Senior FP&A Analyst
About The Position
The Senior Analyst, Operations Finance serves as a strategic business partner to manufacturing operations leadership. The role provides financial analysis, forecasting, reporting, and decision support to help drive profitable growth. It works closely with Sales, Pricing, Operations, Supply Chain, and Senior Leadership, translating data into actionable insights and influencing business decisions. The position leads forecasts for material costs, conversion costs, and other operational and financial drivers; supports operating and strategic plans; and develops models to evaluate growth opportunities, risks, and operational changes. It analyzes performance across operations and supply chain, prepares leadership reporting and business-review materials, and develops dashboards and reporting tools using Excel, Power BI, and enterprise systems. Success is measured by forecast accuracy and planning effectiveness, timely and high-quality reporting and executive insights, and identification of profit or cost improvement opportunities.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Analytics, or a related field.
- 4–7 years of experience in FP&A, commercial finance, business analytics, consulting, or related areas.
- Financial modeling, analytical skills, and critical thinking.
- Advanced Excel proficiency.
- Experience analyzing large datasets and communicating insights.
Nice To Haves
- Proficiency with Power BI and ERP systems such as SAP, Epicor, Surpass, or Infinium.
- Experience in manufacturing, distribution, industrial, or building products industries.
- Knowledge of cost accounting, forecasting, pricing analytics, and profitability analysis.
Responsibilities
- Lead monthly forecasts for material costs, conversion costs, and other key operational and financial drivers, including variance analysis and updates to assumptions.
- Support annual operating plans, strategic planning, and long-range forecasts.
- Build financial models to evaluate growth opportunities, risks, and operational changes.
- Monitor performance and communicate risks and opportunities.
- Analyze operational, supply chain, inventory, logistics, and procurement performance metrics to identify improvement opportunities.
- Monitor trends affecting service levels, inventory productivity, transportation costs, working capital, and operational efficiency.
- Evaluate performance across manufacturing sites, product categories, and customer fulfillment channels.
- Develop data-driven recommendations to optimize inventory, reduce costs, improve on-time delivery, and enhance operational performance.
- Partner with cross-functional teams on demand planning, sourcing strategies, network optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting packages for leadership.
- Support business reviews with variance analysis and performance narratives.
- Develop presentations and analyses for strategic, operational, and investment decisions.
- Conduct scenario modeling, profitability analysis, and business case development.
- Develop dashboards, KPIs, and reporting tools using Excel, Power BI, and enterprise systems.
- Improve reporting automation and data accessibility.
- Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance leaders on performance management and strategic initiatives.
- Deliver objective, data-driven recommendations as a trusted advisor.
Benefits
- Industry-competitive benefits at the lowest cost to the employee.
- PTO and holidays, including floating holidays employees can choose.
- Potential for annual raises and bonuses through a pay-for-performance culture.
- Training to provide the knowledge and skills needed to succeed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
