# Senior Financial Analyst

**Company:** [Metropolis](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/metropolis)
**Location:** Los Angeles, CA
**Role:** Finance & Accounting
**Salary:** $95k – $120k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** financial planning and analysis, Financial Modeling, Forecasting, Variance Analysis, Excel, NetSuite, adaptive insights, anaplan, US GAAP, Unit Economics, Generative AI, LLMs, financial dashboards, ROI Analysis, headcount planning
**Posted:** 2026-07-20

> The Senior Financial Analyst leads forecasting, variance analysis, financial modeling, and executive reporting while advising business units on profitability, OpEx, and headcount. The role requires 3+ years of corporate finance, FP&A, or investment banking experience and advanced Excel and ERP/EPM skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Drive monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting cycles end to end.
- Manage variance analysis between actuals and budget/forecast, explaining drivers and fiscal impact to leadership.
- Build and maintain dynamic financial models for capital allocation, long-range planning, and ROI analysis for market expansions and product launches.
- Advise business units by translating departmental performance into enterprise-level impact.
- Help stakeholders manage operating expenses and headcount while aligning with profitability goals.
- Prepare board-ready reporting packages and internal management dashboards.
- Perform integrity checks to maintain financial data as the organization's single source of truth.
- Audit and refine financial workflows.
- Identify opportunities to automate manual processes, shorten month-end reporting cycles, and document standard operating procedures.

## Requirements
- 3+ years of progressive experience in corporate finance, FP&A, or investment banking, preferably in a high-growth technology, AI, or infrastructure-heavy environment.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency, including complex formulas, nested logic, and macros.
- Experience with ERP/EPM systems such as NetSuite, Adaptive Insights, or Anaplan.
- Strong foundation in GAAP and advanced financial analysis.
- Ability to analyze unit economics across diverse business lines and synthesize large, multifaceted datasets into clear margin profiles.
- Experience using generative AI and advanced data tools, including LLMs, financial AI agents, and automated data-analysis workflows, to accelerate modeling, synthesize market research, and automate reporting accurately.
- Ability to deliver forward-looking guidance by interpreting data, explaining the narrative behind financial results, and recommending next steps.
- Exceptional ability to distill granular data into clear executive-level narratives while maintaining accurate, polished data presentation.
- Proactive approach, comfort with ambiguity, and ability to manage multiple high-priority deliverables under tight deadlines.

## Nice to Have
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
- MBA or CFA track.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Office-first role requiring at least four days per week on-site.
- Anticipated base salary: **$95,000.00-$120,000.00 USD annually**.
- Benefits may include healthcare, a 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, stock options, and bonus plans.

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