Financial Planning & Analysis - Senior Analyst/Manager

UFP Industries • Grand Rapids, MI

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About The Position

This role serves as the primary FP&A partner for assigned corporate functions, providing financial planning, reporting, cost management, and decision support. Department leaders retain ownership of their budgets and spending decisions, while this position owns the FP&A process, analysis, documentation, and recommendations that support effective planning and financial management. The role translates departmental priorities, initiatives, staffing needs, and cost drivers into budgets, forecasts, variance explanations, and practical financial recommendations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
• 5+ years of FP&A, accounting, corporate finance, or related analytical experience
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and variance analysis skills
• Advanced Excel and financial systems proficiency
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills
• Proven ability to communicate clearly with department leaders and senior management
• Systems-oriented mindset with a focus on process improvement and reporting efficiency

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary FP&A partner to assigned corporate functions, supporting department leaders in planning, forecasting, reporting, and financial decision-making.
• Provide financial perspective on departmental priorities, hiring plans, initiatives, and cost management decisions by quantifying financial impacts, challenging assumptions, and developing actionable recommendations.
• Build trusted relationships with department leaders and serve as a proactive advisor on financial performance and planning assumptions.
• Develop a deep understanding of assigned department budgets, cost drivers, recurring spend, and key planning assumptions.
• Proactively monitor budget-to-actual variances and provide department leaders with timely explanations, insights, and recommend follow-up actions.
• Participate in relevant department meetings to stay informed of upcoming initiatives, risks, resource needs, and changes impacting financial plans.
• Lead the annual budget and quarterly forecast processes for assigned corporate functions.
• Coordinate the development of department-level budgets and forecasts, ensuring key assumptions, business drivers, and supporting rationale are clearly documented.
• Maintain department-level budget support that clearly documents key inputs, assumptions, cost drivers, and rationale used to develop budgets and forecasts.
• Develop and maintain a consistent run/grow classification methodology for assigned functions.
• Partner with department leaders to review assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and support final budget and forecast submissions.
• Develop clear financial commentary for assigned functions, explaining forecast changes, budget variances, risks, opportunities, and key assumptions.
• Deliver monthly and quarterly variance analysis.
• Prepare quarterly balance sheet and P&L analytics for external audit.
• Prepare executive ready reporting and analytics.
• Ensure reporting is accurate, consistent, and aligned across monthly results, forecasts, budgets, and management reporting.
• Partner with departments to improve cost discipline and resource allocation.
• Provide insights into SG&A efficiency.
• Support allocation methodologies (cap charges).
• Drive automation and efficiency in reporting and planning processes.
• Leverage financial systems to reduce manual work and improve insights.
• Develop reporting in conjunction with OneStream, Workday, and other financial systems to improve data visibility and enable department leaders to consume financial information more meaningfully.
• Standardize models, templates, and reporting frameworks.

What This Job Offers

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