Senior Financial Analyst
Zachry Group • San Antonio, Texas • Full Time
Posted on Mon, Apr 20, 2026
Description
The Senior Analyst, Corporate Finance supports enterprise liquidity management by owning and enhancing cash forecasting tools, compiling and analyzing multi-source financial data, and producing timely, decision-ready reporting for Finance and Treasury leadership. The role drives continuous improvement in forecasting quality, variance analysis, and reporting automation (with a pathway to Power BI or similar platforms) while partnering with business groups and support functions to embed cash insights into operational decision-making. Experience in cash flow modeling and liquidity analysis is highly advantageous.
Responsibilities
Enterprise Cash Forecasting
- Responsible for the day‑to‑day operation of the enterprise cash forecasting cycle in alignment with established governance, standards, and reporting calendars.
- Maintain and enhance enterprise cash forecasting tools, including complex spreadsheet-based models integrating data from multiple internal and external sources.
- Issue standardized information requests to business group and support-function stakeholders; manage deadlines, data validation, follow-ups, and escalations as needed.
- Perform recurring updates, reconciliation, and quality checks to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of cash projections.
- Continuously refine forecasting models, drivers, and assumptions to improve transparency, usability, and forecast reliability.
- Support the migration of cash forecasting tools toward more automated, scalable solutions, including Power BI or other analytics platforms.
Reporting, Variance Analysis & Insights
- Compile, analyze, and synthesize financial and cash flow data to support Finance and Treasury reporting requirements, including Enterprise cash forecasts, Business group and operational cash forecasts, and Proposal-related financial analyses and treasury deliverables.
- Perform variance analysis (forecast vs. actual), investigate drivers, and clearly articulate findings and implications to stakeholders.
- Collaborate with business group finance managers, operations, and accounting teams to validate assumptions and integrate cash considerations into business-level planning.
- Develop concise commentary and executive-ready insights highlighting performance trends, risks, opportunities, and corrective actions.
Business Partnership & Cross-Functional Coordination
- Partner with Finance, Treasury, FP&A, Accounting, and business group leaders to ensure alignment of inputs, assumptions, and timelines across the forecasting process.
- Strengthen organizational adoption of cash forecasting by improving clarity, consistency, and communication of expectations.
- Operate with professional authority and influence, ensuring that information requests are understood as part of governed corporate processes rather than discretionary analyst tasks.
- Support enterprise efforts to standardize cash-related reporting, data flows, and terminology across functions.
Ad-Hoc Financial Analysis & Strategic Support
- Execute targeted financial analysis to support business initiatives, strategic projects, investment considerations, and liquidity-related questions.
- Provide rapid-turnaround analysis and decision support for Finance and Treasury leadership on time-sensitive requests.
Decision Rights & Accountability
- Accountable for consolidated enterprise cash forecast accuracy, completeness, and timely publication.
- Authorized to manage data requests, enforce deadlines, and coordinate escalations in accordance with published forecasting governance.
- Recommends and implements approved updates to forecasting methodology, tool structure, and automation pathways.
- Identifies risks, variances, and data quality issues and escalates promptly when impacts to forecast integrity or leadership decision-making may occur.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
- 4–6+ years of experience in Corporate Finance, FP&A, Treasury, or similar analytical roles.
- Strong proficiency in Excel, including financial modeling, multi-source data manipulation, and advanced formula logic.
- Experience with cash flow analysis, forecasting, and variance explanation.
- Ability to synthesize complex financial information into clear, structured, and actionable insights.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines independently.
Preferred
- Experience with Power BI or similar data visualization tools.
- Prior exposure to liquidity management, treasury processes, or enterprise-level forecasting.
- Familiarity with project-based industries or EPC-type cash drivers.
- Knowledge of data governance, process controls, or analytical automation methods.
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