Lead Strategic Financial Analyst

• Take on complex, open-ended questions spanning multiple parts of the business and bring structure to ambiguity
• Understand how different businesses make money, identify key growth drivers, and assess whether growth is sustainable
• Connect individual business performance to the broader consolidated picture
• Build financial models and analysis from the ground up to answer strategic questions and support business decisions
• Find, access, and validate required data, including working directly with SQL and BI tools
• Improve in-year and long-range forecasting by strengthening methodologies and key drivers, increasing accuracy, and making the process more efficient and explainable
• Own the monthly and quarterly finance rhythm, partnering with business teams on reviews and reporting
• Maintain consistent finance standards across business areas
• Challenge assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and turn complex analysis into clear recommendations for senior finance and business leaders
• Report to the Director, Strategic Finance & Insights and work directly with the VP Finance and CFO

Requirements

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to structure ambiguous or unowned problems
• Strong financial modelling skills, including driver-based models and three-statement analysis from the ground up
• Experience working directly with data, including SQL or an equivalent querying tool and a BI platform
• Strong business curiosity and ability to investigate underlying business drivers
• Ability to challenge assumptions and numbers while building trusted relationships with business partners
• Strong communication skills, with ability to make complex analysis clear and actionable for finance and non-finance audiences
• Experience working in a complex business with multiple revenue streams or business models
• Availability to work within EST/EDT hours

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strong financial modeling capabilities, including driver-based models and three-statement analysis, while effectively communicating complex analyses to diverse audiences. Proven ability to structure ambiguous problems and connect individual business performance to broader financial insights.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Financial Modeling
• SQL
• Business Intelligence Tools
• Problem-Solving
• Communication Skills

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Financial Modeling
• Driver-Based Models
• Three-Statement Analysis
• Data Validation
• Forecasting Methodologies

Soft Skills

• Problem-Solving
• Business Curiosity
• Relationship Building
• Communication

Industry Keywords

• Revenue Streams
• Business Models
• Finance Standards
• Strategic Finance
• Financial Analysis

Tools & Technologies

• SQL
• Business Intelligence Tools