Senior FP&A Analyst

H.B. Fuller•St. Paul, MN

13d

About The Position

The Senior Corporate FP&A Analyst supports strategic decision‑making by providing high‑quality financial forecasting, budgeting, and analysis across the organization. This role plays a critical part in the annual budgeting process, quarterly outlooks, and monthly reporting cycles, including analyzing financial results, developing financial models, and delivering clear, actionable management‑level insights. Partnering closely with Finance leadership, divisional FP&A teams, and cross‑functional business stakeholders, the analyst helps drive financial discipline, improve forecast accuracy, and enhance financial processes. Through data‑driven analysis and thoughtful collaboration, this role supports initiatives that improve business performance, enable informed decision‑making, and drive sustainable growth. The Corporate FP&A Analyst reports to the Corporate FP&A Director, with dotted line relationship to the Corporate FP&A Manager.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in related area (Accounting, Finance, Business, etc.).
6+ years of experience in accounting and/or financial analysis, ideally with prior experience working in a Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis team at a multinational organization.
Master’s degree with a minimum of 4 years of experience.
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Proficiency in financial modeling and forecasting
High proficiency with the use of OneStream and Business Intelligence tools.
Significant experience with Management Information Systems, Business Analysis and Financial Planning Processes
Project management skills
Experience in successful process and system improvement initiatives
Fluent in spoken and written English

Nice To Haves

CPA or CMA designation a plus.
Multiple language skills preferred.
Spanish, Portuguese or Chinese a plus.

Responsibilities

Support the full financial planning and analysis (FP&A) cycle, including budgeting, forecasting, and long‑range strategic planning.
Analyze financial data, identify trends, and develop financial models to inform decision‑making.
Closely support the annual budget and quarterly outlook processes, developing key deliverables, establishing planning guidelines, and communicating timelines and expectations with finance and business partners.
Design, build, and maintain robust financial models to forecast future performance, evaluate alternative scenarios, and assess the financial impact of strategic and operational decisions.
Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs), perform detailed variance analysis against budgets and forecasts, identify key business drivers, and provide actionable insights into financial performance and growth opportunities.
Collaborate cross‑functionally with Accounting, Finance, Business Units, and Senior Management to gather data, align on financial objectives, share insights, and support enterprise‑wide financial goals.
Track the performance of planning systems, identifying issues, and recommending improvements.
Support the preparation of monthly and quarterly financial reporting packages for the Board of Directors and Executive Committee, partnering directly with senior leaders on content development, accuracy, and timing.
Work on the development and standardization of management reporting tools, templates, dashboards, and performance metrics across the organization in collaboration with the Finance Systems team, improving clarity, consistency, and confidence in financial information.
Continuously stabilize and enhance financial reporting processes, driving efficiency, transparency, and reliability across the finance function.
Collaborate across the global finance organization and broader H.B. Fuller community to continuously improve financial processes and systems, enhancing efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
Emphasize identification of automation opportunities, reduction of process cycle times, improvement of forecast quality, and elevation of decision‑ready insights for leadership.
Partner closely with cross‑functional stakeholders to design and implement process improvements, including new workflows, procedures, controls, and enabling technologies that support evolving business needs.
Collaborate on the implementation of new processes and system enhancements, ensuring effective change management, knowledge transfer, and user adoption through targeted training and communication.
Establish mechanisms to measure, track, and evaluate the effectiveness of implemented changes, assess performance against objectives, and refine solutions as needed to drive continuous improvement and sustained value.
Support the Corporate FP&A Director on driving the M&A integration process, enhancing post‑deal integration reviews and strengthening synergy identification, tracking, and realization to ensure value creation aligns with deal rationale.
Evaluate the financial performance of acquisitions to assess whether transactions are achieving intended strategic and financial objectives, including expected returns, revenue growth, cost synergies, and overall deal profitability.
Define, monitor, and analyze key acquisition performance metrics, translating results into clear insights and recommendations for senior leadership.
Design, build, and maintain M&A reporting and analytics tools that provide transparent, consistent, and actionable visibility into deal performance throughout the integration lifecycle.