The Role
Leads corporate FP&A, including budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, variance analysis, financial reporting, and business partnering. Supports IT finance by evaluating technology investments, vendor commitments, project economics, and departmental costs. Builds automated financial models, reporting tools, and investment business cases using NPV and related methodologies. Translates complex financial and operational data into executive insights, recommendations, and decision support while improving planning processes and reporting efficiency.
Summary Generated by Built In
At Thorne, we work to deliver high-quality, science-backed solutions to empower individuals to take a proactive approach to their well-being. Each day begins with a mission to help others discover and achieve their best health. We count on our team members to challenge and push the boundaries to make that happen. At Thorne, you’ll be joining a team of more than 750 passionate individuals committed to our cause of providing superior health solutions at every age and life stage.
The Senior Financial Analyst – Corporate FP&A plays a critical role in Thorne’s financial planning and decision-making processes, supporting annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, long-range strategic planning, financial analysis, and business performance reporting.
The Senior Financial Analyst – Corporate FP&A plays a critical role in Thorne’s financial planning and decision-making processes, supporting annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, long-range strategic planning, financial analysis, and business performance reporting.
Reporting to the Senior Manager, 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 that support data-driven decisions. The Senior Financial Analyst also serves as the primary Finance business partner for Thorne’s IT organization, developing a deep understanding of technology investments, project economics, vendor commitments, and departmental cost drivers.
A major focus of this role is improving how financial information is modeled, analyzed, and communicated. The Senior Financial Analyst will build scalable, automated, and intuitive financial models and reporting tools that improve the speed, accuracy, transparency, and usability of financial information across Finance and the broader organization.
The ideal candidate is a highly analytical and curious finance professional who combines strong FP&A fundamentals with exceptional financial modeling skills, business acumen, and a continuous improvement mindset. This individual is comfortable challenging assumptions, navigating ambiguity, working directly with business leaders, and translating complex financial information into clear insights and recommendations.
The scope reflects the current role’s responsibility for corporate planning as well as dedicated Finance partnership for IT departments and technology investments.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Financial Planning & Forecasting
- Drive annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and long-range planning activities across assigned departments while supporting company-wide financial planning processes.
- Develop detailed budgets and forecasts based on business drivers, operational plans, project timelines, resource requirements, vendor commitments, and other relevant assumptions.
- Partner with business leaders and budget owners to gather assumptions, challenge inputs, evaluate trade-offs, and ensure financial plans align with broader business objectives.
- Maintain a strong understanding of departmental cost structures and key financial and operational drivers to improve forecast accuracy and provide meaningful financial guidance.
- Track performance against budgets and forecasts and proactively identify emerging risks, opportunities, trends, and changes in business assumptions.
- Support the continued evolution of Thorne’s forecasting methodologies, planning tools, and financial planning processes.
- Serve as a trusted Finance partner to assigned functional teams, including acting as the primary Finance business partner for Thorne’s IT departments.
- Develop a strong understanding of how supported departments operate, including strategic priorities, projects, resource needs, contracts, financial commitments, and key performance drivers.
- Lead regular financial discussions with business partners to review performance, forecasts, spending, risks, opportunities, and upcoming decisions.
- Help budget owners develop well-supported assumptions while creating accountability for financial plans and commitments.
- Constructively challenge business assumptions and provide financial perspectives that help leaders evaluate options and make informed decisions.
- Partner with Accounting to ensure appropriate understanding and treatment of invoices, expense timing, accruals, and cost classifications.
- Understand project scope, timing, vendor contracts, resource requirements, billing structures, and spending commitments and incorporate those factors into financial plans and forecasts.
- Analyze actual financial results against budget, forecast, and prior expectations and clearly explain key performance drivers and variances.
- Identify the business implications behind financial results and translate analysis into meaningful insights and recommendations.
- Proactively highlight financial risks and opportunities and help leadership evaluate potential actions and trade-offs.
- Develop clear, accurate, repeatable financial reports for Finance and non-Finance audiences.
- Tailor reporting, comparisons, level of detail, and visualization to the audience and purpose.
- Maintain strong reporting controls, including links to source data, validation checks, consistent formatting, and clear explanations of key findings.
- Prepare concise, visually compelling, insight-driven presentations for leadership meetings, financial reviews, and planning discussions.
- Synthesize complex financial and operational data into executive-ready materials that clearly communicate performance, implications, and recommended actions.
- Build dynamic, driver-based financial models to forecast performance across the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement.
- Develop financial models from the ground up with clear structures, intuitive inputs, documented calculations, appropriate validation controls, and automated updates.
- Maintain and continuously improve financial forecasting models, tools, and methodologies to increase accuracy, transparency, scalability, and efficiency.
- Identify opportunities to automate recurring financial analysis, reporting, forecasting, and planning activities.
- Leverage Excel, AI, Aleph, and other available tools to streamline workflows and improve Finance productivity.
- Develop solutions that make financial information easier for Finance and business partners to understand, maintain, and use.
- Improve cross-functional integration of financial information and planning processes.
- Contribute to initiatives that strengthen and scale Thorne’s overall financial planning capabilities as the organization grows.
Investment Analysis & Business Cases
- Lead the financial development and evaluation of business cases for IT and other strategic investments.
- Develop financial analyses including Net Present Value (NPV) and other appropriate investment evaluation methodologies.
- Evaluate both quantifiable financial returns and benefits that may be more difficult to directly quantify.
- Partner with project owners to develop and validate assumptions, costs, timing, benefits, and expected outcomes.
- Distinguish between true spending reductions, avoided future costs, operational efficiencies, and other financial or strategic benefits.
- Prepare supporting financial models, analyses, and executive presentations that clearly communicate assumptions, considerations, risks, and recommendations.
- Provide objective financial perspectives that help leaders evaluate investments and allocate resources effectively.
WHAT YOU NEED
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field required.
- MBA, CPA, CFA, or other relevant professional certification preferred.
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant finance or analytical experience, including direct Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) experience.
- Demonstrated experience owning or directly supporting budgets, forecasts, variance analysis, and Finance business partner relationships.
- Experience developing financial models and translating financial analysis into actionable business insights.
- Background in Big Four advisory or transaction services, management consulting, investment banking, or a comparable analytical environment strongly preferred.
- Experience within direct-to-consumer, consumer products, or similar businesses is a plus.
- Experience supporting IT departments, technology investments, or technology projects is a plus.
Technical Knowledge
- Advanced Excel proficiency required, including the ability to build sophisticated financial models from scratch.
- Advanced knowledge of Excel formulas and tools used to combine, prepare, analyze, and validate financial data.
- Ability to independently test financial calculations, assumptions, formulas, and outputs for accuracy.
- Proficiency with ChatGPT and Claude and experience using AI integrations or plug-ins within Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to develop effective prompts and appropriately use AI to improve efficiency while independently validating AI-generated calculations, assumptions, formulas, and outputs.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint and Word, including the ability to efficiently create polished, executive-ready presentations and documents.
- Experience using data visualization tools such as Power BI is a plus.
- Experience with Microsoft Navision or Business Central is a plus.
- Experience with Aleph or similar FP&A platforms is a plus.
- Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial statements, financial modeling, and corporate performance drivers.
- Ability to develop scalable financial models and reporting tools with clear layouts, documented logic, intuitive inputs, and automated processes.
Core Competencies
- Financial & Analytical Acumen: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to understand business performance and articulate its financial impact.
- Business Partnership: Builds credibility with Finance and non-Finance stakeholders and provides thoughtful financial guidance that improves decision-making.
- Strategic Thinking: Connects detailed financial analysis to broader business objectives, evaluates trade-offs, and develops practical recommendations.
- Intellectual Curiosity: Seeks to understand why results occur, how the business operates, and which underlying drivers influence financial performance.
- Initiative & Ownership: Operates as a self-starter, anticipates business and team needs, and consistently delivers high-quality work with limited guidance.
- Communication & Executive Presence: Clearly explains financial information, insights, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders at all levels and adjusts the level of detail appropriately for the audience.
- Constructive Challenge: Confidently questions assumptions and identifies gaps while maintaining collaborative relationships with business partners.
- Problem Solving: Effectively navigates unfamiliar, ambiguous, or poorly defined problems by identifying missing information and developing a practical path forward.
- Attention to Detail: Maintains a high standard of accuracy through disciplined self-review, validation, and quality control.
- Organization & Prioritization: Effectively manages multiple projects, deadlines, and competing priorities while proactively communicating progress and potential issues.
- Collaboration: Works effectively across Finance, Accounting, IT, and other functional teams to deliver shared objectives.
- Adaptability: Performs effectively in a fast-paced environment and adjusts priorities as business needs evolve.
- Continuous Improvement: Proactively identifies opportunities to improve financial processes, tools, models, reporting, and ways of working.
- Accountability: Takes ownership of deliverables, follows through on commitments, and maintains accountability for deadlines and results.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Competitive compensation
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for employees
- Company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance
- Company- paid life insurance
- 401k plan with employer matching contributions up to 4%
- Gym membership reimbursement
- Monthly allowance of Thorne supplements
- Paid time off, volunteer time off and holiday leave
- Training, professional development, and career growth opportunities
About
We specialize in delivering innovative solutions and exceptional services to meet the diverse needs of our clients. With a strong commitment to quality and customer satisfaction, we strive to exceed expectations and drive success in every project we undertake.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
- At least 3 years of relevant finance or analytical experience
- Direct Financial Planning and Analysis experience
- Experience owning or directly supporting budgets, forecasts, variance analysis, and Finance business partnerships
- Experience developing financial models and translating financial analysis into actionable business insights
- Advanced Excel proficiency, including building sophisticated financial models from scratch
- Advanced knowledge of Excel formulas and tools for combining, preparing, analyzing, and validating financial data
- Ability to independently test financial calculations, assumptions, formulas, and outputs
- Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial statements, financial modeling, and corporate performance drivers
- Ability to develop scalable financial models and reporting tools with documented logic, intuitive inputs, and automated processes
- Proficiency with ChatGPT and Claude, including AI integrations or plugins in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Ability to create effective prompts and independently validate AI-generated calculations, assumptions, formulas, and outputs
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint and Word for executive-ready presentations and documents
- MBA, CPA, CFA, or another relevant professional certification
- Background in Big Four advisory or transaction services, management consulting, investment banking, or a comparable analytical environment
- Experience within direct-to-consumer, consumer products, or similar businesses
- Experience supporting IT departments, technology investments, or technology projects
- Experience using data visualization tools such as Power BI
- Experience with Microsoft Navision or Business Central
- Experience with Aleph or similar FP&A platforms
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The Company
What We Do
We’re a team of dreamers, scientists, doctors, and health enthusiasts – all working toward the same goal – helping every individual discover and achieve their best possible health. We do it by creating innovative health solutions and by owning every process, from R&D to product delivery and customer service. We intend to defy expectations of good health through home testing technology, dietary and lifestyle education, and superior nutritional products.
