Sr. Financial Planning Analyst

Job Description

As a Senior Financial Planning Analyst, you will be a vital member of the Finance team, supporting strategic resourcing decisions for our growing national network of Montessori-inspired preschools. You will manage the financial rhythms of our growing organization, including annual planning and regular forecasting. You will interact with a broad spectrum of talented business partners, providing analytical support to senior management, including timely and relevant insights for periodic business reviews. You will have the opportunity to build out the financial planning and analysis reporting platform for our growing organization, driving report development and improvements while interacting with our cross-functional stakeholders.

You thrive in a dynamic startup environment, navigating ambiguity and competing priorities when needed. You are inspired by our mission to expand access to tuition-free, high-quality preschools in under-resourced areas and ready to help us allocate our resources in the highest impact ways possible for children.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as a trusted business partner to organizational leaders, collaborating on projects to support strategic decision-making and high-impact growth
• Lead financial project manager on Finance related and/or sponsored initiatives, covering headcount, technology systems and applications, and other functional projects
• Create, maintain, and improve reports to support financial planning and analysis across the organization
• Compile and review the annual budget and quarterly forecasts, communicating results to the core business partners
• Build complex financial models to support the highest impact use of resources in service of our mission, presenting executive commentary to leadership
• Support weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual business reviews
• Produce ad hoc reports and assist in various projects
• Collaborate with colleagues to build and improve the infrastructure and operating rhythms of the Financial Planning and Analysis team
• Present ad hoc business analyses, presentations, and recommendations to all levels of leadership

About the Company:

Company Name: Insight Global

We are a staffing agency helping individuals find jobs and employers fill open positions.

Based in Atlanta, Insight Global is a premier provider of employment and staffing solutions to Fortune 1000 customers across the United States and Canada. We provide long-term contract, short-term contract, temporary-to-permanent, direct placement, and enhanced staffing services. Insight Global specializes in placing contract job seekers into Information Technology, Accounting and Finance, Engineering (non-IT), and Government jobs.

Since our inception in 2001, we have experienced unprecedented growth within our industry, rapidly expanding from an Atlanta-based start-up to one of the most successful staffing firms in America.

Our core staffing services are the backbone upon which Insight Global was founded and have driven our success. We cater our delivery approach and recruiting efforts to meet each client’s unique demands, ensuring that we deliver both maximum client value and the differentiated Insight Global experience.

Company Size: 2,500 to 4,999 employees

Industry: Other/Not Classified

Founded: 2001

Website: http://www.insightglobal.net

Skills and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree: in finance, accounting, business, or a similar discipline with an analytical bias
• Experience: with Financial Planning software solutions (preferably Vena, Planful, Hyperion Essbase)
• Five or more years: of relevant professional experience
• Demonstrated financial acumen: and analytical experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and interpretations of results that are grounded in data
• Proficiency: in Excel (macros, index match, conditional list, arrays, pivots, lookups)
• Track record of experience analyzing large volumes of complex data and presenting findings to senior management and related business partners
• Strong oral and written communication skills: with the ability to tailor communications to various levels of management
• Comfort and confidence: leveraging analytics and data visualization software (i.e., Power BI, Tableau, etc.)
• Experience with SQL: / database management - Master's degree in a relevant field or discipline
• Familiarity: with concepts of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)