Senior Financial Analyst

Pareto Solutions Group, Inc.; Peachtree Corners (GA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Pareto Solutions Group, Inc. seeks a results-oriented FP&A professional to partner with Operations, build location-level P&L models, and drive forecasting, budgeting, and performance insights across multiple locations.

You will analyze pricing, staffing, and site investments, and collaborate with Marketing to measure ROI on promotions and campaigns. Strong Excel, BI tools, and AI capabilities are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field required; MBA, CFA, or CPA preferred.
• 3+ years of FP&A, corporate finance, or financial analysis experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as finance partner to Operations; build financial models, KPI dashboards, and forecasts guiding pricing, staffing, site investments.
• Build location-level P&L models; analyze performance vs budget, forecast, and prior year.
• Conduct multi-location benchmarking to identify top/bottom locations and drivers of variance.
• Support pricing strategy and price elasticity analysis.
• Partner with Marketing to measure ROI on promotions and campaigns.
• Prepare weekly flash reports and monthly KPI dashboards for leadership.
• Lead or support annual budget and rolling forecasts at location and consolidated levels.
• Translate financial results into actionable operating recommendations with Ops and regional managers.
• Support cash flow forecasting and working capital analysis.
• Perform ad hoc financial and operational analysis as needed by Finance and Exec leadership.
• Preferred: experience in PE-backed or high-growth multi-unit expansion.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

Analytical thinking

Communication

AI tools in finance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field

MBA, CFA, or CPA preferred

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

POS systems

ERP systems

AI tools (Claude, Copilot, ChatGPT)

Job description

• Serve as a key finance partner to Operations, building and maintaining financial models, KPI dashboards, and forecasts that drive decisions on pricing, staffing, site investment, and overall unit economics across the company.
• Build and maintain location-level P&L models across all locations, analyzing performance against budget, forecast, and prior-year comparables.
• Conduct multi-location benchmarking to identify top- and bottom-performing locations and the operational drivers behind variance.
• Support pricing strategy and price elasticity analysis.
• Partner with Marketing to measure ROI on promotions, discounting, and member acquisition campaigns.
• Prepare weekly flash reports and monthly KPI dashboards for executive leadership.
• Lead or support the annual budgeting process and rolling forecasts at the location and consolidated level.
• Partner with Operations and Regional Managers to translate financial results into actionable operating recommendations.
• Support cash flow forecasting and working capital analysis across the company.
• Perform ad hoc financial and operational analysis as needed by Finance and Executive leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field required with an MBA, CFA, or CPA being preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or financial analysis.

Required Skills

• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; experience building models from scratch (unit economics, pro formas, ROI/payback analysis).
• Proficiency with BI/reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) and experience working with POS and ERP systems.
• Substantial experience leveraging AI tools (e.g., Claude, Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar generative AI/analytics platforms) to accelerate financial modeling, data analysis, variance narratives, and reporting.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex financial data into clear insights for non-finance, location-level operators.
• Ability to apply AI/automation tools to streamline forecasting, anomaly detection, or recurring reporting workflows.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in a private equity-backed or high-growth, multi-unit expansion environment.