FP&A Analyst / System Lead

Thorndale Partners

Nashville, TN

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SKILLS

Accounting, Administrator Documentation, Analysis Skills, Applications Security, Architectural Services, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Board Meeting, Budgeting, Business Administration, Business Intelligence, Business Plan, Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Communication Skills, Cross-Functional, Customer Relations, Customer Support/Service, Documentation, Finance, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Financial Operations, Financial Planning, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Financial Reporting, Financial Systems, Financial Trend Analysis, Forecasting, Functional Analysis, Help Desk, IBM Product Family, IBM Systems, Information Technology & Information Systems, Leadership, Licensing Compliance, MDX (MultiDimensional eXpression Language), Maintain Compliance, Management Reporting, Manufacturing, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Product Family, Mine Construction, Oracle ERP, Power BI, Problem Solving Skills, Process Modeling, Reporting Dashboards, Reporting Skills, Risk Analysis, Strategic Planning, Systems Administration/Management, Trend Analysis, Variance Analysis, Writing Skills

LOCATION

Nashville, TN

POSTED

20 days ago

DETAILS: FP&A Systems Lead
Title: Financial Analyst FP&A Systems lead
LOCATION: Nashville, TN

OVERVIEW: FP&A Systems Lead
We are seeking a technically curious analyst to join our Financial Planning & Analysis team as Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A Systems Lead. This role sits within the FP&A analyst team and carries a dual purpose: contributing meaningfully to financial planning, analysis, and reporting cycles while serving as the internal IBM Planning Analytics systems lead for the FP&A function.

This role will do financial analysis work supporting budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting while also serving as the FP&A team's primary point of contact for IBM Planning Analytics system administration, user support, and platform readiness. You will partner closely with the Manager, Financial Systems & BI for technical escalation and architectural guidance, and work alongside your FP&A analyst peers to keep the system running smoothly for the entire organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES: FP&A Systems Lead

Support the Manager, FP&A across planning, forecasting, and financial analysis cycles contributing to the annual business plan, rolling forecasts, and Strategic Plan as assigned
Build and maintain financial models in Excel and IBM Planning Analytics supporting variance analysis, management reporting, and ad hoc analytical requests
Prepare financial reporting materials for senior leadership, operating reviews, and Board of Directors meetings as directed by the Manager, FP&A
Support cross-functional analysis alongside the Sr FA Corporate and Sr FA Operations bringing systems perspective to planning and reporting work
Contribute to proactive financial analysis identifying trends, surfacing risks, and building analytical tools that improve the team's planning accuracy
Serve as the FP&A team's primary IBM Planning Analytics super user the first point of contact for user questions, access issues, and system support requests from finance and operational users
Add new users and assign security access as help desk tickets are received managing provisioning within established security model guidelines
Conduct quarterly user license reviews to ensure compliance with license counts, coordinating with area controllers and reporting results to the Manager, Financial Systems & BI
Maintain the IBM Planning Analytics Business Administration Guide keeping documentation current as configurations, processes, and security models evolve

REQUIREMENTS: FP&A Systems Lead
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Business, or related field

3+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis with hands-on work in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, or management reporting
Demonstrated experience with IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) as an end user or power user including PAW, PAfE (Excel add-in), and familiarity with planning workflows
Strong Excel modeling skills able to build financial models and analytical tools from scratch
Detail-oriented with genuine documentation discipline maintaining accurate system documentation is a core expectation of this role, not an afterthought
Strong communicator able to translate system and process information clearly for non-technical finance users and operational stakeholders
Comfortable using AI tools (e.g., Claude, Microsoft Copilot) as a productivity multiplier for analysis, documentation, and problem-solving
Experience with IBM Planning Analytics system administration user provisioning, security groups, application groups, workbook roll-forwards, or chore management
Exposure to TurboIntegrator (TI) processes, Rules files, or MDX at a power-user level enough to read and understand existing processes, not necessarily to author new ones from scratch
Familiarity with Oracle ERP as a data source for financial reporting
Experience working with Power BI dashboards as an end user
Experience in mining, construction, aggregates, manufacturing, or project-based industries
IBM Planning Analytics certification or coursework
Progress toward CPA, CMA, or related certification

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About the Company

Thorndale Partners

Thorndale Partners llc was founded by merging assets from two long standing Nashville based staffing agencies with 17 years in the market and a back office funding partner with over 40 years of funding and managing the back office for multiple professional staffing businesses. We have three divisions:

Thorndale Technology : supporting all levels of IT staffing for corporations, technology companies, and startups.

Thorndale Health : Supporting all levels of technology related staffing for healthcare organizations, healthcare technology companies, and healthcare consulting firms.

Thorndale Finance : Supporting staffing for the Accounting and Financial roles for all the organizations our other divisions support as well.

Our goal is to quietly become the team retained by clients providing the best options to the highly competitive and tight candidate market. We work primarily on private search and hold the information about candidates we work with in the highest level of confidentiality.

We are and will continue to be the firm noted for the highest level of integrity and accuracy in details related to job opportunities and the backgrounds of candidates we represent.

COMPANY SIZE

50 to 99 employees

INDUSTRY

Other/Not Classified

FOUNDED

2012

WEBSITE

http://www.thorndalepartners.com/

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