Job Description

Title: Senior Financial Analyst


Location: Hybrid 3 days per week in Lakewood, CO 80215


EMAIL RESUMES TO DAVID KELLOGG AT THE JUDGE GROUP - dkellogg@judge.com


Job Summary


The Senior Financial Analyst supports enterprise financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and strategic analysis. This role partners with the FP&A Manager, Corporate FP&A leadership, and functional teams including R&D, IT, Quality, and Regulatory. The analyst provides financial insight, supports decision-making, and contributes to continuous improvement across planning and analytics processes. The position operates in a global, matrixed medical device environment and requires strong analytical skills, clear communication, and the ability to translate complex financial data into actionable insights.


About the Role


The Senior Financial Analyst is a detail-oriented FP&A professional who works deeply in systems, data, and tools. The role supports planning and forecasting and ensures alignment between FP&A outputs and accounting accuracy. This is a hands-on role, not a presentation-heavy or strategy-only position.


Key Responsibilities

• Support forecasts, budgets, and analysis of actuals versus plan.
• Work extensively in FP&A planning tools and Excel.
• Partner with Accounting to ensure financial accuracy and reconciliation.
• Support R&D spend visibility and financial tracking.
• Use tools such as Power BI or Tableau for navigation and analysis.
• Maintain high standards of accuracy, consistency, and ownership.

Functional Responsibilities

• Provide financial support to R&D, IT, Quality, and Regulatory teams, including expense and headcount planning and project analysis.
• Support financial analysis for new product development, sustaining engineering, digital initiatives, and regulatory programs.
• Assist leaders in understanding financial impacts, risks, and trade-offs.
• Support monthly and quarterly forecast cycles, annual budgeting, and long-range planning.
• Work cross-functionally to collect inputs, validate assumptions, and resolve issues.
• Consolidate and analyze submissions and highlight variances and risks.
• Prepare planning outputs and management communication materials.
• Convert analysis into clear reports and tools for decision-making.
• Support improvements to FP&A processes, models, and reporting.
• Use ERP, planning, and BI tools to improve forecasting accuracy and efficiency.
• Participate in finance transformation initiatives and ad-hoc analysis.
• Perform detailed financial analysis for forecasting, AOP, LRP, and management reporting.
• Analyze performance versus plan, forecast, and prior periods.
• Develop and maintain financial models for scenario analysis and strategic initiatives.
• Prepare analysis and presentation materials for FP&A leadership and senior management.

Required Experience (Non-Negotiable)

• Hands-on experience with FP&A systems such as Adaptive Insights, Anaplan, or similar tools.
• Strong Excel skills with daily use of formulas such as SUMIFS, XLOOKUP, and INDEX/MATCH.
• Background in finance or accounting through degree or equivalent experience.
• Ability to work through accruals, timing differences, and reconciliations.
• Candidates must be able to clearly describe their personal system and Excel experience.

Preferred Background

• Experience in manufacturing, R&D, or regulated industries.
• Exposure to design-driven cost or spend tracking.
• Candidates without industry experience may be considered if they demonstrate strong learning agility and ownership.

Reporting Line and Growth

• Reports to the FP&A Manager.
• Individual contributor role.
• Not a near-term management track position.

Minimum Qualifications Education

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting required.
• MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of FP&A, corporate finance, or related experience.
• Experience supporting forecasting, budgeting, and planning in a complex organization.
• Experience partnering with technical or regulated functions preferred.
• Experience in medical device, life sciences, healthcare, or regulated manufacturing preferred.

Skills

• Strong financial analysis, accounting knowledge, and cost management skills.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling capabilities.
• Ability to interpret complex data and develop clear conclusions.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Effective written and verbal communication.
• Experience with SAP or similar ERP systems preferred.
• Experience with planning tools such as Workday Adaptive, Anaplan, or OneStream.
• Experience with BI tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Ability to work effectively in a matrixed organization.
• Working knowledge of accounting principles including capitalization.
• Competency with public AI tools.

Job Tags

3 days per week

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