Senior FP&A Analyst

PowerToFly; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

PowerToFly is seeking a Senior FP&A Analyst to lead planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting. You will partner with Finance and cross-functional teams to deliver insights that drive growth and optimize performance.

The role emphasizes building robust financial models, managing operating expenses, revenue forecasting, and sales compensation processes, with opportunities to automate and improve processes. Travel may be required up to 5%.

Qualifications

• Experience in FP&A within a corporate environment.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis skills.
• Proven ability to build financial models and deliver insights.
• Experience partnering with Sales, HR, and payroll teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting and recurring forecast cycles.
• Develop forecasts for revenue, gross profit, operating expenses, and headcount.
• Analyze budget-to-actual and forecast-to-actual performance; identify variances and risks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to review expenses and optimize costs.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc leadership reports.
• Support department budgets and business decisions with analysis.
• Build and maintain financial models for planning and scenarios.
• Oversee sales compensation processes including tracking and payouts.
• Partner with Sales, Payroll, and HR to ensure integrity of commission programs.
• Identify opportunities to automate FP&A and reporting processes.
• Support strategic initiatives and special projects.
• Travel up to 5% as needed.

Skills

Financial Planning & Analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance Analysis

Operating Expense Management

Revenue Forecasting

Sales Compensation Administration

Executive Reporting

Financial Modeling

Job description

Job Summary

As aSenior FP&A Analyst, you will play a key role in driving financial planning and analysis activities that support strategic decision-making and business growth. Working closely with Finance and cross-functional stakeholders, you will deliver meaningful financial insights through budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, operating expense management, revenue forecasting, sales compensation administration, and executive reporting. Your analytical mindset and business acumen will helpoptimizefinancial performance,identifyopportunities, and enable data-driven decisions across the organization.

Note:SoftwareOne is anAI-forward company. We actively use AI across our business to improve productivity, decision-making, and outcomes, and we are intentional about hiring people who are curious, hands-on, and eager to leverage AI as technology evolves.

Role & Responsibilities

• Drive the annual budgeting process and support recurring forecast cycles to ensureaccuratefinancial planning across the business.
• Develop andmaintainfinancial forecasts, including revenue, gross profit, operating expenses, and headcount,providingmeaningful insights to support strategic decision-making.
• Analyze monthly budget-to-actual and forecast-to-actual performance,identifyingkey variances, trends, risks, and opportunities while delivering actionable recommendations to business leaders.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to review operating expenses,optimizecosts, and improve overall financial performance.
• Prepare and deliver monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc financial reporting packages for senior leadership and executive management, ensuringtimelyandaccurateinsights.
• Collaborate with department leaders to develop budgets, evaluate financial performance, and support informed business decisions.
• Build,maintain, and enhance financial models to support strategic planning, scenario analysis, and long-term business initiatives.
• Administer sales compensation processes by tracking sales performance,validatingcommission attainment, and calculating commission payouts accurately and efficiently.
• Work closely with Sales, Payroll, and Human Resources to ensure the integrity andtimelyexecution of commission programs.
• Continuouslyidentifyopportunities to improve financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and sales compensation processes through automation and process optimization.
• Support strategic initiatives, financial analyses, and special projects that contribute to the organization's growth and operational excellence.

5% for potential occasional travel to visit customers or internal meetings