Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

Job Description:

Title: Senior Analyst Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

Location: US or Canada (this is a remote position)

Reports to: Finance Director COO & CFO Organization (or FP&A Leadership as applicable)

Vacancy: This is a New Vacancy

The Role:

The Senior Analyst FP&A will lead core financial planning analysis and performance management activities across JD Powers COO and CFO organizations. This role will own key forecasting and reporting processes develop scalable financial models and executive-ready insights and partner directly with Finance leadership business operations and cross-functional stakeholders to shape capital allocation resource prioritization operating performance investment decisions and strategic planning in a fast-moving data-driven environment.

This position is well-suited for a seasoned highly analytical finance professional who can independently lead complex analyses influence senior business partners create new planning and reporting capabilities and translate financial insights into clear recommendations that support operational and strategic priorities across the COO and CFO organizations.

The Impact You Will Have in This Role:

As a Senior Analyst FP&A you will play a lead role in building the financial visibility planning discipline and decision-support infrastructure needed to manage performance across the COO and CFO organizations. You will develop financial frameworks surface risks and opportunities shape recommendations for leadership and help drive stronger forecasting spend management resource prioritization and disciplined execution across JD Power.

What Youll Be Doing in This Role:

Lead budgeting planning forecasting reporting and financial performance management processes for key areas across the COO and CFO organizations.

Create and enhance financial models KPI dashboards reporting tools and planning frameworks that improve executive visibility and enable data-driven decisions.

Use BI tools (Tableau Power BI or similar) Excel and financial systems to design and deliver accurate scalable reporting on operating expense headcount vendor spend investment performance and key business drivers.

Develop insights and recommendations for Finance and business leaders on budget performance variance drivers forecast risks and opportunities investment trade-offs and cost-optimization opportunities.

Lead the development of monthly and quarterly executive and board-level materials translating complex financial and operational data into clear narratives for senior COO CFO and business leadership.

Drive cross-functional planning with Finance HR Business Operations Procurement and functional leaders to align headcount planning operating cadence investment priorities and resource allocation decisions.

Identify develop and implement process improvements and automation opportunities including use of AI tools and data automation to increase forecast accuracy planning efficiency and executive visibility.

Lead ad hoc financial analyses and special projects for FP&A leadership the CFO COO and senior business leaders including framing the business question building the analysis and communicating actionable recommendations.

Qualifications of this Role:

Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Business or a related analytical discipline.

5-8 years of experience in Finance Accounting FP&A corporate finance business operations or a related analytical role; experience supporting executive COO CFO or senior business leadership is strongly preferred.

Experience working in SaaS/technology companies and private equity portfolio company environments is strongly preferred.

Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills including experience with pivot tables lookups and structured financial analysis; familiarity with BI tools such as Tableau or Power BI is a strong plus.

Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with attention to detail.

Demonstrated ability to lead financial planning processes create new analytical frameworks influence cross-functional stakeholders and turn data into executive-level recommendations.

Ability to communicate financial concepts clearly to both finance and nonfinance stakeholders.

Comfort working independently managing ambiguity and adapting to changing priorities.

Familiarity with operating expense management headcount planning forecasting variance analysis and executive reporting is a strong plus. Experience with NetSuite Salesforce Adaptive Planning Tableau Power BI or similar systems is also valued.

The Career Opportunity:

This role offers meaningful ownership of high-visibility FP&A processes and direct exposure to senior Finance COO and business leadership. The Senior Analyst FP&A will have the opportunity to build new planning capabilities strengthen reporting and forecast infrastructure and influence operating decisions across the organization. This role provides a strong platform for future growth into FP&A leadership Strategic Finance Finance Business Partnership or broader operating finance roles at JD Power.

The Team / The Business:

You will work closely with Finance Business Operations HR Procurement and functional leaders across JD Powers COO and CFO organizations. JD Power is a global leader in consumer insights data and advisory services helping organizations across industries make data-driven customer-centric decisions. The COO and CFO organizations play a critical role in enabling disciplined growth operational execution and enterprise-wide decision support.

The Hiring Manager says:

Im looking for someone who is analytically strong naturally curious and ready to take ownership of high-impact FP&A work across the COO and CFO organizations. This role requires someone who can lead planning and reporting processes build scalable models and tools develop thoughtful recommendations and influence how leaders think about operating priorities investment trade-offs cost discipline and executive reporting. If you enjoy creating structure from complex data partnering with senior stakeholders and helping shape how the business plans and manages performance this is a strong opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

This position has a starting salary range of $00 USD/CAD per year. This is the range we reasonably and in good faith expect to pay for the role at the time of posting. An employees pay within the range is determined by a number of factors including relevant skills education qualifications experience performance business or organizational needs and geographic location.

Company Mission

Our mission in the market we serve is clear. To power every auto-related decision through proprietary data advanced analytics deep industry expertise and seamless workflows that connect insight to action.

Our Values

We POWER Our Customers Success

We are Innovative Collaborative and Grounded in Data

We Make Things Easy

We Get It Done

We Start with Trust & Prove it Everyday

JD Power is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race color religion sex national origin age sexual orientation gender identity gender expression veteran status or disability.

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Required Experience:

Senior IC