Senior Financial Analyst

Arizent is the trusted business information company that advances professional communities in financial and professional services. Through independent journalism, proprietary research, market intelligence platforms, influential rankings, and live events, Arizent helps decision-makers cut through the noise and lead with confidence. The company powers leading brands including American Banker, The Bond Buyer, Financial Planning, National Mortgage News, Accounting Today, Digital Insurance, and Employee Benefit News — together reaching more than 3 million professionals and convening thousands of industry leaders at over 20 live events each year.

We're building on a legacy of excellence while embracing new ideas, fresh perspectives, and bold thinking. We’re looking for curious, creative, and driven individuals who want to challenge convention, collaborate with talented colleagues, and make a meaningful impact.

Bring your ideas, your ambition, and your unique perspective and help us shape what’s next. To learn more, visit www.arizent.com.

The Opportunity

This isn't a traditional FP&A role.

As our Senior Financial Analyst, you'll be a strategic partner to business leaders across Editorial, Sales, Technology, Marketing, and other corporate functions. You'll help guide key business decisions through thoughtful financial analysis, forecasting, and planning while identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and drive growth.

Working directly with our SVP of Financial Planning & Analysis, you'll have significant visibility across the organization and play an important role in modernizing our finance function. We're looking for someone who embraces technology, including generative AI, to automate routine work, uncover deeper insights, and help Finance become an even stronger strategic partner to the business.

If you're energized by solving complex business problems, influencing decisions, and leveraging technology to work smarter, we'd love to meet you.

What You'll Do

• Own operating expense budgeting, forecasting, reporting, variance analysis and month-end close for assigned business areas.

• Partner with business leaders to manage budgets, evaluate spending, and provide financial guidance.

• Support the annual budget and quarterly forecasting processes.

• Maintain and enhance revenue reporting packages and develop an understanding of the company's revenue streams to support reporting and analysis.

• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reporting, dashboards, and executive presentations.

• Build and maintain practical financial models and perform ad hoc analyses to support business decisions.

• Partner with Accounting during the monthly close process to ensure accurate financial reporting.

• Leverage AI tools such as Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT, or Microsoft Copilot to improve financial analysis, reporting, and process efficiency, including experience with Claude plugins.

What You'll Bring

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.

• 4–6 years of experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance, or Financial Planning & Analysis.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modeling, PivotTables, lookup functions, and data analysis.

• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, operating expense management, variance analysis, and financial reporting.

• Ability to build and maintain practical financial models and reporting tools.

• Strong communication and presentation skills.

• Experience using AI tools to improve productivity and financial workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting B2B media, digital publishing, advertising, or subscription-based businesses.

• Familiarity with subscription or recurring revenue reporting.

• Experience with FP&A planning systems (Anaplan, Adaptive Planning, Pigment, Oracle EPM, etc.).

• Demonstrated ability to build AI prompts, automations, or workflows that improve finance processes and reporting.

Why Join Arizent?

At Arizent, we believe equal opportunity is more than a policy, it's a source of strength and innovation. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where every employee feels valued, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) help build community, encourage connection, and play a key role in creating a supportive and enriching work environment.

We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being and growth. Benefits include:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage

• Disability and life insurance

• Paid vacation, sick, personal, and wellness days

• Parental leave and holiday pay

• 401(k) program

• Pre-tax transportation benefits

• Fitness reimbursement

Compensation is determined based on relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and the responsibilities of the role. Applicants are encouraged to include salary expectations in their cover letter.

Equal Employment Opportunity

As an equal opportunity employer, we provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, height and weight, protected veteran status, or any other protected status. This policy of equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment.