Senior Financial Analyst
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Country: United States
Category: Accounting & Finance
Workplace Location: Onsite
Employment Type: Direct Hire/Perm
Posted Date: September 4, 2026
Job ID: 651741
Job Description
Senior Financial Analyst
Direct Hire
Hybrid- Boston, MA
Salary: $95-105k + Bonus
Must Haves:
- BS in Finance/Accounting
- 3+ years in FP&A
-Strong financial analysis, forecasting, variance analysis
- Financial statement knowledge ( understanding of the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement to ensure alignment with financial analysis and reporting)
-Advanced excel, including modeling financials( macros are preferred)
-Use ( or conceptual understanding) of BI tools( preference for Power BI but open to others)
-Ability to work effectively with non-finance stakeholders and build strong cross-functional relationships
-Comfortable working with data and financial systems
-Eagerness to learn
-Curiosity and aptitude to learn a complex business environment
Plus:
-Excel macros
-Power BI
-Experience from a high growth environment
-NetSuite
-Procore
-Salesforce
-MBA
About The Role
Reporting to the Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis, the Senior Financial Analyst serves as a strategic finance partner to the organization. This role moves beyond financial data consolidation to provide actionable insights that drive decision-making. You will lead complex financial modeling, oversee the integrity of the budgeting and forecasting processes, and act as a primary consultant to various functional stakeholders and executive leadership at the company.
What You'll Do
- Strategic Planning & Forecasting: A senior individual contributor who independently owns significant planning and analytical workstreams, converts project and operational developments into financial implications, and supports the FP&A Manager in enterprise planning, liquidity management, business modelling and executive decision-making.
- Performance Insight: Analyze financial data to identify trends and key performance indicators (KPIs). Translate complex data into "the story behind the numbers" to provide high-impact recommendations to senior management.
- Variance Leadership: Direct the monthly variance analysis process (Actual vs. Budget/Forecast) for Operating and Development projects and corporate SG&A Proactively investigate discrepancies, collaborate with department heads to understand drivers, and propose corrective actions.
- Own designated components of the company's short- and long-term cash-flow forecasting processes including timing and financial effect of development expenditures, construction activity, project models and analyze actuals to report material variances.
- Stakeholder Partnership: Act as a dedicated finance liaison to business units, providing guidance on financial health, resource allocation, and operational efficiency.
- Reporting & Visualization: Design and manage financial dashboards and executive presentations, ensuring Power BI calculations, metrics, reporting hierarchies, and visualizations accurately reflect business and reporting requirements. Partner with IT and data teams to define requirements, test new reporting solutions, and resolve data quality and reporting logic issues.
- Process Excellence: Lead the implementation of financial policies and internal controls. Identify opportunities for automation and process improvement to enhance the speed and accuracy of the finance function. Proactively identify data inconsistencies, process gaps and control risks, and coordinate their resolution with appropriate stakeholders. Balance speed with accuracy by implementing practical controls appropriate to the significance of each deliverable
Qualifications
- Education: B.S. in Finance, Accounting, or a related field (MBA or CPA a plus).
- Experience: 5+ years of progressive experience in financial analysis, with a proven track record of influencing business decisions.
- Technical Mastery: Advanced Excel skills (complex modeling, macros, Power Query). Direct experience with NetSuite, PowerBI, and Procore is highly preferred. Demonstrated hands-on proficiency with Power BI, including report development, financial measures, data modeling, Power Query, dashboard validation and reconciliation is required.
- Analytical Mindset: Experience analyzing large datasets from multiple systems and business units along with translating the results into actionable business conclusions.
- Communication: Elite interpersonal skills with the ability to "translate" financial data for non-finance stakeholders and present confidently to executive leadership.
- Soft Skills: An entrepreneurial spirit and "advocate of change." You must be a self-starter who is quick to adapt, detail-oriented, and capable of managing competing priorities and deliver high quality analysis in a fast-paced environment. High standards of integrity, accountability, responsiveness and transparency.
- Accounting Knowledge: Strong understanding of the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement to ensure alignment with financial analysis and reporting.
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