Senior Analyst, FP&A

Location: Remote – East Coast with 20% Travel

About ESS
ESS is one of the nation’s leading education staffing companies, partnering with more than 1,200 school districts to provide substitute teachers, paraprofessionals, clinicians, and other K-12 staff. Every school day, ESS fills tens of thousands of assignments that keep classrooms running for millions of students.
We’re looking for a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to help ESS understand its financial performance and plan for its next stage of growth. This is a hands-on, highly analytical role: you’ll own budgeting and forecasting, build financial models, explain variances, and partner directly with operational leaders and senior management.
when a number moves, can turn complex data into a clear story, and wants their analysis to change decisions, not just fill a report.
Exposure to strategic work, including acquisitions, pricing, and growth initiatives.
The opportunity to build a more sophisticated, data-driven FP&A function as ESS grows.
Planning & Forecasting

Lead the annual budget and long-range planning processes.
Build scenario analyses and driver-based models to evaluate opportunities and risks.
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 Finance

Support financial analysis of acquisitions, pricing, investments, and other strategic initiatives.
Identify opportunities to improve profitability, efficiency, and operating performance.
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 non-finance leaders.
~ Strong experience with Workday Adaptive.

Experience managing or mentoring financial analysts.
Workday ERP, Power BI, Tableau, or other BI tools.
Experience with M&A, pricing, or profitability analysis.
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