Senior FP&A Analyst: Forecasting, Cost Optimization

Solera Corporation; Town of Texas, Northern (WI, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Solera Corporation in Westlake, Texas, is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join the finance team. This role supports expenses analysis and forecasting within a matrixed organization, driving cost efficiency and process improvements.

You will partner with cross-functional teams and contribute to dashboards and reports for senior leadership, with emphasis on accurate forecasts and proactive actions when spending deviates from plan.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business or economics.
• Experience in financial analysis within a large, complex organization.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and large-scale data manipulation.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to analyse and manage expenses, providing actionable insights to drive cost efficiency and resource optimization.
• Analyse monthly and quarterly spending across departments, ensuring variance drivers are understood and actions identified.
• Improve forecast accuracy by identifying drivers of cost changes and updating assumptions accordingly.
• Use forecasts to help function leaders make proactive decisions when spending is off track.
• Develop dashboards, reports and presentations to communicate financial results and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
• Identify data gaps and risks in financial reporting and work with partners to resolve them.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by automating and streamlining financial processes.

Skills

Financial analysis

Excel

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Large data manipulation

Job description

Solera Corporation in Westlake, Texas, is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join the finance team. This role supports expenses analysis and forecasting within a matrixed organization, driving cost efficiency and process improvements.

You will partner with cross-functional teams and contribute to dashboards and reports for senior leadership, with emphasis on accurate forecasts and proactive actions when spending deviates from plan.