Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis

Full Time Professional Chicago, Chicago, IL, US 7 days ago Requisition ID: 1134 Job Title: Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis - SR FPA Location: Downtown Chicago, Hybrid Tues/Thurs Position Summary HealthBridge Financial is seeking a highly analytical FP&A professional with deep modeling expertise and experience supporting specialty finance or asset-backed lending businesses. This role will own complex financial modeling, improve the company’s reporting and forecasting infrastructure, and lead a disciplined post-close management process with department leaders and Accounting. The successful candidate will be a builder who is comfortable working directly in the data and models rather than simply reviewing work produced by others. Build,maintain, and continuously improvehighly complexfinancial models supporting company growth, profitability, liquidity, and capital planning. Develop andmaintainasset-backed lending models, including borrowing base mechanics, advance rates, availability, covenant considerations, and scenario analysis. Build detailed operating and portfolio models that connect business drivers to financial outcomes. Use Power Query and advanced Excel techniques to create repeatable, scalable model inputs and reporting flows. Post-Close Performance Management Lead the monthly post-close management process in partnership withAccountingand department heads. Create and review monthly performance packages that explain actual results, key variances, trends, risks, and opportunities. Work directly with department leaders to assess performance against budget, forecast, and operating expectations. Turn financial results into clear operating actions and follow-up items. Reporting & Analytics Develop executive and departmental reportinginAmazonQuickSightand Excel. Automate recurring reporting and reduce manual data preparation through Power Query and systems integration. Create clear, decision-useful analyses for leadership rather than simply distributing financial statements. Planning & Strategic Finance Support annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, scenario modeling, and long-range planning. Evaluate new initiatives, product economics, portfolio performance, and capital needs. Partner cross-functionallywith Accounting, Operations, and business leaders on financial decision support. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA or CFA a plus. 6-10+ years of progressive FP&A, strategic finance, lending, banking, or specialty finance experience. Demonstrated experience building complex financial models from the ground up. Expert-level Excel and extensive Power Query experience. Strong AmazonQuickSightexperience, including development of scalable reporting and dashboards. Excellent business partnering skills and the ability to work directly with department heads on monthly performance. Ability to move fluidly between detailed data work, financial modeling, and executive-level communication. What Success Looks Like Forecasts and models areaccurate, scalable, and trusted by leadership. Monthly post-close reviews consistently produce clear explanations and actionable follow-up. Department leaders understand their financial performance and take ownership of variances. Reporting becomes increasingly automated and less dependent on manual preparation. FP&Aprovidesforward-looking insight instead of functioning only as a reporting team. #J-18808-Ljbffr Health-Bridge