Senior Financial Planning Analyst

Newmar Corporation•Nappanee, IN

17h

About The Position

Support Newmar’s financial planning and analysis (FP&A) function by turning financial and operating data into clear insight for leadership decisions. Develop budgets, forecasts, and analysis that show how demand, production, product mix, and costs affect results. Work closely with Finance, Operations, Sales, and other teams to help Newmar grow profitably and meet Winnebago Industries expectations. The role builds and maintains financial models, prepares monthly business reviews, analyzes product profitability, tracks key business measures, and develops business cases and return-on-investment analyses. It also supports the month-end close and reporting consistency, leads analysis projects with little direction, and presents findings and recommendations to the CFO, Newmar leaders, and Winnebago Industries corporate finance. The analyst improves planning and reporting processes through better tools, automation, analytics, dashboards, and AI tools, while documenting and controlling models and protecting sensitive information. Success is measured by timely and accurate reporting, forecast accuracy, decision-useful analysis, reduced manual work, and positive feedback from business partners and the CFO.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field.
At least 5 years of financial planning and analysis or related finance experience.
Strong understanding of financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, cost accounting, and financial statements.
Advanced Excel skills and experience building financial models.
Clear communication skills, including the ability to explain complex numbers and recommend practical next steps to finance and nonfinance leaders.
Curiosity, attention to detail, sound judgment, and confidence challenging assumptions.
Ability to work collaboratively with plant leaders and executives and follow through on work.

Nice To Haves

MBA, CPA, or CMA.
Experience at a manufacturer; experience in RV, automotive, marine, or other highly configured products is preferred.
Experience with ERP, financial reporting, and business intelligence tools such as Power BI; Infor XA experience is preferred.
Experience using automation or AI tools to improve reporting.
Experience preparing reporting that meets public-company requirements such as SEC and SOX standards, and supporting a corporate finance team.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain models for the annual budget, rolling forecasts, and long-term plans; gather department input and test assumptions about demand, dealer inventory, backlog, and production rates.
Prepare monthly business review materials and explain results against budget, forecast, and prior year, including volume, price, mix, material, labor, overhead, and warranty changes.
Connect financial results to dealer activity, backlog, and RV market conditions.
Analyze profitability by model, product line, and option, and support pricing, incentive, and product decisions.
Track margin, cash, working capital, production rates, and forecast accuracy; identify risks and opportunities early.
Build business cases and return-on-investment analyses for capital projects, new products, and process improvements.
Work with Accounting to tie forecasts to actual results, support the month-end close, and maintain consistency across reports.
Lead analysis projects from framing the question through recommending next steps, with little direction.
Prepare reporting and analysis for Newmar leaders and Winnebago Industries corporate finance; present findings and recommendations to the CFO and leadership team.
Improve planning and reporting tools to reduce manual work and accelerate forecasting; partner with IT on automation, analytics, dashboards, and AI tools.
Keep models documented, controlled, and easy for others to use; handle data responsibly and protect sensitive information.
Perform other related duties as assigned.