About the Role
As Senior Associate, FP&A, you will be at the center of how CLEAR plans, forecasts, and allocates resources. This is a builder's role where you will own stakeholder relationships with senior leaders, modernize forecasting infrastructure, and help supercharge planning capabilities with AI. You will partner directly with business leaders across the company to give them ownership of their P&Ls.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the finance partner to senior leaders across Technology, Aviation, Member Care, Growth, Public Affairs, Legal, and People, building trusted relationships and becoming a go-to thought partner.
- Build dynamic, detailed, and scalable financial models to support annual budgets, quarterly re-forecasts, and long-range planning.
- Manage opex and capex budgets in partnership with the business, and own department monthly budget vs. actuals processes with succinct, actionable commentary.
- Empower business leaders to actively own their P&Ls by building intuitive reporting, leading financial reviews, and translating numbers into decisions.
- Identify and clearly communicate key risks and opportunities across business areas.
- Help drive cost savings and new growth initiatives by building detailed business cases to evaluate and support decision making.
- Support creation of Investor Relations, Board of Director, and Management Financial Review materials.
- Identify and champion improvements to forecasting tools and processes, including opportunities to leverage AI and automation.
Requirements
- 5-7+ years of progressive FP&A experience, ideally in a high-growth or publicly traded company, with a track record of owning forecasting and planning processes.
- Deep hands-on expertise with FP&A systems—NSPB, Hyperion, Anaplan, OneStream, or similar EPM/CPM platforms.
- Experience leading a system implementation or major upgrade is a strong plus.
- Analytical horsepower, comfortable translating complex financial data into clear, executive-ready narratives.
- Systems thinker with the ability to spot process inefficiencies and implement fixes.
- Collaborative partner who builds trust with non-finance stakeholders naturally.
- Curious about and actively exploring how AI and automation can be applied to FP&A workflows.
Skills
- FP&A systems (NSPB, Hyperion, Anaplan, OneStream, EPM/CPM platforms)
- Financial modeling
- Budget management
- Forecasting
- Reporting
- Business case development
- AI and automation in FP&A
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related analytical discipline
Salary/Compensations
- $140,000 - $160,000
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare plans
- Family-building benefits (fertility and adoption/surrogacy support)
- Flexible time off
- Annual wellness stipend
- Free OneMedical memberships for you and your dependents
- CLEAR Plus membership
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
- Catered lunches every day
- Fully stocked kitchens
About the Company
- CLEAR is building THE secure identity company of the future, making experiences safer and easier—physically and digitally.
- Our secure identity platform has more than 38 million Members and a growing network of partners across the world.
- CLEAR is transforming the way people live, work, and travel, unlocking frictionless experiences at airports, stadiums, and throughout everyday life.
Equal Opportunity
- Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
- CLEAR provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or protected needs.
- We are committed to a transparent and secure hiring process. All communications related to this role will come directly from a CLEAR employee through valid CLEAR channels (e.g., a valid @clearme.com email address or verified CLEAR LinkedIn profile). We encourage candidates to remain alert to job scams and to report any suspicious activity.
