Role Description The Principal Financial Analyst is responsible for supporting LOB functions, including business planning and navigation, forecasting, budgeting, and financial and market analysis. They will work with LOB presidents/leaders and senior financial leaders on developing financial strategies, management reporting, and analytics. - Act as a key point of contact for LOB with all Finance teams, ensuring timely and accurate completion of finance functions. - Produce actionable management information and analysis, issuing periodic financial and operating reports, interpreting operating results, and ensuring specificity in accordance with appropriate accounting standards. - Manage the preparation of financial forecasts, including projected revenue, expenses, net income, cash and borrowing. - Recommend benchmarks for measuring the financial and operating performance of locations and departments. - Build financial business plans and define ways to identify financial opportunities and gaps. - Prepare financial analysis of Company corporate and by business segment. - Monitor and analyze monthly operating results against budget. - Develop and lead the preparation of finance committee financial packets, financial reviews, and annual/5 year plan reviews. - Manage the annual planning/budgeting process including top-down target setting, long-range planning that aligns with and integrates the strategic business plans. - Identify and ensure implementation of financial improvements to achieve revenue and profit targets. - Recommend proper allocation of assets and resources to maximize productivity and profitability, and provide valuable analysis and insight to guide decision making that supports the Company’s key objectives. - Collaborate with business leaders on evaluating existing financial systems and current processes, and recommending modifications and implementation of systems and processes more advantageous to the Company’s strategic financial goals. - Mentor other Individual contributors on the team. - Prepare reports that outline the company's financial position in the areas of income, expenses, and earnings to assist in financial decision-making. - Participate in a wide variety of special projects at Corporate or LOB level, as needed. - Coordinate with other units/departments to facilitate special requests, resolve workflow or production issues. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent experience. - 8+ years related financial analysis experience. - Strong organizational skills, accuracy, and attention to detail. - Skilled at working with cross-functional groups while promoting collaboration and excellence. - Strong negotiation, consensus-building, and problem-solving skills. - The ability to lead the efforts needed to identify and resolve complex technical accounting matters in a timely manner. - Strong business aptitude, analytical, and problem-solving skills. - Ability to regularly exercise discretion and independent judgment in the performance of job duties. - Proven ability to navigate complex situations through the organizational landscape and with multiple stakeholders. - The ability to effectively instruct others on technical models and concepts. - Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task and manage priorities. - Strong Excel experience. - Clean credit history as reported by credit report. - For roles that are remote (i.e., Work From Home (WFM)) or hybrid (i.e., partial onsite at a VSP location and WFM), must demonstrate a high level of engagement in virtual environments, including maintaining camera presence during meetings to support effective communication and team alignment. Requirements - #LI-MARCHON Benefits - Compensation range for the role is listed below. - Applicable salary ranges may differ across markets. - Actual pay will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. - As a part of the compensation package, this role may include eligible bonuses and commissions. - Salary Ranges: $105,000.00 - $165,375.00