Senior Financial Analyst

Monotype; United States; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangements

Competitive PTO

Medical insurance

Corporate bonus program

Job summary

Monotype in the United States seeks a Sr. Financial Analyst to join Strategic Finance. You will partner with senior leadership to develop KPIs, build short- and long-term plans, and translate insights into actionable decisions using AI-enabled analytics and robust financial models.

You’ll drive dashboards, scenario analyses, and executive storytelling, collaborating across functions to influence investments, headcount, and pricing strategy in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or data analytics.
• 5+ years in Finance, FP&A, Strategic Finance, or related analytical roles.
• Experience with AI-enabled productivity tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Tableau AI, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Analyze revenue, cost, margin, productivity, and operational metrics.
• Develop forward-looking metrics and early warning signals.
• Create dashboards and insight-driven narratives for leaders.
• Provide executive-level analyses and recommendations to influence decisions.
• Partner with Data, BI, and Tech teams to improve data quality and self-service insights.

Skills

Financial modeling

Forecasting

AI analytics

Data analysis

Leadership comms

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Data Analytics

Tools

Tableau AI

Power BI Copilot

Anaplan

Adaptive Planning

SAP

Job description

Sr. Financial Analyst, Strategic Finance

Named "One of the Most Innovative Companies in Design" by Fast Company, Monotype brings brands to life through type and technology that consumers engage with every day. The company's rich legacy includes a library that can be traced back hundreds of years, featuring famed typefaces like Helvetica, Futura, Times New Roman and more. Monotype also provides a first-of-its-kind service that makes fonts more accessible for creative professionals to discover, license, and use in our increasingly digital world. We work with the biggest global brands, and with individual creatives, offering a wide set of solutions that make it easier for them to do what they do best: design beautiful brand experiences. Want to learn more about who we are and how you can become part of our team? Visit us at www.monotype.com.

What We Are Looking For?

Monotype is looking for a Sr. Financial Analyst to join our Strategic Finance team. This person will be a key member of the Strategic Finance team, helping leadership make better, faster business decisions through data-driven insights, financial modeling, and strategic analysis. They have experience collaborating with senior leadership on the development of KPIs, building short term and long-term strategic plans and turning those plans into measurable financial goals. This role is ideal for someone who naturally gravitates toward solving complex business problems, thrives in ambiguity, and is energized by uncovering insights hidden within data. They are intellectually curious, challenge assumptions, and continuously seek opportunities to improve how decisions are made. We are seeking a detail oriented, system-savvy, motivated individual with the ability to communicate across functions and to all levels of the organization. This role will give the right candidate a great opportunity to make a difference on a small team while providing critical business information for impactful decisions across the organization.

What You’ll Do:

Advanced Business Performance Reporting, Insights & AI Enabled Analytics:

• Analyze business performance across revenue, cost, margin, productivity, customer, product, and operational metrics.
• Identify key trends, variances, risks, and opportunities, and clearly communicate the “so what” behind the numbers.
• Build forward looking metrics that enable early warning signs on performance vs. plan to enable action to be taken ahead of time
• Leverage AI tools and advanced analytics to accelerate insight generation, uncover patterns, improve forecasting accuracy, and support decision-making.
• Develop dashboards, reporting frameworks, and insight-driven narratives that help leaders make faster, more informed decisions.
• Partner with Data, Business Intelligence, and Technology teams to improve data quality, automate recurring analysis, and scale self-service insights.

Executive Communication & Storytelling:

• Develop clear, concise presentations and insights for senior leadership.
• Influence decisions using visual storytelling with data by connecting financial results to business context, AI-enabled insights, and strategic implications.
• Support leadership discussions by preparing analyses, briefing materials, and recommendations that enhance opportunity and reduce risk
• Clearly explain assumptions, limitations, and confidence levels behind financial models, AI-generated outputs, and business recommendations.

Strategic Business Partnership:

• Partner with business leaders across functions to understand strategic priorities, performance drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Serve as a trusted financial advisor by providing insights that guide business planning, investment decisions, and resource allocation.
• Use financial, operational, market, and AI-enabled analysis to identify business opportunities, risks, and performance trends.
• Support strategic initiatives by developing financial models, business cases, scenario analyses, and actionable recommendations.
• Translate complex financial, operational, and AI-generated insights into clear recommendations for executive and cross-functional audiences.

Decision Support & Business Cases

• Prepare business cases for strategic initiatives, new investments, product opportunities, partnerships, and operational changes.
• Evaluate ROI, payback, margin impact, risk, and strategic alignment of proposed initiatives.
• Use AI-enabled research and modeling tools to support market analysis, competitive benchmarking, pricing insights, and investment evaluation.
• Provide recommendations that balance financial discipline with business growth objectives.
• Partner with teams to define success metrics and track outcomes after decisions are made.
• Support annual planning, forecasting, and long-range planning processes, with a focus on business drivers and strategic assumptions.
• Build and maintain financial models that evaluate growth opportunities, investment trade-offs, pricing decisions, headcount planning, and operational efficiency.
• Apply AI-enabled forecasting, sensitivity analysis, and predictive modeling techniques to enhance planning accuracy and scenario development.
• Partner with stakeholders to pressure-test assumptions and evaluate different business scenarios.
• Help improve planning processes by making them more driver-based, automated, forward-looking, and decision-oriented.

What we’re looking for:

• Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field (Finance, Accounting, Economics, Data Analytics)
• 5+ years of Finance, FP&A, Strategic Finance, Business Operations, Consulting, Investment Banking or related analytical roles
• Experience with AI-enabled productivity or analytics tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Tableau AI, Power BI Copilot, Anaplan, Adaptive Planning, or similar platforms.
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and business case development skills.
• Strong technical fundamentals such as spreadsheets (e.g., Google Sheets, MS Excel) and exposure to planning tools (Adaptive Insights, Anaplan etc.) and data/finance systems (SAP)
• Ability to display complex quantitative data in a simple, intuitive format and to present findings in a clear and concise manner to non-technical stakeholders
• Experience in developing requirements and formulating business metrics for reporting

What’s in it for you:

• Hybrid work arrangements and competitive paid time off programs.
• Comprehensive commercial medical insurance coverage to meet all your healthcare needs.
• Competitive compensation with corporate bonus program & uncapped commission for quota-carrying Sales
• A creative, innovative, and global working environment in the creative and software technology industry
• Highly engaged Events Committee to keep work enjoyable.
• Reward & Recognition Programs (including President’s Club for all functions)
• Professional onboarding program, including robust targeted training for Sales function
• Development and advancement opportunities (high internal mobility across organization)
• Retirement planning options to save for your future, and so much more!

Monotype is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

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The US pay range for this position is $100k – $115k annual base salary for external candidates with the appropriate level of experience. A corporate bonus will also be offered as part of this role. The final annual base salary offered will be based on location and experience level, and could be less for internal applicants depending upon experience. The job application window for this role is 30 days from the posting date.