Business Analyst, Budget Planning & Financial Operations, Global
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Support annual budget planning and recurring forecast cycles, including non-labor operating expense and capital expenditure planning. Maintain forecast workbooks, assumptions, and supporting documentation while working with budget owners to understand spending plans, project timing, and contract obligations. Monitor financial commitments, identify risks such as potential overages or unused funding, and raise them for timely discussion and action. Prepare for and participate in budget review meetings, explain financial information in clear business terms, and coordinate with Finance to resolve discrepancies. Analyze variance data, perform operational driver analysis, and prepare recurring reports, dashboards, and leadership summaries. Reconcile financial and operational information across systems, validate data, and document audit-ready records.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Analytics, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience
- Approximately 2 to 5 years of experience in business analysis, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, operations, project controls, portfolio administration, or a related role
- Experience supporting budget planning, forecast maintenance, financial reporting, or variance analysis
- Working knowledge of operating expense and capital expenditure concepts
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills and comfort working with detailed financial and operational data
- Ability to organize information, manage multiple priorities, and follow through on open actions
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills
- Ability to build trusted relationships and communicate financial information to non-financial stakeholders
- Attention to detail and commitment to data quality, documentation, and confidentiality
- Ability to work collaboratively across teams and adapt to changing priorities
Desired Qualifications
- Budget owner or business-partner support
- Non-labor forecast management, project portfolio support, or contract and vendor spend analysis
- Capital planning, project cost tracking, or multi-year planning
- Executive-ready reporting, dashboards, KPI reporting, or data visualization
- Experience with Power BI, Workday, ERP or financial planning systems, procurement systems, or similar business tools
- Process improvement, requirements gathering, or small-scale project coordination
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