FP&A Analyst – Operations

Roeslein & Associates•St. Louis, MO

24d•Onsite

About The Position

The Financial Analyst - Operations FP&A will support financial planning, reporting, and analysis for Roeslein Operations, with a focus on project-based operations and manufacturing activities. This role will work closely with the Director of FP&A, project managers, operations leaders, and finance leadership to improve visibility into financial performance, strengthen forecast accuracy, and identify risks and opportunities impacting profitability, working capital, and cash flow. This is a hands-on finance role for someone who enjoys turning financial and operational data into clear insights that help the business make better decisions. The position requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, financial modeling capability, and the ability to communicate financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field.
2-5 years of financial analysis, accounting, FP&A, project finance, or operations finance experience.
Strong Excel skills, including financial modeling, pivot tables, lookups, and complex formulas.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
Ability to work with cross-functional teams and explain financial information to non-financial stakeholders.
High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.
Must be trustworthy and able to maintain confidential information.
Must be responsible, reliable, and able to cooperate well with others.
A valid driver's license and the ability to travel to St. Louis, MO is required.
Must comply with Roeslein's core values for the business's safe and efficient operation and maintain sound relationships among and with employees.

Nice To Haves

Experience in engineering, construction, manufacturing, industrial services, EPC, or project-based environments.
Experience with job costing, percentage-of-completion revenue recognition, project financials, EACs, or over/under billings.
Prior experience with Oracle or other ERP systems.
Experience with BI/reporting tools or dashboard development.

Responsibilities

Support the annual budget process, monthly forecasting, and periodic reforecasting for revenue, gross profit, operating expenses, and cash flow.
Analyze backlog, pipeline, project timing, and capacity utilization to support forward-looking revenue and margin projections.
Partner with project managers and operations teams to develop and maintain accurate project forecasts, including Estimates at Completion (EACs).
Help translate project-level activity, backlog, and operational assumptions into clear financial forecasts and reporting.
Monitor project financial performance, including revenue recognition, job costs, margin progression, change orders, and variance analysis.
Identify cost overruns, margin erosion risks, billing issues, and cash flow timing concerns.
Analyze unbilled revenue, over/under billings, collections, supplier obligations, and other working capital trends.
Provide financial insight to operations leaders regarding margin trends, project performance, cost performance, and operational efficiency.
Prepare monthly financial reporting packages, dashboards, KPI reporting, and financial analysis for senior leadership.
Perform actual versus budget and actual versus forecast analysis and clearly explain key business drivers.
Develop actionable insights related to margin trends, cost performance, operating efficiency, and cash flow.
Support ad hoc analysis for finance, operations, and executive leadership as needed.
Improve financial models, forecasting tools, and recurring reporting processes.
Assist with ERP data quality, reporting automation, and better use of financial systems.
Support the development and implementation of BI tools and dashboards where applicable.
Help identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate finance reporting and analysis.