FP&A Associate presso Bessemer Trust

Bessemer Trust is seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Financial Planning and Analysis (“FP&A”) Expense Associate to join the FP&A department within the Finance organization. This position offers a unique opportunity to be a key participant in the continued growth of the FP&A organization within Bessemer Trust. The ideal candidate will have strong financial modeling and analysis skills, with a particular focus on expense management, long-term financial planning (5-year), board material preparation, and advanced Excel capabilities. In this role, you will be responsible for providing critical insights into expense trends, developing financial reports, supporting long-term planning processes, and preparing key financial materials for board presentations and executive leadership reviews.

Responsibilities:

• Expense Analysis & Reporting: Analyze firm-wide operating expenses and provide actionable insights to management to help optimize the company’s cost structure. Regularly track and report on expense trends, variances, and key performance indicators (KPIs), including weekly flash reports.
• Financial Modeling & Forecasting: Develop and maintain financial models in Excel or FP&A software to forecast expenses across departments and business units. Ensure accurate and timely expense forecasting in collaboration with business partners.

• Variance Analysis: Perform in-depth variance analyses, comparing actual expenses to budget, forecast, and prior periods. Provide clear explanations of significant variances to senior management.

• Annual & Long-Range Financial Planning: Support the development of the firm’s annual budget and 5-year financial plan, focusing on expense forecasting. Build detailed models that incorporate growth strategies, inflation, hiring trends, and other planning assumptions. Ensure alignment between long-range forecasts and strategic objectives.
• Board Material Preparation: Prepare high-quality financial materials and reports for board meetings, including visually compelling slide decks, support packages, and ad-hoc analyses. Collaborate with senior leadership to ensure the clarity and accuracy of all financial information presented to the board.
• Expense Tracking & Process Improvement: Continuously improve expense tracking and reporting processes by developing more efficient workflows. Provide recommendations to streamline reporting, dashboarding, forecasting, and planning processes through Excel or FP&A software automation.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with key stakeholders in various departments and business units to gather financial data and ensure alignment on expense management strategies. Act as a financial business partner to improve transparency and accountability.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, with concentrations in Finance and/or Accounting.
• 2 - 5 years of relevant experience.
• Preferred experience in financial planning and analysis at a financial institution or private equity/venture capital firm.

• Experience with ERP systems and financial planning software is preferred (e.g., Oracle, OneStream, Hyperion, Anaplan, SAP, or similar).
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including extensive experience with financial modeling, pivot tables, VLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, and VBA.

• Experience with 5-year financial planning or long-term financial forecasting is a plus.
• Experience with dashboarding/visualization tools (Power BI or Tableau) is a plus.

• Comfortable working independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships across departments.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and tight deadlines; execute responsibilities with a sense of urgency and follow-through.

The base salary range for this position is $75K - $115K. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as skills, experience, and qualification for the role.  It is not typical for offers to be made at or near the top of the range.

In addition, this position may be eligible for a discretionary incentive-based bonus based on individual and company performance.

Eligible employees may participate in a 401 (K) program with a company profit sharing contribution, medical, dental, vision, life insurance and disability covering and paid holidays, vacation, and sick days.

About Bessemer Trust

Bessemer Trust is a family office, overseeing more than $200 billion in assets for over 3,100 individuals and families of substantial wealth. Its more than 1,200 employees are singularly focused on private wealth management — disciplined investment management, sophisticated wealth planning, comprehensive family office services, and highly personalized client service.

Established in 1907 as the family office for Annie and Henry Phipps, Bessemer Trust is in its seventh generation of ownership by the Phipps family. As a self-made entrepreneur, Henry Phipps was a founding partner and chief financial officer of Carnegie Steel.

Bessemer Trust retains its original focus as a privately owned and independent wealth manager deeply committed to its mission of providing peace of mind to its clients. Bessemer’s adherence to putting clients’ interests first, fiduciary mindset, and highly collaborative culture are at the heart of everything the firm does.

Key Facts:

• For 118 years, Bessemer Trust has operated continuously in a single line of business, independently owned by one family.
• Headquartered in New York’s Rockefeller Center, Bessemer Trust has 22 offices in total. Woodbridge, NJ, is one of the firm’s largest offices, which hosts a wide range of technology and operations professionals. In addition to its sizable presence in New York and Woodbridge, the firm provides client service through offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Delaware, Denver, Garden City, Grand Cayman, Greenwich, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Naples, Nevada, Palm Beach, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Stuart, and Washington, D.C.
• To watch a video about Bessemer Trust’s history, click here.
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About Our Employee Rewards and Benefits:

We provide exceptional rewards and benefits that are among the best in the industry, giving our people access to a wide range of options, including:

• Competitive base salary plus discretionary annual bonus for select positions
• A 401(k) plan with a generous annual profit-sharing contribution
• Personalized development and career opportunities, including tuition reimbursement support
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with zero contributions for employee coverage
• Employee assistance (EAP) and wellness programs
• Hybrid work environment: 60% in office, 40% remote for most positions
• Paid time off and paid parental leave
• Employer-paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage
• Legal services and financial wellness plans at no cost to employees

Bessemer Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage candidates of diverse backgrounds to apply.