FP&A Senior Analyst

Solera Corporation; Town of Texas, Northern (WI, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Solera Corporation in Westlake, Texas, is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join the finance team. This role supports expenses analysis and forecasting within a matrixed organization, driving cost efficiency and process improvements.

You will partner with cross-functional teams and contribute to dashboards and reports for senior leadership, with emphasis on accurate forecasts and proactive actions when spending deviates from plan.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business or economics.
• Experience in financial analysis within a large, complex organization.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and large-scale data manipulation.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to analyse and manage expenses, providing actionable insights to drive cost efficiency and resource optimization.
• Analyse monthly and quarterly spending across departments, ensuring variance drivers are understood and actions identified.
• Improve forecast accuracy by identifying drivers of cost changes and updating assumptions accordingly.
• Use forecasts to help function leaders make proactive decisions when spending is off track.
• Develop dashboards, reports and presentations to communicate financial results and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
• Identify data gaps and risks in financial reporting and work with partners to resolve them.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by automating and streamlining financial processes.

Skills

Financial analysis

Excel

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Large data manipulation

Job description

Job Title: Senior Financial Analyst

Location: Westlake, Texas

Job Type: Full-Time

About the Role: We are seeking a highly motivated and technically skilled Financial Analyst to join our dynamic finance team. This role is ideal for a candidate with proven experience analysing and supporting expenses across a complex, matrixed organization. You will thrive in an environment of ambiguity, proactively identifying opportunities to improve processes and influence outcomes across multiple business areas The Financial Planning and Analysis Senior Financial Analyst supports the global organization to achieve short, medium and long-term strategic and financial goals. In this role you will serve as a key member of the Corporate Finance Team, driving targets towards growth and expense optimization. Prior Corporate FP&A experience preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to analyse and manage expenses, providing actionable insights to drive cost efficiency and resource optimization.
• Analyse monthly and quarterly spending across departments, ensuring variance drivers are fully understood and recommending actions where needed.
• Improve forecast accuracy by identifying the drivers of cost changes and updating assumptions based on that analysis.
• Use the forecast to help function leaders make decisions and take action early when spending is off track.
• Develop dashboards, reports, and presentations to effectively communicate financial results and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
• Proactively identify data gaps, inconsistencies, and risks in financial reporting, working with business partners to resolve them.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, automating and streamlining financial processes where possible.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field (master’s degree a plus).
• Experience in financial analysis, ideally within a large, complex organization.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and strong comfort with large-scale data manipulation.
• Ability to work across multiple stakeholders and manage projects with competing priorities.
• Proven track record of taking ownership, exceeding expectations, and handling increased responsibility over time.

What We’re Looking For

• Critical thinker with exceptional problem-solving ability and attention to detail.
• Thrives in ambiguity and adapts quickly.
• Clear, concise communicator who can distil complex analysis into actionable insights.
• Highly motivated self-starter with an ownership mindset and a bias toward execution.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The Solera group is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. Solera is the global leader in vehicle lifecycle management software-as-a-service, data, and services. Through four lines of business – vehicle claims, vehicle repairs, vehicle solutions and fleet solutions – Solera is home to many leading brands in the vehicle lifecycle ecosystem, including Identifix, Audatex, DealerSocket, Omnitracs, LoJack, Spireon, eDriving/Mentor, Explore, CAP HPI, Autodata, and others. Solera empowers its customers to succeed in the digital age by providing them with a “one‑stop shop” solution that streams operations, offers data‑driven analytics, and enhances customer engagement, which Solera believes helps customers drive sales, promote customer retention, and improve profit margins. Solera serves over 300,000 global customers and partners in 100+ countries. For more information, visit www.solera.com.