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Sr Financial Analyst

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gartner logoGartner · Stamford, CT
Full-timeHybrid2w ago
BudgetingExcelFinancial AnalysisFinancial ModelingForecastingLeadership
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Responsibilities

  • Budgeting & Forecasting: Support the annual budgeting process and recurring forecasts for the IT Business Unit; identify risks and opportunities and clearly communicate key drivers of variance.
  • Reporting & Insights: Deliver timely, insightful reporting to IT leadership, including analysis of personnel and technology investments; present findings as needed to enable informed, data-driven decision-making.
  • Process Improvement: Identify and implement opportunities to improve financial processes and reporting, leveraging technology, including emerging capabilities such as AI, to increase efficiency, accuracy, and usability.
  • Ad Hoc Analysis: Provide high-quality financial analysis to support leadership, helping translate data into actionable insights that inform priorities and resource allocation.
  • Business Partnership: Partner cross-functionally with IT leadership, HR, Recruiting, and Finance teams to support workforce planning, expense management, and overall business performance.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field
  • 3-5 years of experience in financial planning, analysis, and reporting
  • Strong analytical skills, with the ability to synthesize information into clear, actionable insights
  • Critical thinking and problem-solving skills, including experience with financial modeling
  • Advanced Excel skills and experience working with financial systems (e.g., Oracle or similar platforms)
  • Motivated, high-potential performer
  • Strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills
  • Able to solve complex problems and successfully manage ambiguity and unexpected change
  • Teachable and embracing of best practices and feedback as a means of continuous improvement
  • Consistently high achiever marked by perseverance, humility and a positive outlook in the face of challenges
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  • Who are we?
  • At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.
  • Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.
  • What makes Gartner a great place to work?
  • Our vast, virtually untapped market potential offers limitless opportunities - opportunities that may not even exist right now - for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.
  • We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.
  • Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.
  • We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.
  • Gartner is the world authority on AI
  • It's an exciting time to

Additional Information

About this role: The Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A, supports the Information Technology (IT) Business Unit by providing financial analysis, forecasting, and reporting to help guide decision-making and manage performance. This role collaborates with IT leaders and our partners across Finance, HR, and Recruiting to support budgeting, forecasting, and ongoing expense management, ensuring alignment with business priorities. The analyst will develop a strong understanding of IT cost drivers, project investments, and operational spending, and will monitor performance against plan, identify variances, and highlight risks and opportunities. This position also contributes to improving financial processes, enhancing reporting capabilities, and increasing transparency across the IT organization. A genuine interest in technology, including emerging areas such as artificial intelligence and automation, is important. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a proactive mindset, along with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a collaborative environment.


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