**Senior Financial Analyst** **Cambridge, MA** **Job Type:** Contract **Recruiter:** Philip Lough (https://digitalprospectors.com/our-team/philip-lough) **Phone:** 603-772-2700 **Position:** Senior Financial Analyst **Location:** Cambridge, MA (Remote - candidates must be a US Citizen) **Length:** 6+ months **Job Description:** Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Financial Analyst to join their dynamic team and act as a strategic finance business partner across multiple departments. This role will offer the opportunity to work closely with cross-functional teams, senior leadership, and FP&A management, driving financial analysis and supporting key organizational objectives. The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis in a collaborative and fast-paced environment. **Essential Duties and Responsibilities (but not limited to):** + Serve as a dedicated finance business partner to various departments, assisting with the development of budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis. + Provide actionable recommendations that support organizational goals and improve departmental insights through financial reporting and analysis, with guidance from FP&A management. + Collect and analyze capital budget requests, evaluate ROI, prioritize projects, and present recommendations to senior management. + Track and update actual spending against forecasts. + Develop and maintain consistent financial reporting for senior and executive leadership, continuously improving processes to enhance decision-making and performance. + Support the month-end close process by ensuring data integrity and performing transactional research, providing guidance to less experienced analysts as needed. + Take ownership of ad-hoc analyses and projects, gathering data from various sources, formulating hypotheses, and presenting findings to both FP&A and operational management. **Qualifications:** + Minimum of 7 years of experience in financial planning, budgeting, and analysis. + Strong Excel skills with hands-on experience in financial modeling and analysis, and proficiency with financial tools (i.e., Adaptive, Tableau, PeopleSoft, and Data Warehouse). + Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with the ability to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels of the organization. + Ability to work independently and efficiently in a team environment, with a high level of accuracy and flexibility to manage multiple projects in a deadline-driven atmosphere. + Proven experience as a finance business partner within a matrixed organization. + Master’s degree in Business Administration or other advanced degree in a related field is preferred. + Experience working with a DoD contractor is preferred. + Demonstrated success working in highly matrixed environments is a plus. + Candidates **must** be a United States Citizen. POST-OFFER BACKGROUND CHECK IS REQUIRED. Digital Prospectors is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Digital Prospectors affirms the right of all individuals to equal opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination or harassment. Make this your next career move as one of our many long-term contractors or employees! + Work as our full-time employee with full benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD, LTD, PTO, etc.) - OR - work as a W2 hourly contractor at a higher pay rate if you don't need the benefit package. Come see why DPC has achieved: + 4.9/5 Star Glassdoor rating and the only staffing company (< 1000 employees) to be voted in the national Top 10 ‘Employee’s Choice - Best Places to Work’ by Glassdoor. + Voted ‘Best Staffing Firm to Temp/Contract For’ seven times by Staffing Industry Analysts as well as a ‘Best Company to Work For’ by Forbes, Fortune and Inc. magazine. As you are applying, please join us in fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion by completing the Invitation toSelf-Identify (https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=78910&clientkey=55336DD43EED5DE3CE2A2212C8A1FA1B) form today! www.LoveYourJob.com