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Global management consulting for sales optimization

Senior Finance Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis

Corporate Finance & FP&AConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeChicago, IL, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A BA/BS degree in Finance or another quantitative field is required.
  • Three to five years of experience in financial analysis supporting internal business units or stakeholders.
  • Experience building financial models with Excel.
  • Proficiency in business intelligence data modeling and dashboarding using Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools.
  • Fluency in English.
  • Ability to work closely with senior leaders while retaining an objective and professional finance perspective.
  • Ability to think strategically and commercially and to engage with detailed work.
  • Sound judgment about when to challenge an issue and when to lend support.

Responsibilities

  • Design business intelligence dashboards and self-service reporting to support leadership and internal finance teams.
  • Support senior company leaders across analysis, issue identification, and strategic initiatives.
  • Collaborate with internal finance teams and business stakeholders to execute the overall finance data strategy.
  • Prepare analysis and presentations for Board of Directors, Management Committee, Principals Meetings, and Regional Leadership Meetings.
  • Identify business trends and initiate actions to improve company performance and support ongoing growth and expansion.
  • Support ad hoc modeling projects for senior leadership.
  • Coordinate with internal finance and IT teams on finance system process improvements, overseeing and coordinating project activities to ensure successful implementation and timely completion.
  • Act as a functional expert in project and data management, serving as a liaison between teams to ensure requirements are communicated, translated, and addressed throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Learn generative AI tools and participate in integrating these technologies into financial analytics.

Desired Qualifications

  • An advanced degree is welcomed.

About the Company

ZS

Global management consulting for sales optimization

ZS Associates helps organizations optimize their sales and marketing operations through data-driven analytics. The company uses mathematical models and rigorous analysis—originating from Kellogg professors in the 1980s—to size and structure sales teams, design territories, forecast markets, manage data, and design incentive compensation. Its services are delivered as consulting engagements that translate complex analytics into practical business decisions, such as how many salespeople a company needs, how to assign territories, and how to align incentives to drive performance. ZS differentiates itself with a deep, methodical focus on analytics, built from decades of experience and applied across industries beyond its pharmaceutical roots. The company’s goal is to help clients improve performance and return on investment by turning data into actionable sales and marketing solutions.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Evanston, IL
Founded
1983

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