Senior Associate, Financial Planning & Analysis
GoodLeap ‚Ä¢ San Francisco, California ‚Ä¢ Full Time ‚Ä¢ $125,000–$150,000 / year
Posted on Tue, Jul 7, 2026
The Senior Associate of Financial Planning & Analysis is a hands-on contributor to GoodLeap's consolidated financial planning, forecasting, and reporting cycles. This role owns regular deliverable production across budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting — working across business units and partnering with Finance leadership to translate financial results into actionable insights. The Senior Associate maintains alignment between GAAP and management reporting, ensures data integrity across Workday Financials through to implementation of Adaptive Planning, and supports continuous improvement of the models and processes that underpin financial decision-making. The Senior Associate is accountable for the quality and integrity of all routine reporting outputs, including monthly and quarterly close packages, board materials, and executive presentations and is expected to operate with a high degree of independence on recurring workstreams, enabling Finance leadership to focus on analysis and strategic decision support.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Budgeting & Forecasting: Support the annual budget build across business units, including model maintenance, BU coordination, and consolidation; support quarterly reforecast cycles and long-range planning activities.
- Monthly & Quarterly Reporting: Prepare and maintain recurring close reporting packages across business units with a standard of accuracy and completeness that requires minimal senior review; support Finance leadership in summarizing results and preparing materials for executive leadership and Board presentations, producing polished, leadership-ready outputs that are factually tight and clearly structured.
- Ad Hoc Analysis: Respond to business-driven analytical requests across topics such as headcount, production, and operational performance; synthesize findings into clear outputs for Finance leadership and business stakeholders.
- Systems & Process: Support the buildout of Workday financial reporting capabilities to support BU finance partners and the implementation of Adaptive Planning; maintain data integrity, hierarchies, and tie-outs across financial systems. Optimize data structure and reporting production work flows to scale with the business and enhance efficiency, while maintaining quality. Proactively identify opportunities to automate recurring manual processes (e.g., data pulls, formatting, reconciliations) using tools such as Power Query, Excel macros, or AI-assisted scripting.
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field required
- 4-6 years of progressive experience in FP&A or a combination of FP&A and corporate or public accounting
- Fintech or banking industry experience preferred
- MBA, CPA, or CFA a plus
- Advanced Excel skills including complex formulas, financial modeling, and pivot tables; Power Query a plus
- Experience with Workday Financials and/or Adaptive Planning is a plus
- Strong understanding of corporate finance, GAAP, and management reporting concepts
- Experience working with large datasets and across multiple systems; basic to intermediate SQL a plus
- Familiarity with BI tools such as Tableau or Power BI a plus
- Detail-oriented with strong data integrity discipline and a systematic approach to model tie-outs and reconciliations
- Ability to synthesize financial results into clear written narratives and leadership-ready summaries
- Comfortable managing multiple deliverables under tight close deadlines in a fast-moving environment
- Demonstrated curiosity about and experience applying AI tools (e.g., Claude, Copilot) to automate or accelerate recurring FP&A workflows such as variance commentary, data preparation, or report drafting; willingness to champion adoption across the team
Additional Information Regarding Job Duties and Job Descriptions:
Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by one's supervisor or other managers related to the position/department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and other skills required for the position. The Company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job position or assign additional job responsibilities, subject to applicable law. The Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.
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