Senior Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Analyst
Location: New York, NY
Employment Type: Full-Time
Schedule: Monday through Friday – Standard Business Hours
Salary: Based on Experience
Position Overview
We are seeking a highly analytical and experienced Senior Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Analyst to support and strengthen the company's financial planning, reporting, and analysis functions across multiple divisions, brands, and departments. This hands-on role will partner closely with leadership to provide meaningful financial insights, drive budgeting and forecasting initiatives, improve reporting processes, and support strategic decision-making.
The ideal candidate is exceptionally strong in Excel, comfortable working with large financial datasets, and passionate about modernizing financial reporting through technology, automation, and process improvement.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Reporting & Analysis
- Prepare recurring financial reports and analysis across divisions, brands, and departments.
- Analyze financial performance against budget, forecast, and prior-year results.
- Identify key trends, business drivers, risks, and opportunities.
- Develop management reports that provide clear, actionable financial insights.
- Present financial findings and recommendations to leadership.
Budgeting & Forecasting
- Support the annual budgeting process and ongoing financial forecasting.
- Partner with finance, accounting, and department leaders to gather assumptions and validate financial data.
- Maintain budget models, forecasting schedules, and reporting timelines.
- Improve budgeting tools, templates, and forecasting methodologies.
- Ensure financial planning information remains accurate, organized, and readily accessible.
Sales & Business Performance Analysis
- Track sales performance against budgets, forecasts, and historical trends.
- Prepare recurring sales performance reports and dashboards.
- Identify pacing trends, revenue opportunities, and performance gaps.
- Partner with sales leadership to deliver actionable business insights.
- Support pricing, profitability, and revenue analysis initiatives.
Process Improvement & Financial Systems
- Improve and modernize financial reporting processes and workflows.
- Develop standardized reporting templates and documentation.
- Identify opportunities to automate recurring financial reports.
- Utilize technology and reporting tools to improve efficiency, visibility, and data accuracy.
- Support implementation and optimization of financial reporting systems.
Strategic Analysis & Business Partnership
- Perform ad hoc financial analyses and support strategic business initiatives.
- Partner with product development, operations, sales, accounting, and executive leadership.
- Assist with royalty reporting, financial modeling, profitability analysis, and special projects.
- Provide financial guidance to support business planning and operational decision-making.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field; equivalent practical experience will also be considered.
- 5+ years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), financial analysis, corporate finance, accounting, or a related analytical finance role.
- 6+ years of experience preparing financial reports and management reporting.
- 5+ years of advanced Microsoft Excel experience with expertise in financial modeling, reporting, PivotTables, lookups, and data analysis.
- Experience within apparel, fashion, wholesale, retail, consumer products, or another inventory-driven business is strongly preferred.
- Strong experience with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial modeling, sales reporting, and management reporting.
- Experience with ERP systems, business intelligence platforms, or financial reporting tools is a plus.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present financial information to both finance and non-finance audiences.
What We're Looking For
- Highly analytical with exceptional attention to detail.
- Advanced Excel user who enjoys working with large financial datasets.
- Hands-on professional who takes ownership of financial reporting and analysis.
- Strong communicator capable of translating financial information into meaningful business insights.
- Organized, dependable, and able to manage recurring deadlines while maintaining accuracy.
- Tech-forward mindset with an interest in automation, process improvement, and modern financial reporting tools.
- Solutions-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced, multi-division business environment.
Consultant
Reference number: 26481
Date Posted:
Jul 15th, 2026