Strategic Finance Analyst: Master Data & Forecasting

Cypress HCM; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cypress HCM is seeking a Strategic Finance Analyst to support core financial operations within its Strategic Finance Center of Excellence. The role focuses on accruals, headcount forecasting and position management, and finance master data management in Oracle EDM.

You will help deliver accurate, timely financial processes and maintain master data and hierarchies relied upon by FP&A, budgeting and reporting.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• 4+ years of financial analysis experience.
• Advanced Excel modeling skills.
• Hands-on experience with accruals, headcount forecasting or finance master data management.
• Experience with financial planning, accounting or enterprise master data systems.

Responsibilities

• Complete complex financial modeling development, improvement, and maintenance.
• Execute accrual and reclassification processes, validate expense inputs and supporting documentation, and reconcile records to support a timely financial close.
• Support headcount forecasting and position management by maintaining planning inputs and reconciling workforce data with finance partners.
• Analyze headcount and expense variances, identify discrepancies, and support forecast updates and planning consolidations.
• Process finance master data requests through EDM validation, execution and change records; maintain change history.
• Support validation and impact assessment for department name changes and hierarchy updates.
• Maintain finance master data including product codes, legal entities, GL accounts, source members.
• Audit and reconcile models, accruals and master data to resolve issues.
• Partner with stakeholders to resolve data discrepancies and assess impact of changes on planning and reporting.
• Document repeatable processes, validation checks and controls for accruals, headcount forecasting and EDM execution.
• Prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly reports on results, forecasts and master data status.
• Provide strategic and ad hoc analyses to support key decisions.

Skills

Advanced Excel modeling

Financial analysis

Headcount forecasting

Data reconciliation

Stakeholder management

Education

BA/BS in Finance, Accounting or related field

Tools

Oracle EDM

Oracle EPM

Workday

Job description

Cypress HCM is seeking a Strategic Finance Analyst to support core financial operations within its Strategic Finance Center of Excellence. The role focuses on accruals, headcount forecasting and position management, and finance master data management in Oracle EDM.

You will help deliver accurate, timely financial processes and maintain master data and hierarchies relied upon by FP&A, budgeting and reporting.