Senior Financial Analyst

C&W Services (S); Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, vision, and dental insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Health savings accounts

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to support forecasting, planning, reporting, and automation of finance processes for the account. The analyst partners with Finance leadership, Project Managers, PMO, account leadership, and technology partners to maintain accurate financial data and translate business requirements into scalable finance tools and automated solutions.

The role requires strong financial acumen, analytical judgment, attention to detail, and hands‑on

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, business administration, or a related field.
• 2+ years in FP&A or related analytical role.
• Experience with cost analysis, forecasting and budgeting, variance analysis, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Experience with project-based financial management and CAPEX/OPEX reporting.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain project and operational forecasts, supporting recurring forecast cycles, annual planning, and corporate forecast updates.
• Analyze actual results against forecast, including CAPEX and OPEX variances, identifying trends, risks, opportunities, and drivers with commentary.
• Develop financial analyses, dashboards, and reporting to identify trends and translate data into insights for decisions.
• Prepare monthly financial reporting, variance analysis, commentary, and schedules; perform reconciliations and maintain documentation.
• Review and validate project financial data for completeness and accuracy; partner with PMs to resolve discrepancies and improve forecast and data accuracy.
• Maintain and enhance financial models, trackers, dashboards, and reporting tools; identify opportunities to improve processes, reporting, and controls.
• Partner with Project Managers and finance teams on forecasting, reporting, data validation, and other financial processes; provide guidance to PMs.
• Develop and maintain automated finance tools and workflows using Power BI, Power Automate, Power Query, Excel; coordinate testing, documentation, and user adoption.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

Data validation

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field

Tools

Power BI

Power Automate

Power Query

ERP systems

Job description

Job Title

Senior Financial Analyst

Job Description Summary

The Finance Analyst supports financial planning, analysis, reporting, and finance-process automation for the account. The role executes forecasting, variance analysis, reconciliations, reporting, and project data validation while designing and improving automated tools and workflows that reduce manual effort, strengthen controls, and increase process efficiency. The analyst partners with Finance leadership, Project Managers, PMO, account leadership, and technology partners to maintain accurate financial data, identify process gaps, and translate business requirements into scalable finance tools and automated solutions. The role requires strong financial acumen, analytical judgment, attention to detail, and hands‑on experience improving recurring finance processes through automation.

Job Description

Planning and Analysis

• Prepare and maintain project and operational forecasts, supporting recurring forecast cycles, annual planning, and corporate forecast updates.
• Analyze actual results against forecast, including CAPEX and OPEX variances, and identify key trends, risks, opportunities, and drivers with supporting commentary.
• Develop financial analyses, dashboards, and reporting that identify trends, risks, and opportunities and translate financial data into actionable insights for decision‑making.

Financial Reporting & Reconciliation

• Prepare monthly financial reporting, variance analysis, commentary, and supporting schedules.
• Perform financial reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, and maintain supporting documentation.
• Support recurring finance processes, including AP data validation, recoveries, and project reporting.
• Support forecast and variance reconciliation, and other assigned month‑end financial activities.

Project Financial Management

• Review and validate project financial data for completeness and accuracy, including project coding, CAPEX/OPEX classification, forecast accuracy, and potential duplication.
• Partner with Project Managers to resolve financial discrepancies and improve forecast and data accuracy.
• Support project financial reviews, audits, purchase order analysis, tax inquiries, and related financial requests.

Data, Systems, and Reporting

• Reconcile and validate financial data across source systems and other reporting platforms to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Maintain and enhance financial models, trackers, dashboards, and reporting tools.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting, controls, and automation.

Business Partnership

• Partner with Project Managers, client Finance, and internal Finance teams on forecasting, reporting, data validation, and other financial processes.
• Provide guidance and training to Project Managers on forecasting and financial processes.
• Communicate financial trends, variances, risks, and actionable insights to finance and non‑finance stakeholders to support business and project decisions.

Process Automation & Improvement

• Assess recurring finance activities and identify opportunities to eliminate manual steps and process risk.
• Develop and maintain automated finance tools, workflows, and controls using Power BI, Power Automate, Power Query, Excel, and related platforms.
• Translate business requirements into practical, scalable solutions and coordinate testing, documentation, implementation, and user adoption.
• Monitor automated processes, troubleshoot issues, and continuously improve performance and reliability.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
• 2+ years of experience in FP&A, finance, accounting, project finance, or a related analytical role.
• Experience with cost analysis, forecasting and budgeting, variance analysis, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Experience with project-based financial management, CAPEX/OPEX reporting, construction, or corporate real estate finance preferred.

Skills and Technology

• Advanced Microsoft Excel and financial modeling skills.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and data‑validation capabilities.
• Experience with ERP, forecasting, accounting, or project financial‑management systems.
• Working knowledge of Power BI, Power Automate, Power Query, or comparable process‑automation tools preferred.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate financial information for non‑finance stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and recurring financial deliverables with accuracy and attention to detail.

Certifications

• Professional certifications such as FPAC, CMA, CPA, or other relevant finance certifications preferred but not required.

Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, reti