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Thorne is a science-backed health and wellness company with 750+ employees committed to delivering superior health solutions across all life stages. The Senior Financial Analyst – Corporate FP&A plays a critical role in financial planning and decision-making, reporting to the Senior Manager of Strategic Business Planning.
This role partners closely with Finance and cross-functional business leaders to strengthen financial planning, explain business performance, identify risks and opportunities, and provide actionable insights supporting data-driven decisions. The analyst serves as the primary Finance business partner for Thorne's IT organization, developing deep understanding of technology investments, project economics, vendor commitments, and departmental cost drivers.
Key responsibilities span four major areas:
**Financial Planning & Forecasting:** Drive annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and long-range planning across assigned departments. Develop detailed budgets and forecasts based on business drivers, operational plans, project timelines, and resource requirements. Partner with business leaders to gather assumptions, challenge inputs, and ensure financial plans align with business objectives. Track performance against budgets and forecasts, proactively identifying emerging risks, opportunities, and trends.
**Finance Business Partnership:** Serve as trusted Finance partner to assigned functional teams, particularly IT departments. Develop strong understanding of departmental operations, strategic priorities, projects, resource needs, contracts, and key performance drivers. Lead regular financial discussions reviewing performance, forecasts, spending, risks, and opportunities. Help budget owners develop well-supported assumptions while creating accountability. Constructively challenge business assumptions and provide financial perspectives supporting informed decision-making.
**Financial Analysis & Reporting:** Analyze actual financial results against budget and forecast, clearly explaining key performance drivers and variances. Identify business implications and translate analysis into meaningful insights and recommendations. Proactively highlight financial risks and opportunities. Develop clear, accurate, repeatable financial reports for Finance and non-Finance audiences. Prepare concise, visually compelling, insight-driven presentations for leadership meetings and planning discussions.
**Financial Modeling, Automation & Process Improvement:** Build dynamic, driver-based financial models forecasting performance across Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement. Develop financial models from scratch with clear structures, intuitive inputs, documented calculations, and automated updates. Maintain and continuously improve forecasting models, tools, and methodologies. Identify opportunities to automate recurring financial analysis, reporting, and planning activities. Leverage Excel, AI, Aleph, and other tools to streamline workflows. Lead financial development and evaluation of business cases for IT and strategic investments, including NPV analysis and investment evaluation methodologies.
**Requirements:**
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field (required)
- MBA, CPA, CFA, or other relevant professional certification (preferred)
- Minimum 3 years relevant finance or analytical experience, including direct FP&A experience (required)
- Demonstrated experience owning or directly supporting budgets, forecasts, variance analysis, and Finance business partner relationships (required)
- Experience developing financial models and translating financial analysis into actionable business insights (required)
- Background in Big Four advisory, transaction services, management consulting, or investment banking (strongly preferred)
- Experience in direct-to-consumer, consumer products, or similar businesses (preferred)
- Experience supporting IT departments, technology investments, or technology projects (preferred)
- Advanced Excel proficiency, including ability to build sophisticated financial models from scratch (required)
- Advanced knowledge of Excel formulas and tools for combining, preparing, analyzing, and validating financial data (required)
- Ability to independently test financial calculations, assumptions, formulas, and outputs for accuracy (required)
- Proficiency with ChatGPT and Claude and experience using AI integrations within Excel, Word, and PowerPoint (required)
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint and Word (required)
- Experience with Power BI, Microsoft Navision/Business Central, or Aleph/similar FP&A platforms (preferred)
- Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial statements, financial modeling, and corporate performance drivers (required)
