Senior Financial Analyst

Position Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst serves as a key strategic partner within the Corporate FP&A team, focusing on Life Time's Memberships and Dues business. This role is primarily centered on designing, building, and maintaining sophisticated financial models that drive membership revenue forecasting, strategic planning, and decision-making. The analyst is responsible for developing advanced financial models—including cohort analysis, acquisition and retention forecasting, and multi-scenario planning—while preparing accurate forecasts, analyzing variances to identify trends and opportunities, and providing actionable insights.

The ideal candidate brings exceptional financial modeling expertise, advanced technical aptitude, and strong analytical capabilities. This role collaborates closely with cross-functional teams—including operations, IT, and field leadership—to influence strategies through data-driven modeling, ensure financial integrity, and drive process improvements.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain complex financial models to forecast membership and dues revenue, including cohort-level analysis, acquisition/retention trends, and multi-scenario modeling to support strategic initiatives
• Develop and enhance rolling forecast models incorporating detailed analysis across Centers, cohorts, and markets; validate model assumptions and ensure accuracy
• Create and maintain annual budget models and quarterly forecast models in collaboration with business leaders; manage model version control and documentation
• Develop and maintain the five-year strategic financial plan, building sophisticated long-range models incorporating business drivers, market dynamics, and growth scenarios
• Build analytical models to identify membership trends, variance drivers, and key performance indicators; prepare variance analysis and sensitivity analyses
• Leverage modeling tools, Adaptive Planning, and related technologies to standardize model structures, improve efficiency, reduce calculation errors, and enhance forecasting accuracy
• Prepare and present detailed financial reports and model outputs for senior management; explain model methodology, assumptions, and recommendations
• Provide field leadership with model-driven insights and reporting to enhance forecast accuracy and operational decision-making

Position Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• 3+ years of advanced financial modeling and financial analysis experience, with demonstrated expertise in complex, multi-dimensional models
• Expert-level Microsoft Excel skills, including advanced formulas, scenario analysis, data validation, and model optimization
• Proven expertise building financial forecasting models, including revenue forecasting, cohort analysis, and variance modeling
• Experience working with financial systems and analytics tools such as Workday, Adaptive Planning, Domo, or Alteryx
• Proficiency with AI tools for financial analysis, modeling, and research; experience with Claude preferred
• Proven ability to manage multiple modeling priorities, meet tight deadlines, and deliver high-quality, auditable work with meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to explain complex models to non-technical stakeholders
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to build strong cross-functional relationships
• Desire to continuously grow technical modeling skills, business knowledge, and overall impact

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of financial modeling experience in subscription-based or membership business models
• Demonstrated expertise in acquisition & retention cohort modeling and forecasting
• Python or SQL skills for data manipulation and model automation
• Experience with Adaptive Planning, OfficeConnect, or similar FP&A modeling platforms
• Experience building models in team environments with version control and documentation standards
• Familiarity with scenario planning and sensitivity analysis frameworks

Pay

Benefits

All team members receive the following benefits while working for Life Time:

• A fully subsidized membership

• Discounts on Life Time products and services

• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company discretionary match (21 years of age and older)

• Training and professional development

• Paid sick leave where required by law

Full-time Team Members are eligible for additional benefits, including:

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage 

• Short term and long term disability insurance

• Life insurance

• Pre-tax flexible spending and dependent care plans

• Parental leave and adoption assistance

• Paid time off, including 5 to 20 vacation days per calendar year (based on tenure) and paid sick leave

• Deferred compensation plan, if the team member meets the required income threshold

Life Time is a place for everyone. As an organization, we are committed to an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that respects and celebrates the unique contributions of each individual while ensuring we remain an equal opportunity employer that recruits, hires, trains and promotes based on merit and qualifications.