Associate, Strategic Finance

Job Description

Associate, Strategic Finance | Corpay

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Corpay, located in Atlanta, GA. Corpay is a global technology organization that leads in commercial payments, continuously creating new ways to pay. The company’s specialized payment solutions help businesses control, simplify, and secure payments for fuel, general payables, toll, and lodging expenses in over 80 countries. This role is a critical partnership with executive leadership, supporting enterprise-wide financial planning, analysis, and strategic decisions, and is designed for a high-potential finance professional seeking significant growth into leadership.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Atlanta, GA

• Team: Corporate line of business, partnering with executive leadership and cross-functional teams
• Mission: Support consolidated financial planning, analysis, and strategic decision-making across the enterprise, playing a critical role in revenue and P&L reporting and forecasting.
• Tech Stack: Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, AI tools

What You’ll Actually Do
• Analysis: Drive monthly and quarterly consolidated revenue and P&L analysis, including crafting the financial story, providing executive insights, and preparing monthly executive staff meeting materials.
• Reporting: Prepare quarterly executive reporting materials, which encompass consolidated forecasts, board presentations, earnings support, and guidance documents.
• Planning: Create models and executive outputs for annual budget and long-range planning processes, covering consolidation, scenario analysis, and executive presentations.
• Development: Develop new financial models and reporting tools, identifying opportunities for process improvement, automation, and the use of AI-driven tools to enhance analytics.
• Support: Partner across finance and functional teams to drive alignment, process improvement, and insights, while supporting ad hoc executive requests, M&A requests, and strategic projects.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Finance or Accounting.
• Experience: Minimum 3 years (ideally 5+ years) of experience in investment banking, private equity, corporate development, transaction diligence, strategy consulting, or corporate FP&A. At least one promotion in a prior role is preferred.
• Skills: Strong analytical toolkit and problem-solving skills with demonstrated critical thinking; excellent written and verbal communication skills for crisp executive summaries; advanced Excel and financial modeling capabilities; expert financial knowledge including income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statements.
• Bonus: MBA or CFA is helpful but not required; experience working with large data sets and generating insights; a high-potential mindset with the ability to grow into leadership roles within Corporate FP&A.