Senior AVP - Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst
In this role, you will:

• Lead or participate in moderately complex initiatives related to financial research, analysis, and reporting
• Review and analyze moderately complex financial data while providing a broad expertise and unique skills used to develop key metrics reporting, including but not limited to budgeting analysis, forecasting analysis, variance analysis, variance commentary, reporting, reviews, and presentation
• Contribute to large scale planning such as economic research in support of management decision making
• Research key financial metric forecasting projections as well as management of financial reporting to support forecasting and budgeting processes
• Develop strategies and make recommendations for forward financial planning as well as enhancing financial reporting
• Lead projects to meet the implementation of moderately complex projects impacting one or more lines of business and exercise independent judgment while leveraging a solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements
• Establish effective and efficient reporting delivery that meets brand standard and internal control standards
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and mid-level managers to resolve issues and achieve goals

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of Finance experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• CA / CMA / MBA Graduate with financial or banking sectors including monthly close / management reporting / dashboard / presentations / commentary / Analytics experience, with minimum of 2+ years integrating AI into financial workflows.
• Progressive track record of management reporting experience with familiarity of running and or working in a geographically diverse team.
• Strong Financial analysis and experience in providing timely and relevant recommendations to drive business decisions and outcomes.
• Collaborate with business and other finance team members to deliver seamless integration of financial reporting and analytics to support business strategies and facilitate business and pricing decisions.
• Strong knowledge of SQL, Excel, Macros, Power BI, Power Apps, PowerPoint and BI tools.
• Proficiency in AI frameworks and tools adoption (e.g., Python, Copilot, generative AI), data querying (SQL), and advanced analytics platforms (Power BI, SAS, Tableau).
• Creative and strategic thinking skills, including the ability to analyze business transactions and identify key Finance risks/mitigating controls,
• Ability to work under pressure and maintain high energy levels.
• Must be able to work independently with positive collaboration within a fast paced, team environment.

Job Expectations:

• Ensure that monthly and quarterly financial books are closed accurately and on time.
• Understanding on Loans & Deposits products a Must and banking fundamentals
• Helping craft and load the monthly forecast and annual budget
• Monitor costs by comparing forecasts to actuals and provide variance analysis to stakeholders.
• Conduct in-depth research on financial and operational data, analyze, interpret, and report findings while collaborating with business partners.
• Collect financial data, perform high-level analysis, test for accuracy, and resolve complex problems.
• Report to the Head of Financial Planning & Analysis for the Commercial Banking segment.
• Perform complex variance and trend analyses and provide guidance to business partners on relevant financial policies.
• Reconcile and consolidate extensive data, perform scenario and sensitivity analysis to forecast outcomes, and create key metrics for monitoring.
• Analyze trends of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), especially financial metrics, and identify causes of unexpected variances.
• Evaluate financial results and associated reporting, conduct financial and commercial studies to develop analyses.
• Create and/or monitor systems or models to predict financial outcomes.
• Recommend business strategies and provide input to strategic plans based on various analyses.
• Understand economic, headcount, and year-to-date trends to provide variance analysis.
• Demonstrate strong financial acumen and provide strategic and analytic support to business teams.
• Suggest innovative ideas to improve processes.
• Possess strong skills in modern tools like Power BI, Alteryx, and Python.
• Experience with machine learning models (ML), large language models (LLM), natural language processing (NLP), and generative AI tools are essential.
• Customer and portfolio level reporting and analytics leveraging ProfitView and other systems of record
• Monthly financial packages out of Hyperion Essbase
• Coaching and mentoring junior resources

Posting End Date:
25 Jan 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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