Great Minds, a high-growth, mission-driven organization dedicated to providing all students with meaningful, challenging content, is hiring a Lead Financial Analyst. This role is a key technical and analytical contributor to the Strategic Finance team, enhancing long-range planning, capital investment analysis, and forecasting by building robust models, improving data accessibility, and delivering clear, actionable insights.
What You'll Do
- Build and maintain complex, driver-based financial models that support forecasting, multi-year planning, scenario analysis, and investment evaluation.
- Translate market insights, operational drivers, and performance trends into clear financial insights for strategic and operational planning.
- Support financial evaluation of business cases and capital investments by modeling returns, cost structures, risks, and long-term value.
- Support capital budgeting processes through financial analysis, project tracking, and linking results to broader financial plans.
- Improve the efficiency and accuracy of forecasting and planning by streamlining workflows, strengthening model architecture, and automating manual processes.
- Leverage strong analytical and data skills to deliver meaningful insights and performance reporting.
- Identify leading indicators, emerging risks, and performance gaps to support informed decision-making.
- Provide high-quality FP&A partnership by pressure-testing assumptions, identifying value drivers, and explaining financial risks and trade-offs.
- Participate in the design, testing, and rollout of financial systems and planning tools.
- Create intuitive visualizations and reporting that help stakeholders quickly understand trends and key decision points.
What We're Looking For
- 7+ years of progressive FP&A experience, ideally including early career accounting experience.
- Demonstrated experience building complex, driver-based financial and operational models.
- Strong understanding of forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and KPI development.
- Advanced Excel proficiency, including PowerQuery, PowerPivot, and disciplined model structuring.
- Experience supporting capital planning, investment analysis, or multi-year financial planning.
- Familiarity with ERP, FP&A, and business intelligence tools such as NetSuite, Anaplan, PowerBI, Tableau, Adaptive, or similar platforms.
- Ability to translate large volumes of financial and operational data into clear, decision-ready insights.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly.
- Bachelor’s Degree.
Technical Stack
- Advanced Excel, PowerQuery, PowerPivot
- NetSuite, Anaplan, Adaptive
- PowerBI, Tableau
Team & Environment
You will be a key contributor within our Strategic Finance team, partnering across the organization to drive financial clarity and strategic planning.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $102,000-$112,000
Work Mode
This is a remote position open to candidates located in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Great Minds is an equal opportunity employer. We will extend equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, disability, age, genetic information, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.
