team, IT, Legal, Finance, Facilities, and Corporate Operations.
• Provide functional leaders with insights related to spending trends, headcount planning, resource allocation, and investment decisions.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and optimize budget utilization.
• Build strong working relationships across the organization and act as a trusted financial advisor to business stakeholders.
• Train client teams in the use of forecasting tools and reporting systems, proactively addressing challenges and creating educational materials to support their success.
• Lead and manage ad‑hoc projects to address specific business needs and challenges.
• Support the annual budgeting process to ensure alignment with strategic goals.
• Deliver concise and impactful recommendations to senior leadership based on quantitative and qualitative analysis.
• Perform ad hoc analyses to support evolving business priorities.

• Identify and implement continuous improvement of reporting capabilities to enhance scalability, efficiency, and decision‑making.
• Explore and leverage emerging technologies, including AI‑enabled tools, to improve financial analysis, reporting efficiency, forecasting accuracy, and business insights.
• Identify opportunities for automation and reporting simplification to increase efficiency and scalability.
• Assist in the integration of new systems and analytical tools to improve financial processes.
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