Sr. Financial Analyst

Korn Ferry; Duluth (GA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Korn Ferry in Duluth, GA seeks a highly analytical FP&A professional to build and maintain financial models, support budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning. You will partner with the VP of Finance and senior leaders to deliver insights and data‑driven recommendations.

The ideal candidate has advanced Excel and modeling skills, experience with NetSuite and Power BI, and the ability to transform complex data into concise business guidance in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or related field.
• Approximately 2–6 years of FP&A, corporate finance, investment banking, or analytically intensive finance experience.
• Advanced financial modeling skills including scenario analysis, forecasting, and business-case development.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and ability to work with large, complex data sets.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, drivers, and corporate finance concepts.
• Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to manage multiple analyses and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills to explain assumptions and conclusions.
• Experience with NetSuite and Power BI is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain detailed financial models to evaluate business scenarios, strategic alternatives, operating decisions, and potential investments.
• Perform scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and what-if analysis to quantify impact of changes in revenue, pricing, volume, costs, and other drivers.
• Develop business cases and decision-support analyses for the VP of Finance, FP&A and senior leaders.
• Ensure models are accurate, transparent, well-structured, and flexible for multiple use cases.
• Document methodologies, assumptions, data sources, and model outputs.
• Support annual budgeting, periodic forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
• Develop and maintain revenue, profitability, cash flow, and operational performance models.
• Analyze monthly results vs budget/forecast and identify key variance drivers.
• Assist with recurring and ad hoc analyses for leadership.
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities through detailed quantitative analysis.

Skills

Financial modeling

Excel

Data analysis

Communication

Attention to detail

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance

MBA, CFA, CPA or progress toward designation

Tools

NetSuite

Power BI

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain detailed financial models to evaluate business scenarios, strategic alternatives, operating decisions, and potential investments.
• Perform scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and what-if analysis to quantify the impact of changes in revenue, pricing, volume, cost structure, labor, margins, capital requirements, and other key business drivers.
• Develop business cases and decision-support analyses for the Vice President of Finance, FP&A and other senior leaders.
• Ensure models are accurate, transparent, well-structured, and flexible enough to support changing assumptions and multiple use cases.
• Clearly document methodologies, assumptions, data sources, and model outputs.
• Support annual budgeting, periodic forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
• Develop and maintain revenue, profitability, cash flow, and operational performance models.
• Analyze monthly results against budget, forecast, and prior-year performance, identifying key drivers of variances.
• Assist with recurring and ad hoc analyses that help leadership evaluate financial and operational performance.
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities through detailed quantitative analysis.

Strategic & Commercial Analysis

• Support the evaluation of pricing decisions, customer and service-line profitability, market expansion opportunities, and operational improvement initiatives.
• Analyze potential investments and strategic initiatives using ROI, payback, cash flow, and other relevant financial metrics.
• Support acquisition, integration, and other strategic projects through data analysis and financial modeling.
• Convert complex data sets and business assumptions into concise insights and practical recommendations.

Reporting, Data & Process Improvement

• Prepare accurate financial analyses, schedules, dashboards, and presentation materials for senior leadership and other stakeholders.
• Assist in enhancing recurring management reporting and KPI analysis.
• Partner with Accounting and other data owners as needed to validate source information and maintain consistency across analyses.
• Use NetSuite, Power BI, Excel, and AI-enabled tools such as Claude to improve the speed, accuracy, and scalability of financial analysis.
• Identify opportunities to automate, standardize, and improve financial models, reporting processes, and data quality.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• Approximately 2–6 years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, investment banking, transaction advisory, consulting, or another analytically intensive finance environment.
• Advanced financial modeling skills, including scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis, forecasting, and business-case development.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and the ability to work efficiently with large and complex data sets.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, business drivers, and corporate finance concepts.
• Demonstrated attention to detail and commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work.
• Ability to manage multiple analyses and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills sufficient to explain assumptions, methods, and conclusions.

Preferred

• Experience in an industrial services, business services, manufacturing, construction services, infrastructure, distribution, or field-services environment.
• Experience within a private equity-backed organization or another performance-oriented environment.
• Prior exposure to pricing analytics, commercial finance, strategic finance, or investment analysis.
• Experience with NetSuite, Power BI, data visualization, and financial planning tools.
• MBA, CFA, CPA, or progress toward a relevant designation is a plus.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• A highly analytical, self-directed finance professional who enjoys building models and solving complex business problems.
• Naturally curious and willing to test assumptions, investigate variances, and follow the data to a well-supported conclusion.
• Exceptionally organized and detail-oriented, with strong quality-control habits.
• Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of analytical deliverables from initial question through final recommendation.
• Able to balance technical rigor with practical business judgment.
• Motivated by a fast-paced, results-oriented environment and the opportunity to work directly with the Vice President of Finance, FP&A.

Compensation

$100,000 - $110,000 salary plus bonus