Senior FP&A Analyst — Budgeting & Forecasting Leader

Bright Event Rentals; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly bonus

Paid time off

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401(k) with employer matching

Life Insurance

Disability

Telehealth

FSAs

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Bright Event Rentals, based in California, is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to own budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting across CA, AZ, and TX. You will partner with department heads, operations, and sales leadership to build forecasts, analyze performance, and turn data into actionable insight while modernizing reporting.

This is a cross-functional role that requires building models from scratch, explaining the numbers to non-finance partners, and driving efficiency via

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of FP&A or related analytical experience.
• Advanced Excel modeling: driver-based three-statement model.
• Strong grounding in accounting fundamentals and how the three statements connect.
• Ability to explain financial results to non-financial partners.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain budget and forecast model for CA, AZ, TX, including P&L, balance sheet, cash flow.
• Lead the annual budgeting cycle with department heads and board consolidation.
• Develop expertise on financial systems setup and maintenance.
• Identify KPIs, trends, and drivers with stakeholders.
• Build monthly variances reporting against budget and PY.
• Partner with centers of excellence across sales and operations as embedded finance resource.
• Develop unit economics and cohort analysis for pricing and purchasing.
• Support headcount planning with Operations and HR.
• Run monthly forecast process for CA/AZ/TX; explain drivers.
• Improve reporting stack by automating manual work and tightening data definitions.
• Provide ad hoc analyses for strategic projects.

Skills

Advanced Excel modeling

Financial analysis

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

Tools

Planful

Anaplan

Adaptive Insights

NetSuite

Sage Intacct

SAP

SQL

Looker

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Bright Event Rentals, based in California, is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to own budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting across CA, AZ, and TX. You will partner with department heads, operations, and sales leadership to build forecasts, analyze performance, and turn data into actionable insight while modernizing reporting.

This is a cross-functional role that requires building models from scratch, explaining the numbers to non-finance partners, and driving efficiency via