Senior Analyst, Strategic Finance & Analytics

About Coastal Waste & Recycling

At Coastal Waste & Recycling, we're building more than a company, we're building a team. As one of the fastest-growing privately held waste and recycling companies in the Southeast, we're looking for people who take pride in their work, put safety first, and are ready to grow with us.

Senior Analyst, Strategic Finance & Analytics

Coastal Waste & Recycling

Join Our Team!

At Coastal Waste & Recycling, we're growing, evolving, and continuously looking for smarter ways to operate. We're seeking a Senior Analyst, Strategic Finance & Analytics to join our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team and help transform complex financial and operational data into meaningful business insights.

This is an exciting opportunity for a finance professional who combines strong financial modeling capabilities with advanced analytical and technical skills. You'll play a key role in understanding business performance, identifying opportunities, improving forecasts, and helping leadership make informed, data-driven decisions.

If you're naturally curious, enjoy solving complex problems, and want to see your analysis directly influence business strategy, we'd love to hear from you!

What You'll Do

- Drive Business Insights: Analyze financial and operational performance to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and key drivers impacting revenue, profitability, cash flow, and operational efficiency.
- Turn Data into Decisions: Translate complex datasets into clear, actionable recommendations for Finance, Operations, Sales, and executive leadership.
- Build Advanced Financial Models: Develop forecasts, scenario analyses, predictive models, and analytical tools that support strategic planning and business decisions.
- Monitor Key Performance Indicators: Evaluate pricing, volume, customer activity, service trends, tonnage, route productivity, and other business drivers to identify emerging performance trends.
- Leverage Technology & Automation: Use SQL, Python, Power BI, and Excel to streamline reporting, automate analytical processes, and improve efficiency.
- Partner Across the Business: Collaborate with Operations, Accounting, site-level controllers, and data teams to strengthen reporting accuracy and connect operating metrics to financial results.
- Support Strategic Initiatives: Provide financial and analytical support for budgeting, forecasting, acquisitions, capital allocation, and executive decision-making.
- Evaluate Market Trends: Assess how fuel prices, labor trends, commodity markets, and other external factors impact business performance.

What We're Looking For

- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Business Analytics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
- 3–5 years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, financial analytics, business intelligence, data science, or a related analytical finance role.
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, including experience working with large datasets and building driver-based forecasts.
- Hands-on experience with SQL and Power BI for data analysis, reporting, and visualization.
- Experience using Python or R for data analysis, statistical modeling, or automation.
- Strong financial acumen and the ability to connect operational performance with financial outcomes.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to independently investigate complex business questions and communicate findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- A proactive, curious mindset with a passion for continuous improvement.

What Will Set You Apart

- Experience with predictive analytics, statistical modeling, regression analysis, or forecasting techniques.
- Familiarity with data warehouses, ETL/ELT processes, APIs, or cloud-based analytical tools.
- Experience with Workday Financial Management, Workday Adaptive Planning, or similar financial systems.
- Background in waste management, environmental services, logistics, transportation, or other operationally intensive industries.
- Experience in a high-growth, multi-location, acquisition-driven, or private equity-backed organization.
- A track record of developing automated reporting solutions and improving analytical efficiency.

Why Coastal Waste & Recycling?

At Coastal, we believe the best ideas come from people who are empowered to think differently, challenge assumptions, and make an impact.

As part of our growing FP&A function, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with leaders across the organization, tackle meaningful business challenges, and help shape how we use financial and operational data to drive performance.

We're looking for someone who wants more than a traditional reporting role — someone who wants to understand the business, uncover opportunities, and contribute to the decisions that move us forward.

Apply today and grow your career with Coastal Waste & Recycling!

Coastal Waste & Recycling is an Equal Opportunity Employer.