Sr Financial Analyst (Corporate Strategy & Strategic Initiatives)
- Brand: Learning Care
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Location:
21333 Haggerty RdNovi,MI
Join a strong community where all we do is care-for the children and families we serve every day, as well as for our dedicated team members. Our people are our best asset. We listen and we know what you're looking for:
- You want benefits. We support you with a minimum 50% childcare discount, immediate access to benefits, innovative health programs, 401(k) company match, and much more.
- You want balance. We offer flexible schedules that work for you, no nights or weekends, the ability to bring your children to work with you, and paid time off.
- You want opportunity. We invest in your future with ongoing training, tuition reimbursement, credential assistance, and our unique Master Teacher Program.
- You want recognition. We provide a positive, fun workplace where employees are appreciated.
Learning Care Group is seeking a high-impact Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Strategy & Strategic Initiatives to support enterprise-wide value creation efforts and executive-level reporting. This role sits at the intersection of finance, strategy, and executive communication, partnering across functions to model, track, and synthesize key strategic initiatives. The Senior Financial Analyst will build robust financial models, develop recurring initiative tracking frameworks, and translate complex cross-functional inputs into clear, executive-ready insights. This is a highly visible individual contributor role with regular exposure to senior leadership and materials that support private equity sponsor reporting. This role reports to the Senior Manager, Investor Relations & External Reporting and works closely with Finance leadership and enterprise stakeholders.
Essential Functions:
Strategic Initiative Modeling & Analysis
- Develop and maintain financial models supporting enterprise-wide strategic initiatives, including performance optimization and efficiency programs
- Build business case models with scenario analysis, sensitivities, and ROI assessment
- Partner with initiative owners to align assumptions, KPIs, and financial impact measurement
- Ensure models are structured, auditable, and decision-oriented
- Establish and maintain standardized frameworks to track financial and operational performance of key initiatives
- Monitor progress against targets and identify risks, variances, and mitigation opportunities
- Synthesize complex operational inputs into clear financial implications
- Prepare recurring executive updates (monthly and, at times, weekly) summarizing initiative progress and financial impact
- Develop concise, executive-ready PowerPoint materials and supporting analysis
- Support preparation of sponsor-facing reporting by providing initiative-level financial insights and structured narratives
- Translate analytical findings into clear recommendations and key takeaways
- Collaborate with leaders across operations, marketing, HR, and other corporate functions to distill business nuances into financial frameworks
- Challenge assumptions constructively and ensure alignment on definitions and performance metrics
- Serve as a trusted finance partner on high-priority strategic initiatives
- Improve clarity, consistency, and transparency of initiative-level reporting
- Identify opportunities to streamline data collection and reporting processes
- Leverage multiple internal data sources to enhance analytical rigor
Minimum Job Qualifications:
- 6+ years of demonstrated experience in Corporate FP&A, Strategic Finance, or related analytical roles
- Strong financial modeling skills, including scenario planning and sensitivity analysis
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
- Demonstrated ability to create executive-level presentation materials
- Experience synthesizing complex data into concise insights and recommendations
- Proven ability to operate effectively in a highly cross-functional environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA or equivalent masters degree
- Experience supporting executive leadership or sponsor-facing reporting
- Background in multi-unit or operationally complex environments
- Exposure to performance improvement or enterprise transformation initiatives
Compensation and Benefits:
- Compensation based on position, education and experience. Bi-weekly paid.
- Base salary range: $95-105k
- This position is eligible for our Support Central bonus program which is based on annual achievement of company performance.
Health and Wellness Benefits:
- Employees are eligible for a variety of health and welfare benefits based on their Full-time or Part-time status on their date of hire, which include medical, dental, vision, healthcare & dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs), life insurance, disability, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, pre-paid legal, pet insurance and identity theft protection.
- Employees are eligible to participate in our 401(k) retirement plan after 30 days of employment. Participating employees are also eligible to receive a company provided match on their elective deferrals once they reach 1 year of employment with the company.
Employee perks/discounts:
- Education assistance including tuition reimbursement
- Childcare discount available to all employees
- Corporate partner Discounts
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This position is eligible for paid time off. All Corporate employees are enrolled in our Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) plan. This plan allows for flexibility and discretion between employees and managers in taking time off - with no set accrual for vacation or sick time. Employees can use Flexible PTO for any reason and is compliant with the Colorado Healthy Families Work Act.
Applications accepted through 4/6/2026.
Learning Care is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against an employee or applicant based on race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.