Senior Financial Analyst, Finance (Opens in new window)

The Opportunity The FP&A team partners closely with leaders across CZI to translate strategy into actionable financial plans, deliver decision-ready insights, and ensure strong financial stewardship. This FP&A Manager will serve as a key Finance partner across Learning Commons and select Central functions, reporting directly to the Director of Finance, Learning Commons. The role serves as the Finance point of contact for a portfolio of Central teams, while supporting Learning Commons financial execution under Finance leadership. This position sits at the center of financial execution and business partnership - owning core financial rhythms across Opex, Grants and People spend (planning, forecasting, reporting, and close support) while ensuring supported teams have a reliable, responsive Finance resource. This is an ideal opportunity for a seasoned finance professional who is energized by both strong business partnership and leveraging AI and automation to modernize how finance work gets done. You will play a central role in transforming our finance processes - applying AI-enabled tools, intelligent automation, and systems thinking to drive efficiency, accuracy, and scale across recurring workflows and reporting. We are looking for someone who is excited to build, optimize, and continuously improve - not just maintain - the way finance work gets done, and who sees both people relationships and AI as core parts of how modern finance teams operate. What You'll Do Serve as the Finance point of contact for a portfolio of Central functions, ensuring operational leaders have a reliable, responsive Finance resource for their recurring reporting and Finance needs. Own day-to-day financial management across Opex and People spend, ensuring accurate tracking, forecasting, and reporting across supported functions. Manage budget vs. actuals analysis across operating expenses, grants and headcount-related spend; proactively identify risks, variances, and emerging trends and surface insights to Finance leadership and business partners. Lead annual planning and reforecast cycles, building detailed financial models and partnering with stakeholders to translate operational inputs into structured financial forecasts. Lead People cost forecasting, including headcount tracking, new hire modeling, and compensation-related expense management in partnership with business leaders and People teams. Drive monthly close activities, including accrual preparation across Opex and reconciliation across systems to ensure data integrity. Lead the identification and implementation of AI-driven and automation improvements across recurring finance processes - including accrual workflows, forecast updates, headcount tracking, and reporting packages - with a focus on reducing manual effort, improving accuracy, and building scalable solutions. Actively leverage AI tools in day-to-day finance work, from drafting variance narratives and summarizing stakeholder‑ready insights to accelerating model builds and streamlining repetitive analytical tasks. Build and enhance scalable reporting infrastructure, leveraging Adaptive, Workday, Salesforce, Sheets, and other tools to reduce manual work and improve data transparency. Develop dashboards and self‑service reporting tools that empower stakeholders and reduce ad hoc requests over time. What You’ll Bring 7–10 years of Finance experience, including progressive experience in an FP&A role with demonstrated business partnering responsibilities, ideally within a complex, fast‑paced, or growth‑oriented organization. Proven ability to manage business partner relationships across multiple teams, serving as an organized, reliable Finance resource while also supporting deeper FP&A execution for a primary portfolio. Exceptional analytical, modeling, and problem‑solving skills; thinks critically and connects financial outcomes to operational drivers. Strong relationship‑building and collaboration skills across business partners and cross‑functional stakeholders; able to communicate financial insights clearly and constructively, including to non‑finance audiences. Strong results orientation and bias to action; self‑starter who works independently, demonstrates initiative, flexibility, and maturity under pressure, and effectively manages competing priorities. Experience working with Adaptive Planning (or comparable forecasting software), Workday Financials (or similar ERP systems), and Salesforce, with strong proficiency in Google Suite (Sheets, Docs, Slides). Demonstrated hands‑on experience applying AI tools and automation to finance workflows - such as using AI assistants to accelerate analysis, drafting, and reporting; building automated data pipelines or recurring reporting; or deploying AI‑enabled solutions to improve forecast reliability and process efficiency. Comfort experimenting with and adopting new AI tools as they evolve is essential. A forward‑looking mindset toward AI in finance: understands how AI is reshaping FP&A and is eager to be at the forefront of that shift - not just using available tools, but actively identifying where AI can drive the most value across the finance function. Compensation The Redwood City, CA base pay range for a new hire in this role is $138,000 - $189,000. New hires are typically hired into the lower portion of the range, enabling employee growth in the range over time. Actual placement in range is based on job‑related skills and experience, as evaluated throughout the interview process. This position may be eligible to participate in CZI's discretionary annual performance bonus program. Bonus eligibility and targets are determined in accordance with CZI's total rewards philosophy and may vary by role. Better Together As we grow, we’re excited to strengthen in‑person connections and cultivate a collaborative, team‑oriented environment. This role is a hybrid position requiring you to be onsite for at least 60% of the working month, approximately 3 days a week, with specific in‑office days determined by the team’s manager. The exact schedule will be at the hiring manager’s discretion and communicated during the interview process. Benefits for the Whole You Provides a generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions to support planning for the future. Paid time off to volunteer at an organization of your choice. Relocation support for employees who need assistance moving. Reasonable Accommodation Notice The organization provides (and state and federal law requires) reasonable accommodations to be provided to qualified applicants with disabilities. Your recruiter will work with you during the interview process should you require any such accommodations. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment. Background Check Notice As part of our hiring process, all offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. By submitting your application, you acknowledge that you will be required to undergo a background check prior to employment. Artificial Intelligence Usage Notice We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications and analyzing resumes. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you have questions about this once you are in our hiring process, please contact your Recruiter. #J-18808-Ljbffr Chan Zuckerberg