Remote Financial Analyst - Senior

Summary

Join Upwork as a Finance Senior Financial Analyst and have an immediate impact on the team, helping to make sound financial decisions. This position reports into the Senior Finance Manager of the Enterprise FP&A team and will oversee finance business partnering.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a finance related role, ideally in corporate or business partner FP&A functions
• Excellent communication and social skills
• Demonstrated success in developing and applying finance concepts, practices and procedures
• Outstanding forecasting methods and techniques. Advanced analytical and quantitative abilities
• Understanding of cost drivers; including global hiring, compensation, benefits, vendor expenses and etc
• Modeling, reporting and presentation skills (Excel and G-suite)
• Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure, thrive in a fast-paced environment and stay flexible through growth and change
• Ability to think creatively and has high standard of accuracy and precision

Responsibilities

• Business partnering across the Enterprise business unit; establish positive relationships with and become a key adviser to senior leaders
• Roll up your sleeves and drive annual operating plans, quarterly and monthly forecasts for departmental expenses, provide ongoing analysis of actuals versus plan and/or forecast as well as the underlying models
• Drive key analyses to understand optimal customer financial characteristics as well as optimized efficient and effective resource structure
• Partner with FP&A and department heads to ensure accuracy, efficient spending, and decision making rooted in data
• Identify and drive operational improvements; build or enhance reporting and dashboards, trend analysis and provide thoughtful, relevant and insightful information for key decision making
• Partner with the business to create and monitor a return on investment framework around key initiatives
• Skilled in meticulously cleansing and managing large, complex datasets to ensure data accuracy and integrity

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical insurance coverage for both you and your family
• Unlimited paid time off
• 401(k) plan with matching contributions
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan