Senior Financial Analyst

Exponent is a leading engineering and scientific consulting firm that brings together more than 90 different disciplines to solve the most pressing and complicated challenges facing stakeholders today. Our vision is to engage the brightest scientists and engineers to empower clients with solutions for a safe, healthy, sustainable and technologically complex world. We leverage over 50 years of experience in analyzing accidents and failures to advise clients as they innovate their technologically complex products and processes, ensure the safety and health of their users, and address the challenges of sustainability.

We employ experts with degrees from top programs at over 500 universities, as well as technical specialists with extensive experience spanning a variety of industries. At Exponent, we look to hire intelligent and driven people who want to make an impact and grow their careers within a dynamic consulting firm. You will work together with our consultants to provide outstanding service to our clients and to achieve our vision as a pre-eminent engineering and scientific consulting firm. We are excited about your interest in joining our growing team!

Key statistics:

• 1100+ Team members
• 900+ Consultants
• 550+ Ph.D.s
• 30+ Offices globally

We are currently seeking a Senior Financial Analyst for our Finance/Accounting group in our Menlo Park, CA office. In this role, you will be responsible for manipulating large datasets to bring insights into our business performance.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with management on strategic objectives by performing research and developing financial models on topics such as compensation, sales credit, utilization, client/industry data, and return on investment of strategic investments
• Developing financial reports for Supervisors, Project Managers, Principals, Directors, and Officers that help them manage and grow the Firm
• Delivering business intelligence that provides forward-looking insight and decision support
• Automating and creating a more robust process to streamline current business analysis
• Developing and maintaining reports and performance dashboards, which will serve to analyze financial results, track key performance indicators, monitor variances, and identify trends
• Understanding and explaining internal and external drivers impacting performance and trends
• Compiling and analyzing long-range plans, annual budgets and periodic forecasts
• Compiling data for the annual review process

You will have the following skills and qualifications:

• B.S./B.A. degree (MBA is preferred)
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience as a Financial Analyst
• Advanced skills in Excel, Power BI, and SQL
• Strong interpersonal skills necessary to work effectively across multiple functions, regions, with varied levels of employees and with multi-industry clients
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment where critical and very tight deadlines are common
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must be analytical, assertive, and creative and have effective problem-solving skills
• Ability to prioritize workload and work independently
• Experience in a professional services company is desirable

To learn more about life at Exponent and our impact, please visit the following links:
https://www.exponent.com/careers/life-exponent

https://www.exponent.com/company/our-impact

We value and encourage diversity, equity and inclusion across all facets of our firm. Having a team built of people with different backgrounds, skills and perspectives allows us to provide better value to our clients and enjoy an enriched work environment.

Our firm is committed to offering a variety of programs and resources to support health and well-being. We believe that providing competitive benefits as well as compensation and recognition programs empowers our staff to do work that makes a difference.

Exponent is a proud equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status.

Compensation

The base salary range for this position is $110,000 - $130,000 depending on experience and capabilities which will be assessed during the interview process.

If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may email us at HR-Accommodations@exponent.com.