Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis and Business Intelligence
- Company
- The Princeton Review
- Location
- Remote, US
- Work type
- Full Time
- Posted
- 2026-08-10
Job description
About the Position
The Senior Analyst, FP&A and BI is a high-impact, high-visibility role responsible for building, operating, and continuously scaling the enterprise performance measurement framework and analytical architecture. Reporting directly to the Director of FP&A, you will own the end-to-end mechanism for how performance is measured, analyzed, and optimized across the business - converting complex data streams into fast, accurate, and decision-ready financial and operational insights.
This position demands a rare combination of elite analytical rigor, relentless speed, and a builder’s mindset. You will balance flash-reporting with uncompromised data accuracy to drive FP&A execution, automated KPI dashboards, predictive models, and high-stakes executive support. The ideal candidate combines top-tier analytical training with a builder’s mindset in leveraging tools to streamline workflows and deliver insights at speed. You will demonstrate bias for action and ownership through proactive problem solving, obsess over data integrity, and act as an enterprise thought partner for single source of truth performance metrics and rigorous accountability.
What You'll Do
Strategy & Enterprise Analytics Ownership
Partner with the Director of FP&A to translate enterprise strategy into measurable KPIs, analytical models, and performance reporting.
Define and own enterprise‑wide KPI frameworks, metric definitions, and performance measurement standards.
Building and automating KPI reporting across the business including revenue, bookings, conversion rates, utilization, and margin performance.
Design and maintain the analytical models, drivers, and scenario logic that underpin budgeting, forecasting, and long‑range planning in partnership with the Director of FP&A.
Lead strategic analyses including competitive insights, pricing strategy, business segment evaluation, and enterprise‑level strategic initiatives.
Determine analytical priorities to ensure leadership focuses on the highest‑impact financial and operational drivers.
Develop driver-based models and scenario analysis to inform decision-making.
Operations & Financial Management
Own monthly and quarterly performance reporting packages, including KPI logic, variance analysis frameworks vs. plan and prior periods, and standardized executive views.
Support the Director of FP&A during annual planning, monthly close, forecasting cycles, and long‑range planning by owning analytical preparation, KPI logic, and executive‑ready outputs.
Establish consistent methodologies for tracking margin, utilization, unit economics, and customer profitability.
Track and analyze KPIs such as customer acquisition cost (CAC), lifetime value (LTV), tutor utilization and pay, session volume, and gross margin by product and business segment.
Support cash flow and working capital analysis through standardized analytical frameworks.
Define BI architecture, automation strategy, and data governance standards to improve data quality, speed, and scalability.
Implement tools, systems, and automation (including AI-enabled solutions) to enhance data quality, reporting speed, and scalability
Cross‑Functional & Executive Partnership
Lead cross‑functional performance reviews with Marketing, Product, Operations, and Sales
Challenge assumptions, identify performance risks and opportunities, and recommend corrective actions
Deliver executive‑ready materials and insights for the Director of FP&A and senior leadership to support decision-making.
Act as a trusted advisor on performance interpretation and KPI‑driven decision support
Leadership Support
Partner with the Director of FP&A and functional leaders (marketing, product, operations) to deliver actionable insights
Provide rapid-turnaround analysis and executive-ready materials (.xls/.ppt) on tight timelines and Data, Systems & Business Intelligence Leadership
Serve as the single point of accountability to build dashboards using BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, etc.) to enable real-time performance tracking and analytical automation across the organization
Build and govern real‑time performance dashboards using BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, etc.)
Leverage AI and automation to reduce manual processes and analysis, improving reporting speed and accuracy & accelerating insight delivery
Ensure analytical consistency across FP&A systems and reporting platforms
Who You Are
5–8+ years of experience in FP&A, analytics, consulting, investment banking, high-growth tech, and/or FP&A or a related strategic finance role
Demonstrated ability to design scalable performance measurement and analytical systems
Strong financial acumen with the ability to translate data into enterprise‑level insight
Proven experience influencing cross‑functional leaders through data and judgment
Advanced Excel and presentation skills; PowerPoint, BI tools and data visualization expertise; able to turn around high-quality work quickly
Builder mindset with a passion for leveraging automation, AI in financial workflows and continuous improvement
You are highly analytical with strong attention to detail
You are a strong communicator with ability to simplify complex data
You are organized, proactive, and thrive in a fast-paced environment
You demonstrate ownership and a “no task too small” mindset
You are committed to best-in-class financial processes, timeliness, and accuracy