About the Role
Our client is hiring a Business Planning Sr. Analyst (Financial Planning & Analysis Senior Analyst) on the Business Planning team. Reports to: Business Planning Manager. Job type: Full Time Employee, Exempt. Location: Buena Park, CA 90020.
The Senior FP&A Analyst owns budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, monthly close analysis, and performance management. This role leads multiple workstreams, partners with functional leaders, provides actionable insights, and drives end-to-end ownership in a fast-paced environment.
Requirements
Responsibilities
- Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasts, and long-range financial planning.
- Own monthly close analysis and deliver variance insights with clear business drivers.
- Build and maintain financial models for revenue, cost, and profitability scenarios.
- Develop and enhance dashboards, KPIs, and standardized reporting frameworks.
- Partner with department leaders to translate operational initiatives into financial impact.
- Identify risks/opportunities and recommend corrective actions.
- Independently manage multiple concurrent projects under tight timelines.
- Handle recurring reporting and frequent ad-hoc, ambiguous business questions.
- Drive process automation and continuous improvements to reporting efficiency and data quality.
- Prepare executive-level presentations and decision support materials.
- Provide coaching, mentoring, and review of junior analysts’ work.
- Korea HQ communication and reporting support:
- Serve as the primary finance point of contact between U.S. operations and Korea headquarters for assigned areas.
- Communicate business performance, financial results, and key variances to HQ leaders.
- Prepare and deliver executive-level financial reports, forecasts, and strategic analyses to HQ.
- Align financial assumptions, targets, and planning direction with global/HQ guidelines.
- Lead ad-hoc analyses and reporting requests from headquarters with ownership and accountability.
- Translate local operational performance into clear financial narratives for HQ management.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business.
- 5–7 years of FP&A, finance, consulting, or corporate planning experience.
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.
- Proven ability to independently own projects from start to finish.
- Experience presenting insights to management.
- Ability to manage high workloads and multiple deadlines simultaneously.
- Bilingual English/Korean required.
- Experience working in Korean or global HQ-driven organizations (preferred).
- F&B, retail, or franchise experience (preferred).
- Core competencies: strong ownership and accountability; ability to prioritize in high-volume environments; advanced analytical mindset with business acumen; comfort with incomplete data and ambiguity; high standards for accuracy and data integrity; proactive problem solving; strong cross-functional partnership and stakeholder management.
Benefits
Compensation
Salary: $70,000 - $92,000 a year.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance (100% company covered) from Day 1.
- Short Term and Long-Term Disability Leave (short term 100% covered).
- 401(k) Company Match.
- Life allowance.
- Monthly reimbursements.
- Cellphone reimbursements.
- Employee Discounts (40% off Our Client products & services).
- Paid Time Off (increases by tier).
- Paid Creative Leave (up to 4 weeks specified by years of service).
- Paid Holidays (11 days).
- Employee Club Activities (movie, e-sports, book, sports activity club, etc.).