[Hiring] Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis @Evolent

Role Description

We are seeking a Senior Analyst for our Strategic Finance team to support the Product and Technology Business Line. This role will support the company's financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and reporting functions. The Senior FP&A Analyst will work closely with Accounting, Procurement, and department heads to provide insights and financial analysis that drive business decisions. The ideal candidate will have experience in managing monthly accruals, accounting processes, procurement processes, and will possess strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to drive business performance.

• Support the Finance team by executing key deliverables with excellent attention to detail:
• Work closely with the accounting team to ensure proper documentation and recording of accruals, journal entries, and other financial transactions (e.g., capital project codes, spend category, cost center, etc.).
• Provide financial oversight of procurement activities and ensure proper accounting treatment of purchasing and vendor transactions.
• Maintain and update existing standard models (e.g., staffing, detailed budget builds) as well as contribute to further development of those models related to new initiatives (e.g., new strategic initiatives, staff versus contractor evaluation, CapEx strategy).
• Manage the monthly accrual process, ensuring accurate recognition of expenses in accordance with accounting principles and company policies.
• Assist with month-end and year-end closing activities to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting and budgeting cycles with KPIs, and insights tailored to Technology and Product leadership, including developing cost center budgets, capital planning, and project-level forecasting for Technology investments and Product initiatives.
• Track department-level performance (supporting business line leaders with monthly reports on headcount, spend, variance analysis, department P&L forecasting).
• Maintain, create, automate, and improve Adaptive Insights financial models and reporting templates, focused on the evolving needs of the Technology and Product business area.
• Liaise with other teams under the Finance umbrella (e.g., Accounting) to maintain accurate forecasting and partner on month-end variance analyses to better refine monthly forecasting.
• Support special projects, including ROI analysis for new Technology investments, Product launches, and platform enhancements.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant/CPA, CMA or Master’s degree in Business Finance or equivalent experience.
• 3-5 years of experience as an Analyst or Associate in corporate finance (FP&A), investment banking, or other Finance role with financial modeling experience.
• Proactive problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently.
• Ability to take initiative while managing time across multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
• Experience working with Accounts Payable, Accounting, and Procurement teams for invoice, Purchase Order, and accrual related items.
• Extensive experience using Microsoft Excel.
• Strong analytical abilities, with a track record of identifying insights from financial information and translating into business analytics and recommendations with a high level of accuracy.
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., Workday, SAP, Oracle) and FP&A tools (e.g., Hyperion, Adaptive Insights, Office Connect) is preferred.

Requirements

• Employees must have a high-speed broadband internet connection with a minimum speed of 50 Mbps.
• Ability to set up a wired connection to their home network to ensure effective remote work.

Company Description

Evolent Health has a bold mission to change the health of the nation by changing the way health care is delivered. Our pursuit of this mission is the driving force that brings us to work each day. We believe in embracing new ideas, challenging ourselves and failing forward. We respect and celebrate individual talents and team wins. We have fun while working hard and Evolenteers often make a difference working in everything from scrubs to jeans.

• In 2021, we grew our teams by almost 50% and continue to grow even more in 2022.
• Evolent Health International (Pune, India) has been certified as “Great Places to Work” in 2021.
• In 2020 and 2021, Evolent in the U.S. was named Best Company for Women to Advance by Parity.org.
• Evolent earned a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI).