Your Role:
As the Senior Financial Analyst you are responsible for providing financial analysis, planning, and reporting to executive and senior level management both domestically and across our international sites. The Senior Financial Analyst role involves analyzing financial statements and reports, developing financial models, preparing forecasts, and any other analysis required by leadership. You will play a critical role in analyzing financial data, providing insights to management, supporting strategic planning, and helping drive the company's financial performance.
As the Senior Financial Analyst you will also contribute to the organization’s business intelligence efforts by developing reports and visualizations, and helping to enhance data-driven decision-making across departments.
What You’ll Do:
- Financial analysis: Evaluate financial data, including revenue, expenses, and profitability, utilizing advanced modeling techniques; investigate and report on variances between actuals and budgets/forecasts to understand trends and potential risks and opportunities.
- Financial modeling: Develop and manage financial models to support budgeting, forecasting, ad hoc analysis, and business decision-making.
- Financial planning: Support and coordinate budget and forecast that are consistent with the business objectives of the organization.
- Assist with the monthly close process, ensuring accurate and timely preparation of financial reports to stakeholders.
- Collaborate with internal and external auditors during financial audits and reviews.
- Coordinate with accounting and other functional areas to collect, organize and analyze company data and summarize findings for senior management.
- Prepare and present accurate and insightful financial reports, dashboards, and presentations for management and stakeholders.
- Collaborate with Business Analytics and IT teams to support the development of dashboards and self-service reporting tools that improve visibility into key financial and operational metrics.
- Assist in transforming raw data into actionable insights through visualizations and interactive reports using BI tools like Power BI or Tableau.
- Maintain and enhance existing financial reports and dashboards, ensuring accuracy, relevance, and alignment with business needs.
- Identify opportunities to automate reporting and streamline data flows for improved efficiency and scalability.
- Assist in the design and implementation of new financial processes.
- Independently and proactively analyze relevant information and develop solutions to complex problems.
Starting Salary: $100,000
What Makes a Great Candidate:
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in finance, accounting, or related field
- 3+ years of experience in financial analysis, including excellent analytical skills
- High level of proficiency in financial modeling techniques, utilizing software such as Excel and other modeling tools
Bonus Qualifications:
- Proficiency in Business Intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau), with experience building dashboards and reports; working knowledge of SQL and/or DAX preferred
- Understanding of data visualization best practices and ability to work with large datasets across multiple systems
- Strong analytical skills with an ability to dig deep, summarize and communicate complex information in a straightforward manner
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present complex financial concepts and modeling results to non-financial stakeholders
- Attention to detail and accuracy, coupled with the ability to provide strategic recommendations based on modeling outcomes
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
- Self-starter, entrepreneurial, proactive, and comfortable with ambiguity and change
We believe great talent comes in many forms and that there is no one size fits all in hiring. If you feel you may be a great fit for this role but do not check all of the boxes, we encourage you to apply and show us why you're the right candidate for this position.
Who We Are:
At CEA CAPA, we believe studying and interning abroad is a transformative experience. By immersing themselves in new cultures, our students gain valuable skills and perspectives that shape their futures. We’re proud to be a recognized sector leader, known for our delivery of impactful academic, professional and cultural experiences. This is achieved through our dedicated global team who provide comprehensive guidance, instruction, support and resources to maximize the benefit of our students’ time abroad. A sense of belonging is central to CEA CAPA’s mission.
We foster a work environment that values diversity and is free from bias. Our hiring practices are based on professional qualifications, skills and competence. With a footprint that spans 53 cities in 20 countries across Europe, Latin America and Australia our 450 strong global workforce deliver exceptional cultural experiences abroad to over 7,000 students per year.
Why You’ll Love CEA CAPA:
- Health & Wellness Benefits – in office Fresh Fruit Wednesdays, Wellness room, ergonomic options & more!
- Up to 8 hours of paid volunteer time in addition to PTO
- Healthy snacks and a coffee bar provided in office
- 12 paid holidays
- Opportunities for employee growth
- Benefits coverage for domestic partners
- Pet insurance available
- Employee discounts at 35+ vendors including Apple, T Mobile, Walt Disney World, Hello Fresh & more!
Our commitment to creating a sense of belonging means we welcome individuals of all abilities, ages, citizenships, educations, ethnicities, family statuses, gender identities, genders, genetic information, languages, marital status, military experiences, political views, pregnancy, races, religions, sexes, sexual orientations, socioeconomic statuses, and work experiences and therefore we encourage applicants from diverse lived experiences to apply.
