Senior Corporate Financial Planning & Strategy Analyst
About the team/role
The Financial Planning & Strategy (FP&S) team at Checkr sits at the intersection of finance, strategy, and execution. We don't just report on the business, we shape it. We drive strategic decision-making through deep cross-functional partnership, financial and strategic analyses, and domain expertise. We proactively identify opportunities to fuel growth toward Checkr’s goals and deliver the highest impact outcomes.
As a Senior Corporate Financial Planning & Strategy Analyst, you will play a critical role on the Financial Planning & Strategy (FP&S) team. The FP&S team is responsible for the financial decision-making across the organization. This role supports the corporate function in all activities related to managing the total company corporate model. The role supports a wide range of business processes and initiatives to maximize value and optimize company performance, including projects related to revenue, resource allocation, company-wide budgeting, long-term planning, scaling our systems, and setting performance benchmarks for the company. The ideal candidate is highly analytical and strategic, approaches problems in a structured manner, is comfortable with ambiguity, and can communicate clearly and effectively. This is a highly visible role which will work closely with Finance Leadership and cross-functional business partners.
What you’ll do
Prepare reporting and analyses for management and the BOD, including annual and quarterly financial reviews, BOD materials, investor reporting, and weekly and monthly business reviews
Support initiatives to continuously improve, automate, and scale forecasting and reporting tools, processes, and methodologies. Become a power user in our financial planning tool (Adaptive) and find opportunities to continuously improve and automate our processes.
Serve as a key liaison and partner to Finance, Accounting, IT, Corporate Development, People/HR, and other parts of the organization.
Integrate AI into existing financial processes to uncover deeper business insights, optimize forecast accuracy, proactively identify emerging trends, and drive automations.
Serve as the go-to financial partner for data-driven, ad-hoc analyses, and prepare strategic materials for key management meetings, summarizing findings, risks, opportunities, and recommendations
Support M&A analysis including financial modeling and due diligence
Own the Balance Sheet and Cash Flow forecasting, and partner with Finance on optimizing working capital.
Lead strategic financial planning and forecasting processes across different departments. This includes managing the process and calendar for quarterly, AOP and Long-Range Planning.
What you bring
4+ years of relevant progressive Finance experience in a fast-paced and high growth environment, including Strategic Finance, FP&A, investment banking, or consulting
Superior analytical and problem solving skills with experience building 3-statement financial models
Understanding of systems or willingness to be a power user in our financial planning systems (Adaptive Planning, Oracle). .
Ability to manage and manipulate large data sets, critically analyze existing processes, and identify opportunities for process improvement
An ability to distill complex issues into structured frameworks and concrete action plans
Highly detailed individual with a sense of urgency and strong prioritization skills
Excellent presentation and writing skills and the ability to clearly communicate messages that link business issues, financial results, and strategy at the executive level
An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes.
Pay Transparency Disclosure
We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop ranges for our roles and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. If this role is remote, we have listed the top to the bottom of the possible range, but we will specify the target range for an exact location when you are selected for a recruiting discussion. For more information on our compensation philosophy, see our website.
On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (San Francisco, CA)
$128,000—$150,000 USD