CLS Finance: Senior Financial Analyst – Strategic Modeling & Analytics

CLS Finance: Senior Financial Analyst - Strategic Modeling & Analytics

Wilmington, DE

Monday-Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Hybrid (3+ days per week in office)

The Senior Financial Analyst - Strategic Modeling & Analytics serves as the primary quantitative architect of data modeling and a strategic financial partner for CSC’s Corporate and Legal Solutions (CLS) group. Sitting at the intersection of corporate strategy, operational analytics, and financial execution, this role owns the core modeling engines-including driver-based P&Ls, product-line profitability, capacity forecasting, and AI and tech. initiative ROI-that guide executive decision-making across a $700M+ business unit.

In this role, you will interface directly with General Managers (GMs), cross-functional operational and technology leaders, and Finance Business Partners (FBPs), and own BU financial modeling and product-level P&L architecture and execution. As the finance team evolves, this role offers clear career progression and future opportunities to expand scope and lead team members.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Modeling & Frameworks

• Establish and execute standards for model architecture, ensuring data quality, auditability, documentation, automation, and speed to insight.
• Own, maintain, and enhance product-level P&L models, ensuring strict alignment between operational drivers and financial performance.
• Build complex, dynamic driver-based models for revenue forecasting, volume throughput, inventory/WIP, operational capacity, and resource allocation.
• Develop ROI models and benefit-realization frameworks for major technology and AI investments across the business unit.
• Conduct deep-dive monthly P&L variance analyses to identify emerging trends, margin risks, and efficiency opportunities.

2. Business Partnership & GM Engagement

• Act as the primary financial modeling advisor to General Managers and Finance Business Partners across all CLS product lines and cost drivers.
• Translate complex data and model outputs into clear, executive-level business narratives, actionable recommendations, and strategic trade-offs.
• Lead the financial modeling and assumption-vetting phase of the annual budget and recurring forecasting processes, partnering with stakeholders to stress-test revenue and OpEx projections.

3. Analytics & Dashboard Management

• Own and expand the CLS Finance Analytics Dashboard suite, integrating EPM/ERP data to deliver real-time visibility into product volumes, unit costs, capacity metrics, and global footprint efficiency.
• Partner with IT, Operations, and Corporate Finance to ensure enterprise data unification and establish a single source of truth for business unit analytics.

What technical skills, experience and qualifications do you need?

• 3 to 5+ years of progressive experience in corporate finance, FP&A, financial modeling, management consulting, or corporate strategy within a medium-to-large corporate environment.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related quantitative field required.
• Financial Modeling Mastery: Advanced, expert-level proficiency in Microsoft Excel (complex financial logic, scenario modeling, data cleansing) with a proven track record of building driver-based P&L and operational capacity models from scratch.
• Systems & Data Architecture: Fluency with enterprise financial systems (i.e., Oracle EPM); business intelligence/data analytics tool development experience preferred (i.e., Power BI, Tableau).
• Business Acumen & Communication: Exceptional executive presence with the ability to build trust with General Managers, challenge assumptions constructively, and present complex quantitative findings clearly to senior leadership.
• Process Improvement Mindset: Proactive approach to identifying manual data friction, automating reporting workflows, and establishing robust governance frameworks.