Financial Analyst, Workforce Planning

Location
Foster City, CA

The FP&A team at Zoox drives financial analysis of key strategic investments, maintains short and long term financial models, and develops reporting for both internal and external stakeholders.

As a Financial Analyst supporting Workforce Planning for Fleet Operations, you will partner with Operations leaders on contingent staffing and headcount budget cycles and MEC activities. Additionally, you will manage the contingent labor spend, staffing ratio, and vendor cost models, partnering across the organization and with Fleet Operations and staffing vendor counterparts to drive forecast accuracy and data-driven decision making. This role requires a solid understanding of contingent labor cost drivers and workforce supply/demand dynamics, establishing strong working relationships across the organization, and utilizing enterprise systems like Anaplan and SAP to build robust models and dashboards. The goal for this role is to drive decision-making through timely and actionable financial insights that keep Fleet Operations appropriately staffed.

In this role you will:
- Own and maintain long-range, annual, and mid-year financial models for contingent workforce planning that align to operational demand and key company initiatives

- Partner with Fleet Operations leadership and cross functional partner teams to set staffing ratio targets and review performance vs targets

- Manage close activities related to contingent labor spend, vendor invoicing, and staffing plan variance

- Analyze large financial and operational datasets from Anaplan, SAP S4, SAP Ariba, and other internal data systems to drive actionable insights

Qualifications
- BA/BS degree, preferably in a Finance, Accounting, Data Science, or other quantitative field

- 4+ years experience in an FP&A or other analytical field

- 2+ years of direct experience building models, forecast input templates, dashboards, and business process development

- Experience with annual budgeting, rolling forecasting, and long-term strategic planning

- Experience working directly with best-in-class planning and reporting tools (Anaplan, OneStream, Looker, etc.)

- Highly analytical, with proven ability to synthesize and analyze large amounts of data to develop clear insights and recommendations

- Ability to develop strong, cross-functional working relationships across the finance team and beyond

Bonus Qualifications
- Experience in the TNC, Transportation, or other mobility/fleet operations industries

- Direct experience with contingent workforce planning, vendor management, or staffing agency partnerships

- Familiarity with fleet operations staffing models (e.g., shift-based, ratio-driven, or demand-fluctuating labor needs)

Requirements

BA/BS degree, preferably in a Finance, Accounting, Data Science, or other quantitative field; 4+ years experience in an FP&A or other analytical field; 2+ years of direct experience building models, forecast input templates, dashboards, and business process development; Experience with annual budgeting, rolling forecasting, and long-term strategic planning; Experience working directly with best-in-class planning and reporting tools (Anaplan, OneStream, Looker, etc.); Highly analytical, with proven ability to synthesize and analyze large amounts of data to develop clear insights and recommendations; Ability to develop strong, cross-functional working relationships across the finance team and beyond; Experience in the TNC, Transportation, or other mobility/fleet operations industries; Direct experience with contingent workforce planning, vendor management, or staffing agency partnerships; Familiarity with fleet operations staffing models (e.g., shift-based, ratio-driven, or demand-fluctuating labor needs)