Senior Financial Analyst, Catapult Sports

• 5+ years of experience in complex financial modeling and analysis, including budgeting and forecasting, ideally in fast-paced environments
• Strong business partnering skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with senior leaders, influence decisions with data, and translate complex financial information into clear, actionable narratives
• Demonstrated experience automating manual financial processes using AI tools, system integrations, or scripting - a builder's mindset with a bias for scalable solutions
• Naturally curious with a genuine passion for data and comfortable exploring large datasets and driven to surface insights beyond the numbers
• Ability to work independently, take on ambiguous tasks, and deliver quality output on time
• Advanced Excel skills (including Power Query or Power Pivot) and proficiency with Google Workspace
• If you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job ad, please still get in touch! We would love to have a chat and see if you could be a great addition to our team

Desirable

• Working as part of the Catapult Finance team in our Boston office, you will be responsible for providing financial analysis and support to the Senior Leadership team
• You will work independently with key stakeholders across Finance, Commercial, and Business Intelligence systems - leveraging AI tools and automation to deliver timely, high-quality analysis and insight, communicated clearly and with impact
• Partner with the Senior Leadership team to develop a deep understanding of their business units
• Analyze and report on P&L actuals vs. budget variances
• Own budgeting and forecasting for multiple business units, identifying potential risks and opportunities
• Drive the development of the CFO Reporting Package, working with the wider team to improve current reporting and analysis
• Build and maintain self-service BI dashboards and automated reports that replace manual, ad-hoc reporting and give business leaders real-time visibility into performance
• Lead the end-to-end automation of FP&A reporting — identifying manual processes and replacing them with scalable, AI-powered or system-driven solutions in collaboration with key stakeholders
• In 6 months:
• You have built strong relationships with senior leaders across your assigned business units and understand their reporting needs, KPIs, and key business drivers
• You independently own the monthly P&L actuals vs. budget variance reporting cycle, delivering on-time analysis with clear, actionable commentary
• You have completed your first full budgeting or forecasting cycle, identifying key risks and opportunities across your business units
• You have automated at least one manual FP&A reporting process using AI tools, system integrations, or scripting
• In 12 months:
• You are a trusted finance business partner to senior leadership — your analysis is regularly cited in decision-making and you proactively surface insights beyond the numbers
• You have significantly improved the CFO Reporting Package, with better structure, accuracy, and speed of delivery
• Self-service BI dashboards are live and actively used by business leaders, reducing reliance on manual, ad-hoc reporting
• You have led the end-to-end automation of multiple FP&A reporting workflows, creating measurable efficiency gains for the Finance team
• You operate with full independence, managing ambiguity with confidence and consistently delivering quality work on time