Job Title:
Senior Analyst, FP&A

Role Overview:

McAfee is seeking a highly experienced FP&A Senior Analyst to support financial planning, forecasting, and strategic analysis across operating expenses and headcount. This role is designed for a seasoned finance professional who combines strong financial modeling and business partnership skills with hands-on experience using modern FP&A tools, including Workday Adaptive Planning, AI-enabled tools, automation, and advanced analytics to enhance analysis, modeling, forecasting, and reporting.

The ideal candidate operates independently, partners effectively with senior leaders, and brings a forward-looking mindset to modernizing FP&A by improving forecasting, reporting, and insight generation through technology and innovation, including practical application of AI tools and enterprise planning platforms to create more scalable, repeatable finance processes.

This is a Hybrid position located in our Frisco, TX office. We value in-office collaboration and meaningful interactions, so expect that you will be able to be in the office on a regular basis according to team needs. When you are not working on-site, you will be working from your home office. We are only considering candidates within a commutable distance to the Frisco, TX office and are not offering relocation assistance at this time

About the role:

• Serve as a strategic finance partner to senior and executive-level leaders, translating complex financial data into clear insights, tradeoffs, and recommendations that drive business decisions.
• Build and own robust financial models supporting opex and headcount forecasting, scenario analysis, investment decisions, and long-range planning; ensure models are scalable, structured, and decision-ready.
• Lead components of the annual operating plan, quarterly forecast cycles, and ongoing performance management processes with full accountability for delivery.
• Apply AI-enabled tools, automation, and advanced analytics to improve forecasting, variance analysis, scenario modeling, reporting, and executive decision support.
• Drive automation of manual processes (e.g., reporting, data aggregation, variance commentary) to enable more efficient and scalable financial operations.
• Develop executive-ready materials, dashboards, and summaries that clearly communicate financial performance, drivers, and forward-looking implications.
• Use Workday Adaptive Planning to support forecast cycles, scenario modeling, reporting, data validation, and planning process improvements.
• Proactively identify risks, opportunities, and trends, bringing forward actionable recommendations and alternative solutions.
• Take full ownership of projects from problem definition through execution and delivery, operating with minimal oversight in a fast-paced environment.

About you:

• 5+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, investment analysis, or a similarly rigorous analytical role.
• Demonstrated ability to build and own complex financial models used for executive decision-making.
• Proven track record of effective business partnership, including experience supporting senior or executive-level stakeholders.
• Strong experience supporting planning, forecasting, and performance management processes.
• Advanced Excel and financial analysis skills, including working with large and complex datasets.
• Hands-on experience applying AI-enabled tools, automation, or advanced analytics within finance workflows, including forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis, or reporting.
• Prior experience with Workday Adaptive Planning or a comparable enterprise planning platform, with Workday Adaptive Planning strongly preferred.
• Ability to operate independently, drive workstreams end-to-end, and deliver high-quality outputs with limited direction.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced hands-on experience with Workday Adaptive Planning, including planning cycles, reporting, scenario modeling, and data validation.
• Demonstrated experience identifying and implementing automation, AI-enabled, or analytics-driven improvements within finance processes.
• Experience in a technology, SaaS, or high-growth environment.
• MBA or similar advanced credential (not required).

What Success Looks Like:

• Acts as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, delivering insights that directly influence business decisions.
• Anticipates questions and issues before they arise, bringing forward solutions, not just data.
• Uses AI tools and Workday Adaptive Planning to reduce manual effort, improve analytical quality, and create more repeatable, scalable FP&A processes.
• Operates with a high degree of ownership, delivering complex work independently with minimal oversight.
• Raises the bar on financial modeling, forecasting accuracy, and analytical rigor.
• Contributes to the evolution of FP&A into a more data-driven, forward-looking, and technology-enabled function.

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Company Benefits and Perks:

We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage everyone at McAfee to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all of our employees.

• Bonus Program
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, Short Term Disability and Long-Term Disability Coverage
• Paid Parental Leave
• Support for Community Involvement
• 14 Paid Company Holidays
• Unlimited Paid Time Off for Exempt Employees
• 96 Hours of Sick Time and 120 Hours of Vacation for Non-Exempt Employees Accrued Each Year

The starting pay range for this position is $95,890.00-$157,540.00. McAfee takes into consideration an individual's skillset, experience and location in making final salary determinations. For further details, please discuss with the Talent Acquisition Partner.