Senior Financial Analyst (930826) at Equus

About the Role

The Financial Analyst is responsible for supporting financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, billing, and reporting activities across multiple contracts and operating companies within the United States. This role partners closely with Operations leadership to provide meaningful insights into financial performance and improve the timing of receivables collections.

Key Responsibilities

• →Serve as a strategic finance partner to Director of Finance, local Program Directors and corporate stakeholders.
• →Analyze contract performance, revenue trends, cost drivers, headcount utilization, and margin results.
• →Translate financial results into actionable insights to support operational decision-making.
• →Lead budgeting and forecasting for assigned contracts, ensuring accuracy and timely submissions.
• →Prepare variance analysis (budget vs. actual vs. forecast) with clear explanations for revenue, expenses, and EBITDA impacts.
• →Partner with Operations to ensure billing accuracy, completeness and compliance with funder requirements.
• →Track accounts receivable aging and work with Operations teams to improve collection timing.
• →Prepare contract-level and consolidated reporting packages for leadership, including KPIs, dashboards, and trend analyses.
• →Support month-end close activities, including validation of accruals, prepaid items, revenue entries, and other contract-related adjustments.
• →Contribute to the enhancement of planning, forecasting and reporting processes across business units.
• →Support improvements or implementation of financial systems and tools (e.g., SAP BYD, Anaplan, Concur).