[Hiring] Financial Analyst @MediaKind

Role Description

MediaKind is seeking a Financial Analyst to join its FP&A team with a primary focus on operating expenses, headcount planning, forecasting, and functional finance partnership. The Financial Analyst will serve as a day-to-day Finance partner to assigned functional leaders and budget owners, providing visibility into financial performance and helping teams effectively manage their budgets and resources.

• Budget versus actual analysis
• Operating expense and headcount forecasting
• Spend tracking
• Supporting broader planning and reporting processes

This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys working with data, understanding the drivers behind financial results, and partnering across the business to turn financial information into actionable insights.

Key Responsibilities

• Opex Planning & Forecasting
  • Support the annual operating plan, quarterly reforecasts, and long-range planning for assigned functions.
  • Develop and maintain operating expense and headcount forecasts in partnership with functional leaders.
  • Consolidate financial inputs, validate assumptions, and identify risks and opportunities against plan.
  • Support scenario modeling and ad-hoc analysis to inform resource and spending decisions.
• Functional Finance Partnership & Bva
  • Serve as the primary day-to-day Finance partner for assigned functional areas.
  • Prepare monthly budget versus actual analysis, identifying key drivers, trends, and variances.
  • Partner with budget owners to understand results and develop clear financial commentary.
  • Track spending against approved budgets and provide visibility into current and projected performance.
  • Support Finance approval processes for headcount requisitions, purchase requests, and other spend commitments.
• Headcount & Spend Management
  • Maintain detailed headcount plans, including new hires, vacancies, backfills, and organizational changes.
  • Partner with the People Team to reconcile headcount assumptions and ensure alignment between workforce and financial plans.
  • Monitor vendor and discretionary spend against approved budgets.
  • Support integration and one-time cost tracking as applicable.
• Reporting & Analysis
  • Prepare recurring financial reports and dashboards for assigned functions.
  • Support monthly management reporting and consolidation activities.
  • Partner with Accounting during month-end close to ensure accurate expense reporting, accruals, and coding.
  • Identify opportunities to simplify and automate recurring reporting and FP&A processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of relevant experience in FP&A, corporate finance, accounting, or financial analysis.
• Strong financial analysis and modeling skills, with an understanding of P&L and operating expense management.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with enterprise planning and ERP systems required.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to translate financial data into clear business insights.
• Effective communication and business partnership skills.
• Experience in a private equity-backed environment is preferred; involvement in complex post-merger integrations is a plus.
• Familiarity with Adaptive Planning or similar financial planning tools is advantageous.

Critical Success Measures

• Accurate and timely forecasts and financial reporting for assigned functions.
• Clear monthly BvA analysis with meaningful variance commentary and root-cause identification.
• Strong understanding and control of functional spend and headcount against plan.
• Accurate financial data and effective coordination across Finance, People, Procurement, and business teams.
• Strong relationships with functional leaders and budget owners, with Finance viewed as a helpful and reliable business partner.
• Continued improvement and automation of recurring reporting, forecasting, and analytical processes.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Comprehensive benefits package
• MediaKindness Wellbeing Program
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment
• Flexible work arrangements, including remote work options