Sr. Financial Analyst

Copyright Clearance Center (CCC); Massachusetts; Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus eligible

Job summary

Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) in Danvers, MA is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to drive workforce planning, operating expense analysis, and financial modeling. You will partner with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to inform decisions and improve performance, with a focus on budgeting, forecasting, and dashboards.

The role offers hybrid work for local candidates or remote options within the Eastern time zone, with the actual salary range of $95,000 to $115,000 and eligibility

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field is required.
• 5-7 years in budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis, with 1-3 years in workforce planning and operating expenses preferred.
• 3+ years supporting executive-level partners and presenting financial reports to leadership.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with strong attention to detail.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, lookups, functions).

Responsibilities

• Workforce Planning: Expand FTE and contractor actual versus plan; enhance headcount/benefits reporting; document workflows and implement efficiency enhancements.
• Operating Expenses: Create monthly views with actual vs benchmark; provide explanations of risks and opportunities to leaders.
• Annual Budget and Quarterly Forecast Process: Support budgeting/forecasting at company, BU, and product levels; develop bottoms-up plans within top-down guidelines.
• Platform & Project Support: Manage configuration of planning cycles; maintain templates, models, and dashboards; automate report packages with BI tools.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial analysis

Executive reporting

Excel

Power BI

Planful

Data extraction

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting

Tools

Planful

Power BI

Excel

Job description

The Senior Financial Analyst role focuses on workforce planning, operating expense analysis and other financial modeling. The candidate should have a strong understanding of financial principles and demonstrated experience partnering with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to drive performance and outcomes. This role supports the organization’s financial planning process, analyzes and presents business results, and continuously explores ways to enhance processes.

The selected candidate may work hybrid if local to our Danvers, MA headquarters, or may work remotely residing in the eastern time zone. You must be able to work and attend meetings in Eastern work hours.

Compensation range: $95,000 - $115,000

Other compensation: Performance bonus eligible

The actual salary offer to the successful candidate will be based on job-related education, training, licensure, certifications, related experience and other related factors.

What you will be doing:

• Workforce Planning: Expand FTE and contractor actual versus plan reconciliations and enhance headcount and benefits reporting capabilities. Document processes and workflow; recommend and implement enhancements to improve efficiency.
• Operating Expenses: Create monthly views with actual versus benchmark comparisons for business unit leaders, functional areas, and project teams; provide explanations and insights into financial risks and opportunities.
• Annual Budget and Quarterly Forecast Process: Support budget and forecast activities at the company, business unit, and product levels; partner with stakeholders to develop bottoms-up plans while adhering to top-down guidelines
• Platform & Project Support: Manage application for the configuration of planning cycles, including the maintenance of input templates, models, and reports/dashboards. Design, build, and maintain interactive, user-friendly dashboards that track financial and operational KPIs. Automate report packages to reduce manual efforts (i.e. Excel reports to dynamic BI tools).

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field is required
• 5-7 years of experience in budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis, with 1-3 years of experience in workforce planning and operating expenses preferred
• 3+ years demonstrated experience supporting executive-level business partners and presenting financial reports and dashboards to leadership.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with superior attention to detail
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communications skills
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel (e.g., pivot tables, lookups and functions)
• Ability to extract data from financial systems and into Excel or other analytical tools
• Experience with financial software (e.g. Planful) and business intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI)
• Self-starter who can prioritize and manage multiple projects, thrive in a fast-paced and collaborative environment

A pioneer in voluntary collective licensing, CCC is a leading information solutions provider to organizations around the world. CCC works to advance copyright, accelerate knowledge, and power innovation. CCC helps organizations harness the power of data, AI, and machine learning to drive strategic decision-making, grow their businesses, and gain competitive advantage.

When you join CCC, you become part of a dynamic organization strengthened by our community. We care about our team members and clients. We strive to create advanced technology in a vibrant, innovative culture. CCC provides excellent benefits.

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