Job Description
Senior Financial Analyst
This Senior Financial Analyst role offers the opportunity to partner with business leaders, drive financial planning and analysis activities, provide actionable insights through data and reporting, and support key strategic decisions that impact organizational performance.
Why This Opportunity Stands Out for the Senior Financial Analyst:
- Highly visible role with direct exposure to senior leadership and business decision-makers
- Opportunity to influence strategic planning and operational performance initiatives
- Broad exposure to budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and business analytics
- Ability to partner cross-functionally with finance, operations, sales, and executive leadership teams
- Competitive compensation, bonus potential, and comprehensive benefits package
Key Responsibilities for the Senior Financial Analyst:
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning processes
- Develop and maintain financial models to support strategic and operational decision-making
- Analyze financial and operational results, identify trends, and provide actionable recommendations
- Prepare management reports, dashboards, and presentations for executive leadership
- Partner with business leaders to evaluate performance, profitability, and key business initiatives
- Conduct variance analysis and provide insights into revenue, expenses, and operational metrics
- Support month-end close activities through financial analysis and reporting
- Assist with business cases, capital investments, pricing analyses, and other strategic projects
- Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting accuracy, and data analytics capabilities
Qualifications for the Senior Financial Analyst:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
- 4+ years of progressive financial analysis, FP&A, or corporate finance experience
- Strong experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and variance analysis
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with ERP and financial reporting systems
- Ability to analyze large data sets and translate findings into business recommendations
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to interact across all levels of the organization
- Experience supporting cross-functional teams and executive leadership
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Numbers & Facts
| Location | Lombard, IL |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://www.cfstaffing.com/ |
About Company
Founded by CPA firms in 1994, Creative Financial Staffing has spent over 30 years helping job seekers and employers succeed. In fall 2025, we rebranded as CFS—a name that reflects our full range of expertise while staying true to the trusted company you know.
CFS is the industry’s leading employee-owned staffing firm, connecting top talent in accounting, finance, technology, and human resources. We provide skilled professionals on both a temporary and permanent basis across diverse industries, leveraging our extensive network to match the right people with the right opportunities.
Our dedication to excellence extends to our award-winning culture, recognized repeatedly for growth, recruiting, workplace environment, and employee support. Honors include Forbes’ “America’s Best Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Firms,” Staffing Industry Analysts’ top U.S. staffing rankings, FlexJobs’ Top 100 Companies for Remote and Hybrid Work, Top Workplaces USA, Newsweek’s Best Practices awards, and more.
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