Specialist, Financial Planning & Analysis

Summary

Join Scout Motors and become a Specialist, FP&A, supporting the Market Finance team. Partner with Sales, Aftersales, Marketing, Communications, and Strategy to deliver insights, support forecasts, and inform decision-making. Translate business activity into financial implications and help business leaders align spending with strategy. Build and maintain financial models, analyze results, and recommend actions to improve efficiency. This remote role (excluding NYC) requires occasional travel for company events. The position offers competitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k matching, generous PTO, parental leave, and a performance bonus program.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, Economics, or related field
• 4+ years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or related financial analysis role
• Very strong proficiency in Excel with formulas and financial modeling capabilities
• Comfortable communicating with stakeholders at all levels; clear and confident communicator
• Ability to distill complex financial data into actionable insights for non-financial audiences
• Highly collaborative, curious, and eager to build trust with business partners
• Detail-oriented, organized, and able to manage deadlines in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Serve as the main point of contact for financial planning across designated business units
• Build strong relationships with VPs, directors, and their teams to understand operational plans and their financial implications
• Guide stakeholders through the forecast process and challenge assumptions where necessary to drive accountability and alignment with budget constraints
• Prepare forecast summaries and communicate expected results to department heads
• Provide transparency around forecast drivers and maintain consistency across planning cycles
• Build and maintain models for monthly forecasting, annual budgeting, and long-range strategic planning
• Develop and refine planning assumptions and cost drivers in collaboration with operational leads
• Support scenario modeling for major initiatives
• Analyze financial results to identify performance drivers, trends, and opportunities
• Recommend actions to address gaps, improve efficiency, and align spending to strategic goals
• Calculate and interpret KPIs to inform leadership decisions and support business reviews

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, NetSuite) and planning tools is a plus
• Exposure to dashboarding or business intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) is a bonus

Benefits

• Competitive insurance including: Medical, dental, vision and income protection plans
• 401(k) program with: An employer match and immediate vesting
• Generous Paid Time Off including: 20 days planned PTO, as accrued
• 40 hours of unplanned PTO and 14 company or floating holidays, annually
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders
• Paid leave for circumstances related to bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave