Senior FP&A Analyst

Overview: We’re looking for a Senior FP&A Analyst to help ESS understand its financial performance and plan for its next stage of growth. This is a hands-on, highly analytical role where you’ll own budgeting and forecasting, build financial models, explain variances, and partner directly with operational leaders and senior management.

It’s a role for someone who asks “Why?” when a number moves, can turn complex data into a clear story, and wants their analysis to change decisions, not just fill a report.

What You'll Do:

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Lead the annual budget and long-range planning processes.
• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts, partnering with business leaders to keep them realistic.
• Build scenario analyses and driver-based models to evaluate opportunities and risks.

Analysis & Business Partnership

• Analyze revenue, labor costs, margins, and expenses against budget, forecast, and prior year.
• Investigate significant variances and explain the business drivers behind them.
• Prepare reporting packages and presentations for senior management, with clear recommendations.
• provide ad hoc analysis to support operational and strategic decisions.

Systems & Reporting

• Use Workday Adaptive Planning for budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and modeling.
• Build and maintain reporting models and dashboards using ERP, BI, and other data sources.
• Automate manual reporting and improve the accuracy and consistency of financial data.

Strategic Initiatives

• Support financial analysis of acquisitions, pricing, investments, and other strategic initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve profitability, efficiency, and operating performance.

What We're Looking For:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in FP&A.
• A track record of leading budgets and forecasts and building financial models from the ground up.
• Advanced Excel skills and comfort working with large datasets.
• Experience presenting financial results and recommendations to nonfinance leaders.
• Strong experience with Workday Adaptive.

Nice to Have

• Experience managing or mentoring financial analysts.
• Workday ERP, Power BI, Tableau, or other BI tools.
• Experience with M&A, pricing, or profitability analysis.
• Experience in a multi-location, labor-driven business such as staffing or services.

Is This You?

If you enjoy answering questions like, "What's driving this?", "What happens if we change this?", and "What should we do next?", and you'd rather bring ideas to the table than wait for instructions, we'd like to hear from you.

Benefits:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) 
• Paid time off (vacation, personal, sick, holidays)
• Volunteer time and mental health day

About ESS & Employment Information

ESS specializes in placing qualified K–12 personnel in daily, long-term, and permanent school district positions, including substitute teachers, aides, and other school support staff. With more than 900 school district partners nationwide, ESS supports over 5.5 million students each day. Since 2000, ESS has helped improve student achievement while providing meaningful opportunities for passionate educators through flexible schedules, comprehensive training, benefits, and ongoing professional development. Learn more at ESS.com.

Physical Requirements & Work Environment: Physical requirements may vary by assignment and location and may include sitting, standing, walking, and regular use of hands and arms. Close vision may be required for computer and detail-oriented work. Work is typically performed in a moderate-noise environment, such as an office or school setting.

Equal Opportunity & Employment Eligibility: ESS is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace where all employees can succeed. ESS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and E-Verify employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. ESS does not participate in the Optional Practical Training (OPT) or STEM OPT extension programs and is unable to employ individuals whose work authorization is based solely on OPT or STEM OPT.

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