We are looking for a highly driven Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to play a critical role in supporting financial operations and delivering insightful analysis. In this individual contributor role, you will collaborate across departments to refine financial plans, improve reporting systems, and drive data-driven decision-making. Based in Sausalito, California, this position offers the opportunity to influence key business strategies and enhance organizational profitability.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Lead the annual budgeting process by developing templates, coordinating with department heads, and preparing detailed budget presentations.<br>• Conduct quarterly forecasting exercises, providing actionable insights to senior management.<br>• Ensure data accuracy and integrity while preparing monthly financial reports and developing new reporting tools.<br>• Analyze variances against budgets and prior year results to identify trends and areas for improvement.<br>• Support executive management by assisting in the preparation of board presentations and delivering ad hoc analyses.<br>• Create and maintain data models to design performance metrics and support financial systems.<br>• Evaluate product profitability by analyzing supply chain costs, pricing structures, and brand expenditures.<br>• Provide inventory analysis to identify trends related to expiration, sales forecasting, and margin implications.<br>• Collaborate with sales and marketing teams to develop sales forecasts, monitor performance metrics, and validate regional trends.<br>• Assist in pricing administration and conduct brand spend analysis to optimize market strategies.
<p>We are looking for a skilled Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to join our team in Emeryville, California. This role is ideal for someone passionate about driving financial strategies and delivering impactful insights. You will play a key role in shaping corporate decision-making through detailed analysis and forecasting.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><ul><li>Improve and maintain driver‑based financial and capital models, integrating them into daily operations and partnering with key business teams.</li><li>Lead monthly reporting by collecting data, validating assumptions, and aligning benchmarks with stakeholders.</li><li>Analyze and present financial results, including preparing materials for leadership and board reviews.</li><li>Produce ongoing financial reports using advanced modeling and strong analytical methods.</li><li>Provide insights on revenue drivers, competition, and market trends to guide strategy.</li><li>Track KPI trends, benchmark performance, and identify risks and opportunities.</li><li>Run sensitivity analyses focused on capital adequacy and stress‑testing scenarios.</li><li>Communicate forecasts and assumptions clearly across business units to ensure alignment.</li><li>Maintain transparent access to plan‑vs‑actual and forecast‑vs‑actual results.</li><li>Build strong partnerships across the organization and act as a trusted advisor.</li><li>Support expense management and contribute to improving financial processes.</li><li>Promote best practices in planning and enhance analytical discipline.</li><li>Coach and develop team members.</li><li>Handle additional ad hoc tasks as needed.</li></ul>
<p>We are looking for an experienced Financial Analyst to join our team in the Palo Alto area, on a contract basis. In this role, you will provide critical support to the finance director by streamlining operational financial planning and analysis (FP&A) processes and ensuring accurate reporting. This position is ideal for someone who is detail-oriented, experienced in advanced financial tasks, and comfortable collaborating across departments.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Generate and manage detailed expense reports to ensure accurate tracking and analysis.</p><p>• Oversee headcount reporting and forecasting processes to align with organizational goals.</p><p>• Develop and maintain budgets while providing precise forecasting to support decision-making.</p><p>• Assist in month-end closing activities, including identifying accruals and reconciling accounts.</p><p>• Review and analyze open purchase order (PO) reports to ensure proper management.</p><p>• Monitor and manage expenses, with a focus on marketing spend, ensuring cost efficiency.</p><p>• Scrub, validate, and analyze financial data to maintain integrity and reliability.</p><p>• Collaborate with vendors to investigate invoices and resolve discrepancies in PO closures.</p><p>• Partner with non-finance business stakeholders to provide financial insights and guidance.</p>
<p>We are looking for an experienced Financial Analyst to join our team on a contract basis in the Palo Alto area. This role is focused on supporting the finance director with operational financial planning and analysis, streamlining reporting processes, and ensuring accurate financial data management. You will play a key role in providing insights into expenses, headcount forecasting, and budgeting to drive informed decision-making.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Prepare detailed expense reports and ensure accurate tracking of costs across various departments.</p><p>• Conduct headcount reporting and forecasting to align staffing plans with organizational goals.</p><p>• Develop and maintain budgets and forecasts, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.</p><p>• Provide support during month-end closing processes, including identifying accruals and reconciling accounts.</p><p>• Analyze open purchase order reports and assist in resolving outstanding items.</p><p>• Manage and monitor marketing expenses, ensuring adherence to budget limits.</p><p>• Review and validate financial data to ensure accuracy and consistency.</p><p>• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to investigate vendor invoices and address discrepancies.</p><p>• Utilize advanced Excel techniques such as pivot tables and lookups to perform in-depth data analysis.</p>
<p>We are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join our team on a contract basis in the Palo Alto area. This role is ideal for an experienced and detail-oriented individual with a strong background in financial planning and analysis (FP&A). You will play a key role in supporting the finance director by streamlining reporting processes and ensuring precise expense and headcount management.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Prepare detailed expense reports and ensure accurate tracking.</p><p>• Manage headcount reporting and provide reliable forecasting.</p><p>• Develop and maintain budgets and financial forecasts.</p><p>• Assist with month-end close activities, ensuring all necessary adjustments are completed.</p><p>• Identify and record accruals to maintain accurate financial records.</p><p>• Review open purchase order (PO) reports and address discrepancies.</p><p>• Oversee expense management, including marketing spend, ensuring alignment with budgets.</p><p>• Scrub and validate financial data for accuracy and completeness.</p><p>• Collaborate with non-finance teams to address financial inquiries and resolve vendor-related issues.</p>
<p>We are looking for a dedicated Business Systems Analyst to join our team near Benicia, CA. This position plays a vital role in bridging the gap between business objectives and IT solutions, ensuring enterprise applications align with organizational goals and operate efficiently. The ideal candidate will bring experience in IFS EERP, IFS Cloud is highly desirable. This is 4 days onsite.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Manage and optimize enterprise applications, focusing on functionality across departments such as Finance, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing.</p><p>• Analyze business needs and translate them into effective system configurations, enhancements, and integrations.</p><p>• Lead cross-functional projects from requirements gathering through implementation and post-launch support.</p><p>• Collaborate with stakeholders to improve processes, enhance data integrity, and ensure system usability.</p><p>• Adapt to evolving priorities while maintaining alignment with the organization's strategic roadmap.</p><p>• Facilitate user adoption and standardize processes within the enterprise application ecosystem.</p><p>• Serve as a trusted advisor to business users and IT teams, offering insights into system capabilities and best practices.</p><p>• Work closely with developers, consultants, and vendors to deliver system enhancements and integrations.</p><p>• Ensure seamless data flow and alignment between enterprise systems and legacy applications.</p><p>• Document processes, workflows, and system configurations, and develop training materials for end-users.</p>
<p>We are looking for a Senior Reporting Analyst to join our dynamic team in Emeryville, California. In this role, you will leverage your expertise in financial analysis and modeling to provide key insights that drive strategic decisions. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, analytical, and skilled in handling complex datasets to uncover trends and opportunities.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><ul><li>Analyze documentation for new reinsurance deals and coordinate with Finance, Legal, Risk, IT, and leadership to ensure compliant execution.</li><li>Contribute as a core team member in producing reports for both new and existing reinsurance transactions.</li><li>Build strong knowledge of how reinsurance agreements affect upstream and downstream processes and work with teams to ensure proper integration.</li><li>Deliver timely analyses and insights to support decision‑making across the organization.</li><li>Partner with management and IT to define requirements and support future system enhancements.</li><li>Assist in creating and maintaining large analytical datasets from internal and external sources.</li><li>Proactively identify and develop new KPIs or reporting ideas based on observed needs.</li><li>Apply Change Management and Control standards throughout reporting activities.</li><li>Offer data‑driven guidance to Finance, Risk, Underwriting Ops, IT, Legal, and Servicing teams.</li><li>Handle additional responsibilities as required.</li></ul>
<p>Robert Half is seeking a results-driven Billing Analyst with a strong background in accounts receivable (AR), aging analysis, and billing operations to join our client’s dynamic team. As a Billing Analyst, you will play a critical role in ensuring the financial health and accuracy of the organization’s revenue cycle through efficient and detailed billing and reconciliation processes. </p><p><br></p><p>In this role, the ideal candidate will oversee and maintain accurate aging reports, streamline billing operations, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve discrepancies. Strong attention to detail, analytical skills, and the ability to prioritize tasks in a deadline-driven environment are key to success. </p><p><br></p><ul><li>Oversee the AR process by accurately posting payments, reconciling accounts, and managing outstanding balances for improved cash flow. </li><li>Regularly update and review accounts receivable aging reports to monitor delinquent accounts, reduce overdue balances, and provide actionable insights to stakeholders. </li><li>Ensure accurate and timely preparation of customer invoices, credit memos, and billing adjustments, in alignment with agreed-upon terms and contracts. </li><li>Reconcile discrepancies between payments received and invoices by working closely with AR teams and customers to ensure proper account resolution. </li><li>Communicate with customers regarding outstanding invoices and provide efficient support to resolve any billing-related issues. </li><li>Generate detailed monthly and quarterly reports summarizing AR trends, billing metrics, and collection efforts to support cash forecasting. </li><li>Ensure all billing and AR functions comply with organizational policies, audit requirements, and financial regulations. </li></ul>