Strategic Finance Partner: Budgeting & Analysis

Draper Labs; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Draper Labs in Cambridge, MA seeks a Senior Financial Analyst to partner with internal departments, lead budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis, and provide strategic financial insights to FP&A leadership.

You will own recurring reporting, perform month-end close validation, gather data from multiple sources, and guide junior analysts, while ensuring compliance with government regulations and delivering actionable recommendations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration; Master’s preferred.
• Experience with financial planning, budgeting and analysis; 7–10 years required.
• Experience as a finance business partner preferred.

Responsibilities

• Dedicated Finance business partner to internal departments to develop budgets, forecasts, variance analysis and expense monitoring.
• Provide actionable recommendations that support the organization's goals with enhanced reporting and financial analysis with guidance from FP&A management.
• Solicit capital budget requests, analyze ROI, prioritize and present results to FP&A management; track spending and update forecasts.
• Develop, maintain and improve recurring financial reporting for senior leadership.
• Perform data integrity and validation during month-end close, including transactional research from financial system and source documents.
• Guide less experienced analysts on completing recurring tasks.
• Identify, initiate and support ad hoc analyses and projects as required.
• Gather & analyze data from disparate sources, develop hypotheses & conclusions, and present results to FP&A and operations management.

Skills

Excel skills

Oral and written communication

Cross-level interaction

Independent working

Accuracy and multitasking

DOD/government regulations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Business

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Adaptive

Tableau

PeopleSoft

Datawarehouse

Job description

Draper Labs in Cambridge, MA seeks a Senior Financial Analyst to partner with internal departments, lead budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis, and provide strategic financial insights to FP&A leadership.

You will own recurring reporting, perform month-end close validation, gather data from multiple sources, and guide junior analysts, while ensuring compliance with government regulations and delivering actionable recommendations.