Budget Analyst
Location: Culver City, California
Country: United States
Category: Accounting & Finance
Workplace Location: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract
Posted Date: March 6, 2026
Job ID: 644961
Job Description
Budget Analyst
Location: Hybrid onsite in Culver City, CA
Schedule: 40 hours
Duration: 12 Months with potential to extend
Pay: $43-$45/hr, DOE
The Planet Group is looking for a Budget Analyst to join our well-known Fortune 500 client on a 12-month contract, working a hybrid schedule in Culver City, CA.
Budget Analyst | Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree in Finance or Accounting.
- 5-7 years relevant experience in Finance, Accounting, or Budgeting
- Solid understanding of Finance and Accounting concepts such as accruals, P&Ls, forecasting, fiscal planning
- Superior analytical skills and the ability to form key, succinct insights and recommendations from comprehensive analyses involving large amounts of data
- Ability to audit and reconcile large data sets in Excel from multiple data sources
- Proven experience with business partnering and influencing cross-functional teams
- Comfortable with ambiguity and able to solve problems independently in a highly matrixed organization
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to clearly and concisely communicate information, policies, and deadlines to cross-functional stakeholders at varying levels
- Ability to adapt to new tools and comprehend how data intersects within tools
- Works independently with minimal supervision and takes the initiative to drive for results
- Extensive Excel experience is a must
- Flexibility with work schedule to virtually meet with partners in APAC and EMEA
- Experience with working in a business, creative organizations, and/or marketing is preferred
Budget Analyst | Description:
- Own the budgets and relationships across our org and drive our processes
- Drive meetings with key stakeholders
- Forecast, manage, and report on budgets and actual spend for our cross-functional teams across multiple lines of business
- Analyze large sets of data to understand P&L actuals each quarter, understand where we under or overspend against projects, and present variance explanations, key insights and recommendations
- Meticulously audit and reconcile large data sets and identify issues to be addressed
- Coordinate with multiple stakeholders to troubleshoot issues around budgets, invoicing, POs, etc
- Implement process improvements impacting multiple stakeholders with competing priorities and needs
- Document and train on processes for internal and partner teams
- Work with minimal supervision to drive results and make decisions independently
- Reconcile and track invoices against forecasted spend and PO balances
- Ad hoc analysis, tasks, and projects as needed
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About The Planet Group
The Planet Group is a global professional services firm delivering strategic staffing and advisory solutions. We operate at the intersection of talent and transformation – connecting the right people with the right opportunities in the areas of technology, engineering, accounting & finance, digital marketing, and manufacturing.
As one of the largest staffing companies in the US, we operate with a global reach and a performance-first mindset. We partner with clients to move fast, stay agile, and drive measurable results – building high-impact teams that fuel transformation and growth.
