Strategic FP&A Analyst: Drive Cost & Forecast Clarity

Solera; Westlake (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Solera in Westlake, Texas is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Corporate Finance Team. This role emphasizes analyzing expenses across a complex, matrixed organization and proactively identifying opportunities to improve processes and drive cost optimization.

You will develop dashboards and reports, partner with cross‑functional teams, improve forecast accuracy, and communicate financial results and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field (master’s degree a plus).
• Experience in financial analysis, ideally within a large, complex organization.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and strong comfort with large-scale data manipulation.
• Ability to work across multiple stakeholders and manage projects with competing priorities.
• Proven track record of taking ownership, exceeding expectations, and handling increased responsibility over time.

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 fully understood and recommending actions where needed.
• Improve forecast accuracy by identifying the drivers of cost changes and updating assumptions based on that analysis.
• Use the forecast to help function leaders make decisions and take action early when spending is off track.
• Develop dashboards, reports, and presentations to effectively communicate financial results and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
• Proactively identify data gaps, inconsistencies, and risks in financial reporting, working with business partners to resolve them.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, automating and streamlining financial processes where possible.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance/Accounting/Business/Economics

Master's degree a plus

Job description

Solera in Westlake, Texas is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Corporate Finance Team. This role emphasizes analyzing expenses across a complex, matrixed organization and proactively identifying opportunities to improve processes and drive cost optimization.

You will develop dashboards and reports, partner with cross‑functional teams, improve forecast accuracy, and communicate financial results and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.