POSITION: Sr. Financial Analyst
Department: Finance
Location: Dallas, Texas
Status:
Exempt Non-Exempt
Role Summary
The Sr. FP&A Analyst leads key components of corporate and business-unit financial planning, forecasting, and management reporting. This role partners closely with cross-functional leaders to analyze financial performance, identify risks and opportunities, and provide insights that drive business decisions. The analyst owns critical aspects of budgeting, long-range planning, and executive reporting. This positionis based in Dallas, Texas andprovides a perfect opportunity for a professional looking for interesting work within a small, growing team, the ability to expand their experience, work with all levels of the organization, and contribute to the company's success in the renewable energy industry.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Reporting & Analysis
- Own monthly management reporting packages, including variance analysis versus budget and forecast, with actionable insights for leadership.
- Analyze financial results and profitability at the project, business unit, and company level.
- Develop insights on key performance indicators (KPIs) to inform leadership decision-making and recommend actions that strengthen performance.
Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting
- Own the annual budget, monthly forecast, and long-range strategic planning processes for assigned functions or business units.
- Direct cross-functional inputs before, during, and after planning cycles to ensure accuracy and alignment.
Business Partnership
- Serve as a trusted financial partner to internal stakeholders, leading business performance discussions and challenging assumptions to improve decision-making.
- Collaborate with Accounting for month end close activities including reclass of expenses to ensure alignment with budgets/forecast.
- Develop executive and Board-level presentations that clearly communicate financial performance, risks, opportunities, and recommendations.
Process Improvement & Systems
- Lead improvements to financial processes, models, and systems related to budgeting, forecasting, and reporting to increase accuracy, transparency, and efficiency.
- Drive the adoption of Power BI reporting and AI0assisted tools to enhance core business processes
- Champion the adoption of financial systems and new software tools to improve scalability, automation, and reporting effectiveness.
Ad Hoc & Special Projects
- Champion the adoption of financial systems and new software tools to improve scalability, automation, and reporting effectiveness.
Qualifications
Required
- Champion the adoption of financial systems and new software tools to improve scalability, automation, and reporting effectiveness.
- Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or related field.
- Strong analytical skills with attention to detail.
- Advanced Excel skills; experience with financial models and variance analysis.
- Champion the adoption of financial systems and new software tools to improve scalability, automation, and reporting effectiveness.
Preferred
- Champion the adoption of financial systems and new software tools to improve scalability, automation, and reporting effectiveness.
- Experience with financial planning systems (e.g., D365, Power BI, planning tools).
- Champion the adoption of financial systems and new software tools to improve scalability, automation, and reporting effectiveness.
Core Competencies
- Financial modeling & analysis
- Business partnering
- Process improvement mindset
- Ability to manage multiple priorities
- Strong written and verbal communication