Senior FP&A Analyst

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Lakeshore Talent is in search of a commercially minded Senior FP&A Analyst to join a dynamic and growing organization. This role sits at the intersection of Finance and Business Development, offering a unique opportunity for a strategic financial professional who enjoys influencing business decisions through analysis, modeling, and forecasting.

The Senior FP&A Analyst will play a key role in revenue forecasting, pricing strategy, and evaluating risk versus reward for new business opportunities. The ideal candidate is someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, enjoys building financial models from the ground up, and can translate complex financial data into clear insights that guide leadership decisions.

In this role, you’ll work closely with Business Development and operational leadership, helping shape pricing for new contracts, evaluating profitability, and building dashboards that provide visibility into financial performance. This is a high-impact position with regular exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to influence company strategy.

Location: Lakewood, CO
Schedule: Hybrid Schedule Monday – Friday
Salary: $120k – $130k + 10% Bonus (or more)

Key Responsibilities

Contract Pricing & Business Development Support

• Build custom financial pricing models from scratch to support contract bids, RFPs, and service expansion opportunities.

• Partner directly with the Business Development team to evaluate contract economics, model deal structures, and stress-test financial assumptions before submission.

• Conduct win/loss analysis to determine why opportunities are won or lost, identify pricing gaps, and incorporate insights into future pricing strategies.

• Review existing contracts for scope changes, cost drivers, and margin erosion, providing recommendations to improve profitability.

• Connect sales pipeline activity to revenue and margin forecasts, ensuring commercial momentum is accurately reflected in financial planning.

Company & Contract Profitability Analysis

• Support leadership by analyzing the financial impact of key business decisions across multiple operating locations and business lines.

• Build and maintain advanced Excel models to evaluate profitability across contracts, geographic markets, and operational units.

• Utilize financial evaluation techniques such as NPV, IRR, and free cash flow analysis to assess investment opportunities and capital deployment.

• Identify cost trends and investigate the root causes of performance gaps versus financial targets.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Financial Planning

• Play an integral role in the annual budgeting process and semi-annual forecasting cycles.

• Analyze historical performance, explain financial variances, and develop forward-looking projections to support strategic planning.

• Prepare clear and concise financial narratives for leadership that explain key trends and the business drivers behind financial performance.

• Align financial projections with commercial pipeline visibility in partnership with the Business Development team.

• Utilize financial planning tools and reporting systems to produce timely and meaningful analysis.

Power BI Reporting & KPI Development

• Design and maintain Power BI dashboards and reports that provide leadership with real-time insight into operational performance and margin drivers.

• Collaborate with leadership teams to define and expand Key Performance Indicator (KPI) frameworks across business units.

• Translate operational data into actionable financial insights that highlight opportunities to improve efficiency and profitability.

• Provide recommendations to enhance analytical processes and reporting capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or a related field required.

• 6+ years of progressive financial analysis experience, including advanced financial modeling.

• Expert-level Excel skills, including complex formulas, pivot tables, XLOOKUP, OFFSET functions, and financial modeling techniques.

• Strong understanding of financial valuation concepts, including NPV, IRR, and free cash flow analysis.

• Demonstrated experience building pricing models from scratch.

• Experience developing Power BI dashboards and reporting tools.

• Experience supporting business development or sales teams through financial modeling and analysis.

• Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning or similar financial planning tools is a plus.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to present complex financial concepts clearly to executive leadership.

• High level of business acumen, integrity, and professional judgment.

Work Environment

This is a professional role that supports general business operations through financial analysis, strategic insight, and decision support. The position requires independent judgment, analytical thinking, and the ability to collaborate with senior leadership.

• Hybrid schedule: Monday through Wednesday in-office, Thursday and Friday remote

• Occasional flexibility may be required to work in the office on additional business days

• Standard business hours with no regular expectation of evenings or weekends

This role is ideal for an FP&A professional who enjoys deep financial modeling, long-term contract analysis, and partnering closely with leadership to drive profitability and strategic decision-making.

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