Lead Financial Analyst, Operations Finance

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Partner with Operations, Accounting and Finance teams to analyze P&L results, investigate budget variances, and forecast performance.
• Evaluate opportunities to improve site profitability, ancillary revenues, and operating efficiencies.
• Drive the Operations annual budgeting, forecasting, and business planning processes in compliance with corporate directives.
• Conduct ad hoc financial and operational analyses to support decision-making.
• Support deal bid reviews, RFP responses and contract-related analyses by ensuring financial completeness, auditability, and timely escalation of key risks to senior leadership.
• Develop business cases and ROI analyses for operational initiatives.
• Monitor Client A/R reporting to escalate collections risks and trends for remediation.
• Ad hoc projects as needed.
• Support MBR & QBR meetings by coordinating and preparing performance analyses and presentation materials.
• Analyze operational performance, revenue trends, labor productivity, and contract profitability.
• Partner to develop and maintain recurring reports, KPIs, scorecards, and dashboards utilizing Power BI, Excel, and other reporting tools.
• Identify performance gaps and provide actionable recommendations to improve operational results.
• Identify opportunities to implement policies and streamline workflows to improve financial performance, reduce manual effort and improve data accuracy.
• Document processes and develop standardized reporting methodologies across business units.
• Leverage Power BI, Excel, AI-enabled tools, and automation solutions to improve reporting and operational insights.
• Support implementation and enhancement of company systems, reporting platforms, and operational technologies.

OTHER DUTIES:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain an all‐inclusive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice

• Knowledge of operational and GAAP financial reporting concepts.
• Must have strong communication, leadership and organizational skills and ability to work across all levels of the organization.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, and performance management processes.
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency and timeliness.
• Ability to challenge the status quo.
• Experience within parking, transportation, hospitality, retail, real estate, or multi-site service operations preferred
• Experience creating reports and dashboards using Power BI or similar BI platforms preferred.
• Experience or interest in leveraging AI-enabled tools preferred
• Experience working with ERP, workforce management, or Salesforce preferred
• Familiarity with SQL, data modeling, and database concepts.

REQUIREMENTS:
· Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Data Analytics, Operations Management, or related field.
· 8+ years of experience in operations analysis, business analysis, FP&A, consulting, or related analytical roles.
· Ability to travel 10–20% as required for operational reviews and business meetings.
· Must successfully pass a background check, in accordance with company policy and applicable laws
· (US) Must be authorized to work in the United States and able to provide documentation verifying eligibility, as required by the Department of Homeland Security. participates in the E Verify program to confirm employment eligibility.Benefits