Sr. Analyst, Cost Management

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This position is based at our headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina. Our corporate office is a space where you can collaborate and do your best work. Take a walk, grab a bite (or a cup of coffee), work out or get a check-up – we invest in you so you can find your inspiration.

Your Impact

The Sr. Analyst, Cost Management in Home Services serves as a financial steward and strategic business partner by supporting cost management, forecasting, and performance analysis across key areas of the company. This role works closely with functional leaders and cross-functional partners to deliver reporting, business insights, and financial modeling that improve decision-making and business performance. The Sr. Analyst helps drive plan execution through operational levers, provides forecast and performance visibility, and develops business cases for key initiatives. Working in a matrixed environment, this role translates financial and operational data into clear, actionable recommendations for business partners and leaders. Success in this role requires strong financial and analytical acumen, self-leadership, change agility, and the ability to influence stakeholders through thoughtful, data-driven insights.

What You Will Do

• Support quarterly forecasts, annual planning, and long-range planning processes by partnering with functional teams and business units on cost assumptions, risks, and performance expectations.

• Facilitate review of cost management processes and provide reporting, commentary, and insights that improve visibility into business performance.

• Monitor forecast accuracy and identify key variances, root causes, and lessons learned to improve future planning and reporting.

• Perform financial modeling and business analytics to address P&L questions, evaluate cost drivers, and support decision-making.

• Collaborate across the business to provide root cause analysis and actionable insights using financial and non-financial data.

• Synthesize complex findings into clear themes, practical recommendations, and leadership-ready materials that support operational and financial storytelling.

• Proactively identify and source required inputs across multiple data sources to ensure complete, accurate, and relevant analysis.

• Develop business cases for key initiatives and major programs by building robust financial models tied to strategic objectives and expected outcomes.

• Identify risks, assumptions, and tradeoffs associated with initiatives, and partner with business owners to support risk mitigation and informed decision-making.

• Define and monitor leading and lagging metrics that provide insight into initiative performance and overall business impact.

• Apply strong knowledge of financial and business analytics principles to support projects, solve business problems, and improve decision support.

• Work effectively in a matrixed environment to drive analyses and deliverables from concept through completion.

• Identify, recommend, and help implement process improvements that enhance reporting quality, analytical efficiency, and business insight.

• Leverage knowledge of policies, processes, data, and systems to ensure work is accurate, relevant, and aligned to business needs.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field. or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable

• 5 years of experience in finance, FP&A, analytics, cost analysis, business analysis, or a related field.

• 3 years of experience supporting forecasting, planning, reporting, financial modeling, or business case development.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial and operational data and translate findings into actionable insights.

• Experience working cross-functionally in a matrixed environment and partnering with business stakeholders to solve problems.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present analysis in a clear and concise manner.

• Proficiency in financial modeling, reporting, and data analysis tools.

• Familiarity with visualization and reporting tools used to communicate financial and operational performance.

• Demonstrated ability to operate independently, manage multiple priorities, and adapt in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and case workflows simultaneously.

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