FP&A Analyst

Mustang Cat•Houston, TX

30d

About The Position

The FP&A Analyst – Rental Operations provides financial planning, performance analysis, and decision support for the rental business. This role partners directly with the Vice President and operational leaders (Sales, Service, Rental Operations, Heavy Rents, and Central Operations) to translate operational activity into clear financial insight, identify performance gaps, and support disciplined execution against budget and strategic targets. This is an operational finance role embedded in the rental business — not a corporate accounting role.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field
3–6 years of FP&A, operational finance, or analytical experience
Strong financial modeling and Excel skills
Ability to translate operational activity into financial insight
Strong communication skills with non-financial leaders
Structured problem-solving and analytical thinking
High attention to detail with a practical business mindset

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting operations, multi-site businesses, or asset-intensive environments preferred
Equipment rental, construction, industrial services, or logistics industry experience
Exposure to fleet, utilization, or capital-intensive business models
Experience building dashboards or automated reporting

Responsibilities

Support the annual rental budget and quarterly forecast process
Build branch-level and department-level operating models
Maintain volume, rate, utilization, and cost drivers tied to the operating plan
Support long-range planning and growth scenarios
Produce monthly rental performance scorecards by branch and business line
Analyze revenue vs. plan, margin performance, and cost variances
Track key operating metrics (utilization, Revenue per FTE, Gross Margin per FTE, cost-to-serve)
Identify root causes of underperformance and quantify financial impact
Partner with leadership on pricing, fleet, and staffing decisions
Evaluate financial impact of fleet purchases, redeployments, and dispositions
Support ROI analysis for capital deployment and major initiatives
Prepare executive-ready financial summaries for leadership review
Monitor billing capture, leakage, and margin erosion indicators
Support development of standard KPIs and dashboards
Ensure consistency between operational metrics and financial results
Improve forecasting accuracy through better data and assumptions
Build and maintain Excel-based financial models and dashboards
Work with Finance, IT, and Operations to improve data quality
Support automation and reporting improvements as the business grows