Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Analyst

CSW Industrials • Boise, ID

5h • Onsite

About The Position

Smoke Guard is seeking a highly analytical, business-oriented FP&A Analyst to support a key operating segment through financial insights, decision-making support, and strategic analysis. The role partners with operational and financial leaders to improve financial performance, operational efficiency, profitable growth, and long-term value creation. It offers exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to contribute to strategic decisions within a growing publicly traded company.

The analyst supports month-end financial analysis, budgeting, strategic planning, forecasting, executive reporting, and continuous improvement of reporting and planning processes. The role translates financial and operational data into useful business insights, recommendations, forecasts, and executive-ready presentations. The position is based on-site in Boise, Idaho, in a professional office environment.

Smoke Guard is part of CSW Industrials (CSWI), a diversified industrial growth company. This role offers a stated career path to Senior FP&A Analyst, Finance Manager, and other leadership opportunities across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis or Corporate Finance.
• Strong understanding of accounting, corporate finance, budgeting, forecasting, and financial drivers of manufacturing, distribution, and project-based businesses.
• Ability to interpret financial statements and understand operational drivers affecting revenue, profitability, cash flow, and return on investment.
• Experience analyzing business performance, identifying trends, assessing risks, and developing actionable recommendations.
• Experience with variance analysis, profitability analysis, trend analysis, forecasting, scenario modeling, and business case development.
• Strong financial modeling skills, including forecasting, scenario analysis, business case development, and support of strategic planning and investment decisions.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate complex financial information to finance and non-finance audiences.
• Ability to prepare and present financial analyses, forecasts, business cases, and operating results to executive leadership using business storytelling and data visualization.
• Ability to build cross-functional relationships and influence decisions through fact-based analysis and sound business judgment.
• Self-motivated, intellectually curious, and committed to continuous learning and development.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• High attention to detail, accuracy, and accountability.
• Strategic mindset and ability to balance short-term execution with long-term business objectives.
• Strong ethical standards and commitment to professionalism, integrity, and financial stewardship.
• Successful completion of a background check and drug screening.
• Must work on-site in Boise, Idaho, and be available to perform the role’s essential functions during scheduled work hours.

Nice To Haves

• CPA, CMA, CFA, MBA, or progress toward a professional certification.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, construction, or project-based business environments.
• Experience developing dashboards, reporting solutions, and analytical visualizations using Power BI or similar business intelligence tools.
• Experience with financial planning, consolidation, ERP, and business intelligence systems such as OneStream, Power BI, Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Hyperion, or similar platforms.
• Experience working with large datasets and reporting tools to automate and enhance decision-support capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Support month-end close activities by reviewing results, validating data integrity, coordinating with accounting teams, and conducting profitability analysis.
• Analyze revenue, gross profit, operating expenses, EBITDA, working capital, cash flow, and other financial metrics to identify business drivers, trends, risks, opportunities, and areas for improvement.
• Perform variance analysis against budgets, forecasts, prior-year results, and strategic objectives, and provide actionable insights and recommendations.
• Partner with operational leaders to investigate performance variances and recommend improvements to financial and operational results.
• Support pricing, margin improvement, capital investment, strategic project, and operational improvement initiatives through financial analysis and business case development.
• Support annual budgets, strategic plans, and periodic forecasting processes across the segment.
• Partner with business leaders to develop financial projections aligned with operational plans and strategic objectives.
• Perform scenario, sensitivity, and what-if analyses to evaluate changing business conditions and assumptions.
• Evaluate forecast accuracy, monitor key business drivers, and recommend ways to improve predictability and performance.
• Translate operational activities and performance metrics into financial projections and business insights.
• Support evaluation of strategic initiatives, acquisitions, growth opportunities, operational improvements, and organizational changes.
• Prepare executive-level reporting and PowerPoint presentations for Board meetings, operating reviews, quarterly business reviews, annual planning sessions, and strategic discussions.
• Consolidate financial, operational, commercial, and market data into executive-ready reporting materials and recommendations.
• Use data visualization and financial storytelling to communicate complex information to leadership audiences.
• Collaborate with finance, accounting, operations, sales, supply chain, manufacturing, and executive leadership teams to support decision-making.
• Provide analytical support and business insights as a trusted financial partner to improve performance and inform strategic decisions.
• Develop and enhance automated reports, dashboards, scorecards, and performance metrics.
• Design and enhance reporting solutions using ERP systems, business intelligence platforms, planning tools, and analytics capabilities.
• Drive process improvements through automation, standardization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support implementation, optimization, and enhancement of ERP, financial planning, and reporting systems.
• Promote consistency, accuracy, and integrity of financial and operational data through controls, governance, and reporting standards.
• Support financial transformation, reporting modernization, and initiatives that improve organizational effectiveness.
• Drive self-service reporting capabilities that increase transparency and data-driven decision-making.

Benefits

• Career path to Senior FP&A Analyst, Finance Manager, and other leadership opportunities across the CSWI organization.
• Opportunity to work directly with business leaders and gain exposure to executive leadership and Board-level reporting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level