Senior Finance Data Analyst (Remote)

Our Story:
Crisis Prevention Institute Inc. (CPI) is the worldwide leader in evidence-based de-escalation and crisis prevention training and dementia care services. Our programs teach professionals the skills to recognize, prevent, and respond to crises in the workplace. Since 1980, we’ve helped train more than 17 million people within service-oriented industries including education, health care, behavioral health, long-term care, human services, security, corporate, and retail.
At CPI, we are dedicated to changing behaviors and reducing conflict for the Care, Welfare, Safety, and Security of everyone. We believe the power of empathy, meaningful connections, personal safety, and security are the antidotes to fear and anxiety. It’s a philosophy that is central to everything we do, and traces back to our beginning.

As a member of the team, you can expect to:

• Make a difference through your work – You’ll be proud to tell your family and friends about what you do.
• Gain significant career experience only obtained within a fast-growing organization – Entry-level roles through executive leadership.
• Feel fulfilled and have fun – We work hard but make the time to build meaningful relationships and celebrate the wins.

The Role:

The Senior Finance Data Analyst is a senior member of CPI’s Finance team and leads advanced analytics, reporting, and modeling efforts tied exclusively to Finance priorities. This role partners with senior Finance leaders to define analytical requirements, establish financial metrics, and deliver insights that shape planning, performance, and decision making. As a lead within CPI’s evolving data community, the senior analyst mentors others, drives analytical best practices, leads Finance’s most complex data and reporting initiatives and collaborates with the data platform team.

What You Get To Do Everyday:

• Lead end‑to‑end development of financial dashboards, models, and automated reporting solutions
• Develop reports and dashboards in Power BI and Excel that accurately reflect financial concepts such as variance, forecasting, budgeting, and cost analysis
• Build and maintain dashboards and metrics that support financial planning cycles (budget, forecast, month‑end close).
• Identify data quality issues that impact financial accuracy, such as mis‑posted entries, timing differences, or inconsistent account mappings.
• Perform data analysis required to troubleshoot data-related issues and assist in the resolution of data issues. A natural curiosity about reported data is critical.
• Create documentation for newly generated reports and update existing documentation for planned enhancements.
• Promote work-stream visibility by collaborating with team members.
• Utilize repositories to track versioned report enhancements.
• Perform other position-related duties as assigned.

You Need to Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, information science, data science, information technology, information systems, mathematics, or a related field
• Five years or more of experience analyzing data from various sources and formats, and applying data insights to cleanse and transform data into a standardized format
• Advanced proficiency in SQL, Power BI, DAX, and complex financial modeling.
• Strong understanding of FP&A, month‑end close, and financial statement structures.
• Experience mentoring analysts or serving as a technical go‑to for BI tools.
• Ability to interpret financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow) and apply that knowledge in analytics work.
• Experience working with Scrum and Agile frameworks
• Ability to manage multiple complex priorities and lead analytical workstreams with minimal guidance.
• Ability to work independently, collaborate across Finance, and guide others within the team.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability for high‑impact deliverables and decision‑critical outputs.
• Advanced analytical and problem‑solving skills, especially for complex or ambiguous financial data challenges.
• Exceptional attention to detail paired with the ability to validate, challenge, and refine financial insights.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including presenting insights to senior Finance leadership.
• Highly developed interpersonal and influence skills, with the ability to mentor analysts and elevate Finance’s analytical capabilities.

We'd Love to See:

• Experience working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Framework including Power Automate
• Experience working with Cloud Data platforms and concepts including Azure and Snowflake
• Professional certifications such as SnowPro Core, Microsoft PL-300, etc

What We Offer:

• Annual company performance bonus
• Comprehensive benefits package
• 401k
• PTO
• Health & Wellness Days
• Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Continuing education and training
• Hybrid work schedule
• Paid Parental Leave

Crisis Prevention Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of age, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or expression (including against any individual that is transitioning, has transitioned, or is perceived to be transitioning), marital status or civil partnership/union status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, childbirth, genetic information, military and veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. The Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities, and general treatment during employment.