Senior Financial Analyst
Rochester, New York

Insero Talent Solutions has partnered with a global manufacturing organization serving a wide range of markets in their search of a Senior Financial Analyst to join their growing team. The company is focused on enhancing its financial systems, reporting capabilities, and decision-support tools to drive performance, operational excellence, and long-term scalability.

The Senior Financial Analyst will play a critical role in strengthening the organization’s financial framework through enhanced technology, streamlined processes, and insight-driven analysis. This role supports month-end close activities, prepares and interprets financial reports, develops budgeting and forecasting models, and builds KPI dashboards used by executive leadership.

The ideal candidate is highly analytical, detail-oriented, and motivated by opportunities to drive efficiency and improve financial visibility across a growing global business.

Responsibilities:

• Support monthly and quarterly close activities, including variance analysis, account reconciliations, and key journal entry review.
• Prepare, analyze, and interpret financial statements while ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with GAAP.
• Partner with Finance, Operations, and IT to strengthen financial systems, reporting tools, and transaction processes to improve data integrity and efficiency.
• Lead development, maintenance, and enhancement of budgeting and forecasting models; provide actionable insights to business leaders.
• Build and manage KPI dashboards that deliver real-time financial and operational performance metrics.
• Conduct detailed financial analyses to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, and provide recommendations to support strategic and operational decision-making.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across financial processes, reporting capabilities, and data-driven tools.
• Collaborate cross-functionally (operations, sales, supply chain, IT) to align financial insights with organizational objectives.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA, CMA, or MBA is a plus.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in financial analysis and/or accounting, preferably within a manufacturing or global company.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, financial reporting, and month-end close processes.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling expertise; experience with ERP systems and BI/reporting tools strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to design and maintain KPI dashboards and reporting frameworks.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across global teams.
• Demonstrated experience driving process improvements and leveraging technology to enhance efficiency and accuracy.