FP&A Associate: Data-Driven Finance & Forecasting

The-Metropolitan-Opera; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Metropolitan Opera is seeking an FP&A Associate to translate financial and operational data into actionable insights that inform strategic decisions. You will combine traditional analysis with data analytics, forecasting, and reporting to support budgeting and long-range planning.

In this role, you will build and maintain detailed financial models, create dashboards for senior leadership, perform variance analyses, and collaborate across departments to align financial and operational goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or CS.
• 2–3 years of FP&A, data analytics, or BI experience.
• Advanced Excel skills for modeling and data visualization.
• SQL proficiency with large datasets.
• Ability to communicate complex analytics to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Support budgets, reforecasts, and long-range plans.
• Conduct variance analyses to explain differences between results, budgets, forecasts, and historical actuals.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance financial models to evaluate performance and initiatives.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc management reports, dashboards, and presentations for senior leadership.
• Collaborate with departments to align financial objectives with operational goals.
• Design and build automated reporting solutions to improve efficiency and accuracy of analysis.
• Extract, transform, and analyze large datasets to generate actionable insights.
• Identify opportunities to streamline planning, reporting, and analytics through automation.
• Support special projects and strategic initiatives as assigned.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Data visualization

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Data Science

Tools

SQL

Power BI/Tableau

Python/R

Job description

The Metropolitan Opera is seeking an FP&A Associate to translate financial and operational data into actionable insights that inform strategic decisions. You will combine traditional analysis with data analytics, forecasting, and reporting to support budgeting and long-range planning.

In this role, you will build and maintain detailed financial models, create dashboards for senior leadership, perform variance analyses, and collaborate across departments to align financial and operational goals.