Sr. Financial Analyst

CoreCivic is hiring a Senior Financial Analyst to support IT Finance planning, analysis, reporting, and controls for assigned technology spend areas. Responsibilities Prepare financial analysis, reporting, and variance explanations for assigned IT spend areas, including operating expense , capital spend , vendor services , maintenance , and technology projects . Support the annual IT budget and monthly forecast cycles by gathering inputs, maintaining templates, validating assumptions, preparing schedules, analyzing trends, and documenting risks and opportunities . Monitor actual spend, purchase commitments, project costs, invoices, accruals, and forecast changes to support accurate, complete, and timely financial data. Track assigned IT portfolios by organizing spend, commitments, forecasts, and reporting according to the applicable IT functional structure. Assist with capital project financial tracking, including approved budgets, actual spend, commitments, forecast to complete , project coding, capitalization support, and project closeout activities. Produce monthly reporting packages, dashboards, reconciliations, schedules, and analyses for review by the Managing Director and IT leadership. Support financial models, business cases, cost-benefit analyses, and scenario analyses for technology investments, renewals, and cost optimization opportunities. Research and explain budget variances, forecast changes, vendor spend trends, software renewal activity, hardware lifecycle costs, and project financial performance. Maintain financial files, templates, reporting tools, trackers, and documentation to support consistent IT finance processes and audit-ready records. Coordinate with IT budget owners and project teams to gather information, validate financial data, resolve open items, address routine financial questions, and prepare issues for Managing Director review. Identify data issues, process gaps, unusual trends, potential financial risks, and variance drivers; document findings and recommend next steps for escalation or resolution. Support development, documentation, maintenance, and consistent execution of IT finance policies, procedures, templates, trackers, reporting standards, and standard work. Domestic U.S. travel may be required. Requirements Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field from an accredited college or university is required. 3+ years of progressive experience in Finance, Accounting, FP&A, business analysis, or a related financial role is required. Experience preparing budgets, forecasts, variance analyses, financial reports, reconciliations, and management schedules is required. Strong understanding of financial planning, operating expense management, capital tracking, accruals, project costs, and financial reporting is required. Ability to analyze detailed financial data, identify trends, explain variances, and summarize findings clearly for both finance and non-finance stakeholders is required. IT Finance experience required (financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, cost analysis, or related functions). Must be local at the time of application. Onsite role in Brentwood, TN , requiring attendance Monday through Thursday (4 days per week) . No relocation package. Candidates must meet both the IT Finance experience and local residency requirements to be considered. Preferred / Additional Qualifications Finance experience supporting IT areas such as cybersecurity, infrastructure, end-user computing, hardware, software, SaaS, cloud, vendor contracts, or technology project financial management is preferred. Experience supporting capital project tracking, capitalization processes, fixed asset activity, or project portfolio reporting is preferred. Experience with ERP, EPM, planning, reporting, procurement, business intelligence, or project portfolio management systems is preferred. Experience developing dashboards, recurring reports, financial trackers, or process documentation is preferred. Tools / Technologies ERP EPM Planning Reporting Procurement Business intelligence Project portfolio management systems #J-18808-Ljbffr CoreCivic