Financial Analyst

GENERAL POSITION PURPOSE: The Senior Financial Analyst - Labor is responsible for leading financial, labor, compensation, payroll, and workforce analytics that support strategic business decisions across the Round Room corporate structure. This role owns and improves executive-level labor reporting, payroll analytics, labor forecasting models, workforce planning tools, compensation reporting, and related financial analyses designed to identify trends, improve operational efficiency, strengthen controls, and enhance profitability. The Senior Financial Analyst - Labor serves as a trusted analytical partner to Finance, Payroll, Human Resources, Operations, and Sales Leadership by transforming complex labor and payroll data into clear, actionable insights. This individual must demonstrate proven experience creating labor reporting and analytics, mastery-level Microsoft Excel capability, strong financial acumen, and the ability to communicate complex analysis in a concise, practical, and executive-ready manner. This role serves as the primary owner of recurring labor forecasting, labor reconciliations, bonus accruals, labor-related close activities, executive labor reporting, and workforce analytics supporting both financial reporting and operational decision making. This senior-level role requires a highly motivated critical thinker who can work independently, manage multiple priorities, challenge assumptions through data, identify root causes, and proactively recommend improvements to reporting, forecasting, labor controls, compensation analytics, and decision-support processes. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Own, create, improve, and maintain the monthly Labor Reporting Package for the Executive Team, including turnover reporting, labor forecasts, sales bonus trackers, staffing reports, payroll cost analysis, productivity metrics, and related workforce analytics. Develop executive-level labor one-page summaries, dashboards, scorecards, and recurring reporting packages that clearly communicate labor performance, trends, risks, financial impact, and recommended actions. Lead labor forecasting, workforce planning, labor target development and scenario modeling to support budgeting, staffing decisions, sales compensation reviews, payroll planning, and labor productivity improvement. Prepare weekly labor forecasts and labor analyses used in flash reporting and executive financial outlook reviews. Monitor key labor drivers and identify emerging risks and opportunities impacting financial performance. Perform monthly labor forecast-to-actual reconciliations and labor variance analysis to ensure labor expense is accurately reflected in financial results. Investigate significant variances and work cross-functionally to resolve discrepancies and improve forecast accuracy. Prepare and support monthly bonus accrual calculations, journal entries, supporting schedules, and close documentation in partnership with Accounting and FP&A to ensure accurate financial reporting. Consolidate, audit, and validate manual bonus programs in preparation for biweekly payroll, with a strong focus on controls, exception identification, documentation, and data accuracy. Perform monthly labor expense reconciliations, including Store Support labor expense analysis, by-person labor reviews, and supporting commentary for management and executive reporting packages. Prepare recurring financial and workforce performance metrics, including earnings per share (EPS) updates and other executive reporting measures as assigned. Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities through labor reporting, accruals, reconciliations, variance analysis, supporting schedules, management reporting, and financial review deliverables. Analyze labor trends, payroll costs, sales bonus results, staffing effectiveness, turnover, productivity, and compensation program performance to identify actionable business insights and improvement opportunities. Frame, investigate, and answer key business questions related to labor, payroll, sales incentives, compensation programs, and workforce deployment, then present leadership with clear execution paths and recommendations. Partner closely with Finance, Payroll, Human Resources, Operations, Reporting, and Sales Leadership to understand business drivers, reporting gaps, labor economics, and cross-functional dependencies. Prepare and present labor analytics, payroll insights, financial outlooks, variance explanations, and recommendations to senior leaders in a clear, concise, and business-oriented manner. Translate complex payroll, labor, workforce, and compensation data into practical insights, executive summaries, and decision-support materials. Identify opportunities to automate recurring analysis, reduce manual work, improve reporting efficiency, and strengthen data integrity using Excel, Power Query, Power BI, and other available tools. Build and maintain scalable analytical models with clear assumptions, audit checks, documentation, and repeatable processes so reporting can be reviewed, refreshed, and trusted by leadership. Maintain weekly and monthly reports, communicate key findings, and ensure reporting deliverables are completed in a timely, accurate, and professional manner. Serve as a senior analytical resource for labor, payroll, workforce planning, compensation, and financial reporting questions, promoting consistent reporting logic, disciplined analysis, and strong financial controls. Perform all other duties as assigned with a willingness to adapt to changing department demands. EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Business Analytics, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 5+ years of progressive experience in Finance, FP&A, Payroll Analytics, Workforce Analytics, Compensation Analytics, Business Intelligence, or related analytical roles. Proven experience creating labor reporting, payroll analytics, workforce dashboards, compensation reporting, executive reporting packages, and/or labor forecasting models. Demonstrated experience building financial models, KPI dashboards, recurring reporting packages, exception reports, variance analysis, and decision-support analysis. Mastery-level Microsoft Excel skills required, including advanced formulas, XLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH, Pivot Tables, Pivot Charts, Power Query, data modeling, scenario analysis, audit checks, and report automation. Experience with Power BI, SQL, Power Query, Ceridian Dayforce, or other payroll, reporting, or business intelligence tools preferred. Experience presenting and communicating sensitive payroll, labor, compensation, or financial information to leadership preferred. Strong understanding of payroll concepts, labor economics, compensation plans, forecasting, budgeting, workforce planning, and business performance metrics preferred. REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Exceptional critical thinking, problem-solving, analytical reasoning, and business judgment. Strong data and information analysis capabilities with the ability to identify trends, root causes, risks, opportunities, and financial impacts within large datasets. Proven ability to create labor reporting and analytics that support executive decision making and operational improvement. Mastery-level Excel capability with the ability to build scalable, accurate, well-controlled, and easy-to-review analytical models. Strong business acumen with the ability to understand how labor, payroll, staffing, productivity, incentives, and compensation decisions impact financial and operational performance. Ability to synthesize complex data into clear insights, concise recommendations, and practical next steps for business leaders. High attention to detail, strong sense of ownership, and commitment to data integrity, accuracy, and control discipline. Strong financial modeling, forecasting, variance analysis, dashboarding, and executive reporting skills. Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to explain technical analysis to non-technical stakeholders. Highly collaborative with the ability to build productive relationships across Finance, Payroll, HR, Operations, Reporting, and Sales Leadership. Ability to prioritize multiple demands, work independently, manage deadlines, and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with ambiguity and changing priorities. Proactive mindset with a continuous improvement orientation and the ability to challenge existing processes respectfully and constructively. Fluent in English, written and spoken. WORK ENVIRONMENT Typically works in a general office environment. Overtime hours may be required based on business needs, reporting deadlines, payroll cycles, and special projects. TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS Travels up to 10% of the time, including overnight travel, as business needs require. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. #finance #labor #laboranalyst #newhire #newjob #nowhiring #J-18808-Ljbffr