Senior Financial Analyst

POSITION SUMMARY:

As barre3 enters an exciting phase of growth and omnichannel expansion, we are seeking an experienced, forward-thinking Senior Financial Analyst to join our Finance team. This role serves as a strategic business partner, bridging traditional Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) with modern data analytics, business intelligence, and AI-driven workflows.

Reporting directly to finance leadership, you will play a key role in steering financial strategy, building high-impact revenue and expense models, and delivering actionable insights to executive leadership, business unit leaders, and Studio Owners. You will partner closely with Operations, Marketing, Digital, and Retail teams to optimize P&Ls, uncover leading indicators of business health, and build interactive Tableau dashboards. If you are a high-rigor financial thinker who thrives on turning raw data into strategic action, this role offers an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of barre
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* Primary residence must be in the greater Portland, OR area

KEY

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Financial Planning & Analysis

• Budgeting & Forecasting:
  Drive the creation, rollout, and maintenance of annual operating budgets, monthly dynamic forecasts, and long-range financial plans across all business lines.
• Financial Reporting & Variance Analysis:
  Own monthly financial reporting packages, delivering executive commentary on variances across revenue, cost of goods sold (COGS), and operating expenses (OpEx).
• Strategic Financial Modeling:
  Design, build, and continuously refine complex, driver-based revenue and operational forecast models to evaluate strategic initiatives, new revenue streams, and investment opportunities.
• P&L & Trend Analysis:
  Perform deep-dive analyses on current and historical P&L trends across all business units to identify underlying profitability drivers and cost-saving opportunities.
• FP&A Systems Ownership:
  Serve as the primary administrator and power-user of Workday Adaptive Planning, optimizing system architecture, integrations, and reporting templates to drive finance efficiency.
• Close Alignment:
  Partner closely with Accounting and HR on month-end close validation, headcount tracking, and payroll forecast updates to ensure seamless financial consistency.

2. Business Intelligence, Data Analysis & AI Development

• Operational KPI Tracking:
  Monitor, analyze, and report on critical operational metrics, including customer lifetime value (LTV), retention rates, studio attendance trends, customer acquisition, etc.
• Leading Indicators & Predictive Insights:
  Proactively identify subtle operational shifts and leading indicators of performance to enable proactive decision-making before metrics surface in financial results.
• Tableau Dashboard Support:
  Partner with Director of Finance on design, development, and deployment of interactive Tableau dashboards tailored for Support Center employees and Studio Owners.
• Cross-Functional Data Bridge:
  Act as the primary financial and analytical liaison to Operations, Marketing, Digital, and Retail teams, ensuring rapid, precise delivery of reliable reporting and analysis.
• Data Stack Modernization:
  Leverage SQL, Snowflake, and emerging AI tools to accelerate analytical workflows, automate routine reporting, and uncover deeper business insights.

• Timely Financial Delivery:
  Ensure complete distribution of monthly financial reporting packages and executive variance summaries within defined close schedules.
• Model Integrity & Precision:
  Maintain rigor, scale, and accuracy across all complex revenue, headcount, and cash flow forecasting models.
• Data QA/QC Governance:
  Perform ongoing quality control and logic audits on underlying databases, KPI queries, and reporting layers to guarantee data integrity.
• BI Dashboard Execution:
  Successfully build and launch cross-functional Tableau reports prioritized according to business strategy and business needs.
• Insight-to-Action Impact:
  Deliver quarterly strategic "Deep Dive" case studies (e.g., Retail Inventory Optimization, Client Retention Economics) that result in at least one documented strategic pivot or cost-saving initiative per quarter.
• Ad-Hoc Request SLA:
  Maintain a 3-day turnaround SLA for high-priority ad-hoc financial analyses while maintaining a clear, transparent backlog for all business unit stakeholders.

• Experience:
  
  3–5 years of progressive experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance, Business Intelligence, Data Science, or Financial…