Senior Financial Analyst

Love turning financial data into meaningful business insights? This is an opportunity to join a growing, nationally recognized organization and play an important role in its financial planning and analysis function.

Harmer Associates is partnering with a growing national organization to identify a Senior Financial Analyst for its Cleveland headquarters. This is a great opportunity for an experienced FP&A professional who enjoys financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and partnering with senior leadership.

The ideal candidate will bring experience from an organization that operates using a cash-basis financial reporting model. Industry background is open.

The role in a nutshell:

You'll be part of the FP&A team, supporting financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis across the organization. You'll work closely with department heads and senior leadership to provide financial insights that help guide business decisions.

What you'll do:

✅ Prepare and analyze weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports for leadership

✅ Support the annual budgeting process, ongoing forecasts, and financial planning initiatives

✅ Analyze financial performance, key performance indicators, and budget-to-actual variances

✅ Build and maintain financial models, predictive analyses, and reporting tools

✅ Evaluate performance across departments, identifying trends and opportunities for improvement

✅ Review general ledger expenses against budgets and forecasts

✅ Partner with department heads and senior leadership to provide financial insights and support decision-making

✅ Develop reporting tools and improve processes through data analysis and automation

✅ Assist with external benchmarking and comparisons against industry peers

What you bring:

🎯 Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration

🎯 6+ years of relevant experience in FP&A, financial analysis, financial reporting, or accounting

🎯 Experience working in an organization that operates on a cash-basis financial reporting model is important

🎯 Strong background in budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and financial statement analysis

🎯 Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, complex formulas, macros, and Power Query

🎯 Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate financial information clearly

🎯 Comfortable working with senior leadership and managing multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment

Where & how:

Based in Cleveland, Ohio, with a hybrid schedule requiring three days in the office.

Why this role?

This is an opportunity to join a growing organization where finance has a meaningful seat at the table. You'll have exposure to senior leadership, ownership of important financial analysis and planning initiatives, and the chance to help shape how the organization measures and manages its performance.