FP&A Analyst

About ESS

ESS is one of the nation’s leading education staffing companies, partnering with more than 1,200 school districts to provide substitute teachers, paraprofessionals, clinicians and other K-12 staff. Every school day, ESS fills tens of thousands of assignments that keep classrooms running for millions of students.

About the Role

We’re looking for an FP&A Analyst to help ESS understand its financial performance and plan for growth. You’ll support budgeting and forecasting, maintain financial models, analyze variances and prepare reporting for business leaders. This is a hands-on, analytical role for someone early in their FP&A career who wants to build strong forecasting and modeling skills.

It’s a role for someone who asks “Why?” when a number moves and wants to turn data into clear, useful insights.

Department: Finance

Reports to: VP of FP&A / VP of Finance / CFO

Location: Remote - Must live on the East Coast

Travel: Up to 20%

FLSA status: Exempt, full time

Why This Role

• Work closely with the FP&A team and operational leaders across a national business.
• Learn how a multi-location, labor-driven company plans and measures performance.
• Build skills in forecasting, modeling and Workday Adaptive Planning.
• A clear path to grow into a Senior FP&A Analyst role.

What You’ll Do

Planning and Forecasting

• Support the annual budget and long-range planning processes by gathering inputs, preparing schedules and updating models.
• Help prepare monthly, quarterly and annual forecasts in partnership with business leaders.
• Maintain driver-based models for revenue, labor costs and expenses, and update assumptions as the business changes.

Analysis and Reporting

• Compare actual results for revenue, labor costs, margins and expenses against budget, forecast and prior year.
• Research variances and summarize the business drivers behind them.
• Prepare monthly reporting packages, dashboards and presentation materials for the FP&A team and senior management.
• Complete ad hoc analysis requests for operations and finance leaders.

Systems and Process

• Use Workday Adaptive Planning for budgeting, forecasting and reporting.
• Pull and reconcile data from ERP, BI and operational systems.
• Help automate manual reports and improve the accuracy and consistency of financial data.
• Document reporting processes so they can be repeated and reviewed.

Business Support

• Support analysis for pricing, investments and other strategic projects under the direction of senior team members.
• Identify trends and opportunities to improve profitability and efficiency.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 2–4 years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, accounting or a related analytical role.
• Experience supporting budgets, forecasts or variance analysis.
• Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups and building clear, well-structured models.
• Comfort working with large data sets and checking data for accuracy.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including explaining numbers to non-finance colleagues.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage several deadlines at once.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning or another planning tool.
• Workday ERP, Power BI, Tableau or other BI tools.
• Experience in a staffing, services or other labor-driven business.
• Interest in growing into a senior FP&A role.

Is This You?

If you enjoy answering questions like “What’s driving this?” and “What happens if we change this?”, and you want to grow your FP&A skills on a team where your work is seen and used, we’d like to hear from you.

ESS Advantages:

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
• PTO (personal, sick, vacation, Mental health day, Volunteer time off)
• 401(k)

Physical Requirements & Work Environment: Physical requirements may vary by assignment and location and may include sitting, standing, walking, and regular use of hands and arms. Close vision may be required for computer and detail-oriented work. Work is typically performed in a moderate-noise environment, such as an office or school setting.

Equal Opportunity & Employment Eligibility: ESS is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace where all employees can succeed. ESS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and E-Verify employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. ESS does not participate in the Optional Practical Training (OPT) or STEM OPT extension programs and is unable to employ individuals whose work authorization is based solely on OPT or STEM OPT.

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