Senior Financial Analyst

Chesapeake Search Partners; Columbia (MD); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Chesapeake Search Partners is partnering with a well-established organization to recruit a Senior Financial Analyst for the Corporate Finance team. This hybrid-role focuses on expense budgeting, forecasting, governance, and decision support to strengthen financial planning and discipline across the organization.

The Senior Financial Analyst will partner with business leaders to analyze performance, identify opportunities, and support informed business decisions with robust modeling and analytics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 5+ years FP&A or corporate finance experience.
• Strong analytical and modeling skills.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Ability to partner with and influence business stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with financial systems.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
• MBA, CPA, CFA, or related certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead operating expense budgeting and forecasting activities.
• Analyze financial performance, trends, and variances and communicate key findings to leadership.
• Partner with business and cost center leaders to understand financial results, identify root causes, and develop recommendations.
• Support expense management and financial governance initiatives, including monitoring adherence to established policies and guidelines.
• Evaluate proposed expenditures, headcount requests, and other business investments.
• Develop financial analyses and models to support business decisions and resource allocation.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, controls, reporting, and financial discipline.
• Collaborate with Finance and cross-functional business partners to improve financial visibility and accountability.
• Prepare reporting and presentations for Finance and business leadership.
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis and decision support as needed.

Skills

FP&A

Financial Modeling

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance Analysis

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder Engagement

Presentation Skills

MBA/CPA/CFA a plus

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

Tools

Excel (Advanced)

Financial systems

Job description

Chesapeake Search Partners has partnered with a well-established organization with a significant national presence in their search for a Senior Financial Analyst to join their Corporate Finance team. This newly created position will play an important role in strengthening financial planning, expense management, governance, and decision support across the organization.

This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional who enjoys working beyond traditional reporting and analysis. The Senior Financial Analyst will partner with business leaders to understand financial performance, identify trends and opportunities, improve expense discipline, and support informed business decisions.

Position Overview

The Senior Financial Analyst will have a hybrid work schedule and responsibility for expense budgeting and forecasting, variance analysis, financial reporting, expense governance, and business-case analysis. The ideal candidate will bring strong analytical and financial modeling capabilities, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders across a complex organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead operating expense budgeting and forecasting activities.
• Analyze financial performance, trends, and variances and communicate key findings to leadership.
• Partner with business and cost center leaders to understand financial results, identify root causes, and develop recommendations.
• Support expense management and financial governance initiatives, including monitoring adherence to established policies and guidelines.
• Evaluate proposed expenditures, headcount requests, and other business investments.
• Develop financial analyses and models to support business decisions and resource allocation.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, controls, reporting, and financial discipline.
• Collaborate with Finance and cross-functional business partners to improve financial visibility and accountability.
• Prepare reporting and presentations for Finance and business leadership.
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis and decision support as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in FP&A, financial analysis, expense management, or corporate finance.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with and influence business stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with financial systems.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
• MBA, CPA, CFA, or other advanced certification is a plus.